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The ordinance of marriage was sanctioned in Paradise (Gen 2:24; Matt 19:4-6). Monogamy was the original law under which man lived, but polygamy early commenced (Gen 4:19), and continued to prevail...
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Faith is in general the persuasion of the mind that a certain statement is true (Phil 1:27; 2 Thess 2:13). Its primary idea is trust. A thing is true, and therefore worthy of trust. It admits of...
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This word seems to require explanation only in the case of its use by our Lord in his interview with "Simon, the son of Jonas," after his resurrection (John 21:16, 17). When our Lord says, "Lovest...
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(Rom 12:6). Paul says here that each one was to exercise his gift of prophecy, i.e., of teaching, "according to the proportion of faith." The meaning is, that the utterances of the "prophet" were...
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Helper. (1.) The father of Hananiah, a false prophet (Jer 28:1). (2.) The father of Jaazaniah (Ezek 11:1). (3.) One of those who sealed the covenant with Jehovah on the return from Babylon (Neh...
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Two female Christians, active workers, whom Paul salutes in his epistle to the Romans (16:12).
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The "Dioscuri", two heroes of Greek and Roman mythology. Their figures were probably painted or sculptured on the prow of the ship which Luke refers to (Acts 28:11). They were regarded as the...
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The names of two brazen columns set up in Solomon's temple (1 Kings 7:15-22). Each was eighteen cubits high and twelve in circumference (Jer 52:21, 23 1 Kings 7:17-21). They had doubtless a...
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Immediately (Matt 13:21; R.V., "straightway;" Luke 21:9).
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Stood in the midst of the garden of Eden, beside the tree of life (Gen 2, 3). Adam and Eve were forbidden to take of the fruit which grew upon it. But they disobeyed the divine injunction, and so...