Eph. 1 Eph. 1:3 - 3.21.7 Eph. 1:4 6 - 3.5.6, 3.13.8.1, 3.17.14, 3.21.7, 4.4.2, 4.4.3 Eph. 1:5 - 3.21.7 Eph. 1:7 2 - 3.1.5, 3.5.9 Eph. 1:9 2 - 3...
COLOSSIANS. CHAPTER III. The New Life in Christ. SUMMARY.--Fellowship with the Risen Christ. Our Lives with Him. Hence, All the Evil Deeds of th...
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...
Circumcision [T] [B] [E] [S]Institution of Genesis 17:10-14 ; Leviticus 12:3 ; John 7:22 ; Acts 7:8 ; Romans 4:11 A seal of righteousness Roma...
Armor [N]Scripture frequently employs the imagery of armor as a metaphor for spiritual defense and protection. Old Testament symbolism emphasizes that...
Blessed (euloghto). Verbal of eulogew, common in the LXX for Hebrew baruk (Vulgate benedictus) and applied usually to God, sometimes to men ( Genesis...
Heaven, Heavens, Heavenlies Heaven is the created reality beyond earth. The heavens and the earth ( Gen 1:1 ) circumscribe the entire creation, or wha...
CHAPTER 1 - Of the Holy Scriptures1. The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedi...
the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air The bowl is poured out into the air, ???? [aera] . Elsewhere, Scripture gives Satan the title ?pri...
Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God and the power of His Christ have come An equivalent statement to that which accompanied the so...
Head, Headship The head is the topmost part of the body, where symbols of power, authority, and honor were displayed. Kings and priests were anointed ...
Power [N]Power is an English logical construct referring to a variety of ideas relating to ability, capacity, authority, and might/strength. In human ...
they had a king over them These locusts are to be contrasted with natural locusts which have no king: ?The locusts have no king, yet they all advance...
He laid hold of the dragon Laid hold is ???????? [ekrat?se] : ?take into one?s possession or custody . . . arrest . . . apprehend someone.?1 The dra...
CORINTHIANS. CHAPTER IV. Glory Through Suffering. SUMMARY.--Paul's Sincerity and Earnestness in the Ministry. The Eyes of Some Blinded by the God...
The shape of the locusts was like Up to this point, the creatures which come up out of the bottomless pit have been identified as ?locusts? (Rev. Rev...
Spirituality [N]Hebrew Spirituality. Hebrew spirituality is a life lived within the framework defined by God's saving Acts in his history with his peo...
Baptize, Baptism The Greek root-word baptizein [baptivzw] means to plunge, immerse, sink; hence to wash; to be immersed, overwhelmed (in trouble). Fro...
Chapter?3I. The apostle exhorts us to set our hearts upon heaven and take them off from this world (v.?1-4). II. He exhorts to the mortification of si...
Chapter?1We have here, I. The inscription, as usual (v.?1, v.?2). II. His thanksgiving to God for what he had heard concerning them?their faith, love,...