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141 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abstinence.19
… rabbis meritorious and praiseworthy as a voluntary means of self-discipline. "I partook of a Nazirite meal only once," says Simon the Just, "when I met with a handsome …
142 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Alms; Almsgiving.5
… formal, meritorious" practice, possessing, like sacrifice, as men came to think, the power of atoning for man's sins, and redeeming him from calamity and death …
143 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocrypha.99
The best commentary is that by O. F. Fritsche and C. L. W. Grimm, Kurzgef. Exeg. Handbuch, 1851-60; but the commentary by Bissell in Lange's Series of Commentaries and that edited by Wace, in the Speaker's Bible Series, are meritorious.
144 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Christ, the Exaltation of.19
… His meritorious obedience, and the issue of His victorious struggle, and at the same time the means of His prosecution and completion of His work as Redeemer …
145 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Creation.21
… as meritoriously marked by the two great ideas of separation or differentiation, and of progressive development or perfecting of the originally simple …
146 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. English Versions.31
… his meritorious research in other departments of the English Reformation. His arguments and statements are met by Kenyon (op. cit., 204-8). The controversy is …
147 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Gnosticism.70
… most meritorious. To abstain from marriage and from various kinds of food was the teaching of the Essenes and also of the Gnostics. This ascetic teaching …
148 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Gnosticism.111
… a meritorious act when the serpent persuaded Adam and Eve to disobey him, There were several of the ophite sects, such as the Cainites, who reversed all the …
149 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Hospitality; Host.7
… highly meritorious because it is given "in the name of a disciple" ( Matthew 10:42; compare Matthew 10:41, and Mark 9:41 ). Rejection of hospitality to one of Christ's …
150 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Imputation.29
… the meritorious ground of his justification. This, however, cannot be the apostle's meaning. It is diametrically opposed to the context where Paul introduces …
151 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. James, Epistle of.51
… of meritorious deeds will make a man worthy of salvation. He comes into the kingdom, not on the basis of merit but on the basis of grace. The sinner is converted …
152 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Justification.50
… as meritorious action deserving reward. (3) When James is thinking of a deeper view, faith stands central in Christianity (1:3,6; 2:1; 5:15). (4) Paul also on his part …
153 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pharisees.68
… a meritorious action; (3) the "bleeding" Pharisee, who in his eagerness to avoid looking on a woman shuts his eyes and so bruises himself to bleeding by stumbling …
154 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Puah; Puvah.3
… being meritorious in the eyes of the Lord, who is said to have rewarded them by making "houses" for them ( Exodus 1:15 - 20 ). In the Midrash, Ex Rabba', Puah is identified …
155 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Repentance.26
… its meritorious ground. The motives for repentance are chiefly found in the goodness of God, in divine love, in the pleading desire to have sinners saved, in …
156 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Sacrifice, in the Old Testament, 3.19
… and meritorious service, would necessarily be regarded as most holy. All the animal would be holy, rather than polluted, since it had performed such a holy …
157 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Sanballat.4
… a meritorious work (tsedhaqah) in the sight of Jaho, the God of Heaven, greater than the meritorious work of a man who offers to him a burnt offering and a sacrifice …
158 Thayer's Greek Lexicon, p. δικαιόω.7
… the meritorious cause of their acceptance, as the old theologians say, faith being the apprehending or subjective cause), Romans 5:9; ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου …
159 Thayer's Greek Lexicon, p. προγράφω.4
… the meritorious efficacy of the death of Christ, Galatians 3:1. Since the simple γράφειν is often used of painters, and προγράφειν certainly signifies also …
160 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Clean, to Be.18
… not meritorious deeds, earning God’s favor and forgiveness. Nor did the ceremonies serve their intended purpose if performed mechanically. Unless the …