DEMAS de'-mas (Demas, popular): According to Colossians 4:14; 2?Timothy 4:10; Philemon 1:24, one who was for a time a fellow-worker with Paul at Rome...
Overview - 1?John 2 1?He comforts them against the sins of infirmity. 3?Rightly to know God is to keep his commandments; 9?to love our brethren; 15?...
Timothy, First and Second, Theology of The two epistles Paul wrote to Timothy are not usually associated with theology as much as they are with church...
Fable [N] [S]applied in the New Testament to the traditions and speculations, cunningly devised fables, of the Jews on religious questions ( 1?Timothy...
Priscilla [N] [H]the wife of Aquila ( Acts 18:2 ), who is never mentioned without her. Her name sometimes takes the precedence of his ( Romans 16:3 ; ...
Purity [N](Heb. niqqayon [/y'QIn]; Gk. hagneia [aJgneiva]). The Old Testament. In the Old Testament, the basic sense of the Hebrew word for purity is ...
Glorification In the Scripture the idea of glorification deals with the ultimate perfection of believers. The word glorification is not used in the He...
Coming of Christ(1) with reference to his first advent in the fulness of the time ( 1?John 5:20 ; 2 John 1:7 ), or (2) with reference to his coming ...
Overview - 1?Corinthians 14 1?Prophecy is commended, 2?and preferred before speaking with tongues, 6?by a comparison drawn from musical instruments....
Election of GraceThe Scripture speaks (1) of the election of individuals to office or to honour and privilege, e.g., Abraham, Jacob, Saul, David, Solo...
Overview - 1?Timothy 1 1?Timothy is put in mind of the charge which was given unto him by Paul at his going to Macedonia. 5?Of the right use and end ...
Revelation of Christthe second advent of Christ. Three different Greek words are used by the apostles to express this, (1) apokalupsis (1co. ( 1?Corin...
He is puffed up (tetupwtai). Perfect passive indicative of tupow, for which see Titus 3:6 . Knowing nothing (mhden epistameno). Present middle parti...
Godly, Godliness Reverence for God and a life of holiness in the world.The Old Testament. The Lord has set apart the godly for himself ( Psalm 4:3 ); ...
Doctrine (Gk. didaskalia [didaskaliva]). Act of teaching or that which is taught. The use of the term in Scripture, however, is broader than a simple ...
Agonycontest; wrestling; severe struggling with pain and suffering. Anguish is the reflection on evil that is already past, while agony is a struggle ...
Truth [N] [T] [E]In Scripture, truth is characterized by both qualitative and quantitative aspects. In the historical narratives of the Old Testament,...
Troas [N] [H] [S]a city on the coast of Mysia, in the north-west of Asia Minor, named after ancient Troy, which was at some little distance from it (a...
Faithfulness [N] [T]In the Old Testament, God's faithfulness and covenant love are closely related ( Deut 7:9 ; Psalm 25:10 ; 85:10 ). The most prof...
Gentleness [N]Sensitivity of disposition and kindness of behavior, founded on strength and prompted by love.The Old Testament. Gentleness is suggested...