Timothy. [N] [E]The disciple thus named was the son of one of those mixed marriages which, though condemned by stricter Jewish opinion were yet not u...
Church [E] [S](Hebrew: qahal, edah; Greek: ekklesia)(The people of God; the collective body of believers. (Also, CONGREGATION, ASSEMBLY, THE BODY OF C...
Slave, Slavery State of being subjected to involuntary servitude. It usually included being legally owned as property by another person. Slavery in th...
God [T] [B] [E] [S]Appearances ofTo Adam Genesis 3:8-21 To Abraham Genesis 18:2-33 To Jacob, at Beth-el Genesis 35:7 Genesis 35:9 To Moses, ...
PAUL, THE APOSTLE, 1 pol, I. Sources 1. The Acts 2. The Thirteen Epistles (1) Pauline Authorship (2) Lightfoot's Grouping (a) First Group (1 and...
Jesus continued NAMES, APPELLATIONS, AND TITLES OFAdam 1?Corinthians 15:45 Advocate 1?John 2:1 Almighty Revelation 1:8 Alpha and Omega Rev...
Will of God One theme that all parts of Scripture take up in one way or another is the will of God. God's will is as vast as his entire plan for creat...
CHAPTER 5 1?Peter 5:1-14 . EXHORTATIONS TO ELDERS, JUNIORS, AND ALL IN GENERAL. PARTING PRAYER. CONCLUSION. 1. elders--alike in office and ag...
Apostle [N] [E] [S](Gk. apostolos [ajpovstolo]). Envoy, ambassador, or messenger commissioned to carry out the instructions of the commissioning aget....
Elect, Election The term elect means essentially to choose. It involves discriminatory evaluation of individuals, means, ends, or objects with a view ...
Mission Basic Definition. Mission is the divine activity of sending intermediaries, whether supernatural or human, to speak or do God's will so that h...
Jesus, the christ HISTORY OFGenealogy of Matthew 1:1-17 ; Luke 3:23-38 Facts before the birth ofThe angel Gabriel appears to Mary (at Nazareth) ...
Saul of Tarsus Early Life. Saul was born in the city of Tarsus ( Acts 21:39 Acts 21:40 ). His education was completed at the feet of Gamaliel in th...
Eternal Life, Eternality, Everlasting Life The divinely bestowed gift of blessedness in God's presence that endures without end. This relates especial...
TABERNACLE, A tab'-er-na-k'l ('ohel mo`edh tent of meeting, mishkan, dwelling; skene): A. STRUCTURE AND HISTORY I. INTRODUCTORY 1. Earlier Tent of ...
PETER, THE FIRST EPISTLE OF I. CANONICITY OF 1 PETER 1. External Evidence 2. Internal Evidence II. THE ADDRESS Silvanus III. PLACE AND TIME OF CO...
PHILIPPI fi-lip'-i (Philippoi, ethnic Philippesios, Philippians 4:15): 1. Position and Name: A city of Macedonia, situated in 41? 5' North latitude ...
WORLD, COSMOLOGICAL wurld, koz-mo-loj'-i-kal: 1. Terms and General Meaning 2. Hebrew Idea of the World 3. Its Extent 4. Origin of the World--Bibli...
CHAPTER 2 Hebrews 2:1-18 . DANGER OF NEGLECTING SO GREAT SALVATION, FIRST SPOKEN BY CHRIST; TO WHOM, NOT TO ANGELS, THE NEW DISPENSATION WAS ...
Jesus Christ, Name and Titles of In our culture names serve primarily to distinguish one person from another. In Bibletimes names had other significan...