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• Proverbs 2Bible

  Proverbs 2 is a father's instruction teaching that whoever seeks wisdom as silver and hidden treasure will come to understand the fear of the LORD and will be protected from the way of evil men and from the strange woman.

• Nicene CreedDoctrine & Theology

  The Nicene Creed is a confession of faith first drafted at the Council of Nicaea in 325 and expanded at the Council of Constantinople in 381. It summarizes the Trinitarian faith and is one of the principal ecumenical creeds, accepted by the Catholic Church, the Orthodox Church, and Protestant churches alike.

• Genesis 24Bible

  Genesis 24 recounts how Abraham sends his aged servant to his kindred in his homeland to find a wife for his son Isaac, and how the servant meets Rebekah at a well and brings her back to marry Isaac.

• Judges 9Bible

  Judges 9 recounts how Abimelech, son of Gideon, killed his seventy brothers and became king at Shechem, then fell into conflict with Shechem after three years and died at Thebez.

• Ezekiel 6Bible

  Ezekiel 6 is the chapter in which Ezekiel prophesies against the mountains of Israel. Judgment by sword, famine, and pestilence falls on a people who worshiped at high places and served idols, yet the chapter declares that a remnant scattered among the nations will remember God and repent.

• Hebrews 2Bible

  Hebrews 2 opens with a warning not to neglect so great a salvation. It then explains that Jesus, made for a little while lower than the angels, took on flesh and blood and suffered, thereby becoming the Savior of his brethren and a merciful and faithful high priest.

• 1 Samuel 2Bible

  1 Samuel 2 records Hannah's song of thanksgiving, the corruption of Eli's two sons, and, in contrast, the growth of the boy Samuel. The chapter closes with a pronouncement of judgment on the house of Eli.

• 2 Kings 15Bible

  2 Kings 15 records the reigns of Azariah (Uzziah) and Jotham, kings of Judah, and a period of turmoil in the northern kingdom of Israel, when the kings from Zachariah to Pekah were assassinated one after another and Assyria invaded.

• PerichoresisDoctrine & Theology

  Perichoresis is a theological term expressing that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, while distinct from one another, dwell in one another and exist as one God. It is commonly rendered in English as "mutual indwelling."

• Romans 1Bible

  Romans 1 contains Paul's greeting and his desire to visit Rome, announces the letter's theme, "the righteousness of God revealed in the gospel," and begins the indictment of the sin of humanity, which has turned away from God.

• CalahBible

  Calah is an ancient city in the land of Assyria mentioned alongside Nineveh in Genesis 10. Its Akkadian name was Kalhu, and its site is identified with the ruins of Nimrud in northern Iraq.

• HivitesBible

  In the Old Testament, the Hivites are presented as descendants of Canaan and as one of the so-called "seven nations" that inhabited the land of Canaan before Israel entered it. The people of Shechem and Gibeon are identified as Hivites.

• SojournerBible

  A sojourner is a person who has left his or her own land and lives in a land belonging to others. Old Testament law commands the protection of sojourners, and the New Testament calls believers sojourners in the world.

• AramBible

  Aram is the Old Testament name for a Semitic people who lived in what is now Syria and northern Mesopotamia, and for the states they established. In the New Testament the region is usually called Syria.

• Simeon and AnnaPeople

  Simeon and Anna are two devout Jews in Luke 2 who recognized the infant Jesus as the Messiah and bore witness to him when he was presented at the Temple in Jerusalem. Simeon left a hymn of praise and a prophecy, and Anna is called a prophetess.

• PortionBible

  A portion is a share that is divided and received, such as an inheritance or an allotment of land. In the Old Testament the term is used for the tribes' allotments of land and in the confession of faith "the LORD is my portion"; in the New Testament it appears in the parable of the prodigal son.

• Charles WesleyPeople

  Charles Wesley (1707–1788) was a priest of the Church of England and a hymn writer. With his elder brother John Wesley, he led the Methodist movement, and he is said to have written more than 6,500 hymns during his lifetime.

• Carob PodsBible

  Carob pods are the swine fodder, rendered "husks" in the King James Version, with which the younger son in the Parable of the Prodigal Son longed to fill his stomach after squandering his inheritance. The term refers to the pods of the carob tree, which grows along the Mediterranean coast.

• 1 Corinthians 15:28Bible Verses

  A verse in 1 Corinthians 15, the chapter on the resurrection and the last things, stating that after all things have been subjected to the Son, the Son himself will also be subject to the Father, "that God may be all in all." It has been cited frequently in Trinitarian and Christological debates.

• Hebrews 2:14–17Bible Verses

  A passage explaining that Christ took on the same flesh and blood as human beings in order to destroy the devil, who held the power of death, and to become a high priest who deals with the sins of the people. Because it addresses both the Incarnation and the atonement, it is frequently cited in discussions of Christology and the doctrine of the atonement.