Powers The uses of this biblical term fall into two major divisions: referring to miraculous powers and to angelic beings belonging to the hierarchy o...
Blessing [N]God's intention and desire to bless humanity is a central focus of his covenant relationships. For this reason, the concept of blessing pe...
New Command On the night before his death, Jesus gave a new command to his disciples: Love each other as I have loved you.The fact that Jesus called t...
Holy Spirit [N] Third person of the Trinity.Old Testament. Some have argued that Old Testament believers were saved and sanctified by the Spirit just ...
FILIPENSES 4DIVISIONES DE P?RRAFOS DE TRADUCCIONES MODERNASReina-Valera 1960(RV-1960)New Revised Standard Version(NRSV)Dios Habla Hoy(DHH)Biblia Jerus...
Victory The number of times the word victory occurs in the English Bible depends very much on the particular version one uses. For example, victory oc...
Delight The idea of delight occurs approximately 110 times in Scripture in various forms. Less than fifteen occurrences are found in the New Testament...
Homilies on the First Epistle of St. Paul to TimothyHomilies on the First Epistle of St. Paul to TimothyThe Oxford Translation Edited, with Additional...
Jonah 2:3 For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas, &c.] Though the mariners did this, yet Jonah ascribes it to the Lord; he kne...
New Life God has brought his people salvation in Jesus Christ, a gift that is described throughout the Scriptures as new life. Two words are used in t...
Thessalonians, First and Second, Theology of The epistles of Paul to the Thessalonians are forceful evidence that Paul was no mere armchair theologian...
Gospel [N] [E]Glad tidings or good news, from Anglo-Saxon godspell.The Old Testament. Good news is proclaimed widely ( 1 Sam 31:9 ; Psalm 96:2-3 ; ...
CHAPTER (ELEGY) 3 Lamentations 3:1-66 . Jeremiah proposes his own experience under afflictions, as an example as to how the Jews should beha...
Satan [N] [E] [H] [S]The Hebrew word satan [f'f] means an adversary, one who resists. It is translated as Satan eighteen times in the Old Testament, ...
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 ); ...
Baptize, Baptism The Greek root-word baptizein [baptivzw] means to plunge, immerse, sink; hence to wash; to be immersed, overwhelmed (in trouble). Fro...
Mystery [E] Scripture frequently describes God as one who knows all things, even that which the human mind could never know or finds incomprehensible....
Paradise [N] [E] [S]Persian loanword for an area enclosed by a wall or garden. Its three uses in the Hebrew Bible ( Neh 2:8 ; Eccl 2:5 ; Sol 4:13 )...
Call, Calling This prominent biblical term is used with particular theological significance in three ways: in connection with worship, with election, ...
Q1: What is thy only comfort in life and death? That I with body and soul, both in life and death, ( rom 14:7 rom 14:8 ) am not my own, ( 1?Corinthia...