2 Timothy 1:5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee This caused him to give thanks to God for it, whose gift it is and made h...
/-\N the subject of the chronology of St Paul's life originality ^-^ is out of the question. Unless new documents are discovered to throw fresh light...
? ? ? THE THIRD GOSPEL is assigned by the common voice of the primitive Church to Luke, the beloved physician and companion of Paul. Of his earl...
Duty [N]The Old Testament. The Old Testament concept of duty is largely related to the performance of the levirate marriage, where a brother undertake...
Eternal Life, Eternality, Everlasting Life The divinely bestowed gift of blessedness in God's presence that endures without end. This relates especial...
?EXPOSITION Verse 20. Bless the LORD, O house of Levi. These helped the priests in other things, let them aid them in this also. The house of Israel c...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 12. He shall cut off the spirit of princes. Their courage, skill, and life are in his hands, and he can remove them as a gardener cut...
Preface.Preface.The remark of Photius, that St. Chrysostom's more finished works were those which he composed at Antioch, does not seem to afford a su...
Hope [N] [T] [E]To trust in, wait for, look for, or desire something or someone; or to expect something beneficial in the future.The Old Testament. Th...
Homily IX.Homily IX. Philippians ii. 19-21.-But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I ...
OF THE RESPECTIVE DUTIES OF HUS- BAND AND WIFE. I SHALL begin with the respective duties of a husband and wife, which are summed up in these two ge...
Mind/Reason That part of the human being in which thought takes place and perception and decisions to do good, evil, and the like come to expression. ...
Temptation, Test While the number of terms denoting temptation and testing is small, their range of meaning is wide, extending from a secular sens...
Slave, Slavery State of being subjected to involuntary servitude. It usually included being legally owned as property by another person. Slavery in th...
COLOSSIANS. CHAPTER IV. Final Exhortation. SUMMARY.--A Charge to Masters. Prayer and Prudence Commended. Tychicus, the Bearer of the Letter, Int...
Amen [N] [E] [S]In current usage, the term amen has become little more than a ritualized conclusion to prayers. Yet the Hebrew and Greek words for ame...
Jesus the Keeper. 'The Lord is Thy keeper: . . . The Lord shall keep thee from all evil; ... He shall keep thy soul.'?Ps. exxi. 4, 7. 'I know Him wh...
XXVIII The Conflict of the Christian. 'Strive to enter in by the narrow door.'?Luke xiii. 24. 'Fight the good fight of the faith.'?1 Tim. vi. 12. 'I...
Apostle [N] [B] [S]a person sent by another; a messenger; envoy. This word is once used as a descriptive designation of Jesus Christ, the Sent of the ...
1 Timothy T. 23. ALL Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable (2 Tim. iii. 16). God is the author of all Scripture to this extent,...