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Immortality of the Soul
The immortality of the soul is the belief that, although a person dies and the body decays, the soul does not perish but continues to exist. Many denominations teach it together with belief in the resurrection, though views differ on its basis and on how it should be expressed.
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- Resurrection of the BodyDoctrine & Theology
The resurrection of the body is the Christian doctrine that on the last day the bodies of the dead will be raised and reunited with their souls. It is one of the articles confessed in the Apostles' Creed.
- Wisdom of SolomonBible
The Wisdom of Solomon is a Greek work, written in the voice of Solomon, that addresses wisdom, the immortality of the righteous, and the history of the Exodus. The Catholic and Orthodox churches include it in the Old Testament canon as a deuterocanonical book, while Protestants classify it among the Apocrypha.
- AnnihilationismDoctrine & Theology
Annihilationism is an eschatological view holding that, after the Last Judgment, the unsaved do not undergo endless punishment but instead cease to exist altogether.
- Conditional ImmortalityDoctrine & Theology
Conditional immortality is the theological view that human beings are not inherently immortal and that God grants eternal life as a gift only to those who are in Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 6Bible
1 Corinthians 6 is the chapter in which Paul rebukes the believers of the Corinthian church for bringing disputes with one another before secular courts and for sexual immorality. Because the believer's body is a member of Christ and a temple of the Holy Spirit, he urges them to glorify God in their bodies.
- Works of the FleshBible
The works of the flesh are a catalog of sins that the apostle Paul lists in Galatians 5:19–21 in contrast to the fruit of the Spirit. The list includes sexual immorality, idolatry, strife, and drunkenness, among other items, and closes with "and such like." The New Korean Revised Version renders it as fifteen items.
- PhinehasPeople
Phinehas was an Israelite priest, the grandson of Aaron and the son of Eleazar. Scripture records that he received a "covenant of peace" for turning away God's wrath during the incident at Baal-peor.
- Baal-peor IncidentBible
The Baal-peor incident occurred near the end of the wilderness period, when Israel, encamped at Shittim on the plains of Moab, committed sexual immorality with Moabite and Midianite women and worshiped Baal-peor, bringing a great plague upon the people. It is recorded in Numbers 25.
- MoabBible
Moab is the name of a people who lived on the plateau east of the Dead Sea and of the land they inhabited. The Bible presents the Moabites as descendants of Lot, and Ruth, the central figure of the Book of Ruth, was a Moabite woman.
- 1 Corinthians 5Bible
1 Corinthians 5 addresses a case of sexual immorality in the church at Corinth. Paul instructs the church to remove the offender from the community and uses the images of leaven and the Passover to stress the church's purity.
- Matthew 19:9Bible Verses
A saying of Jesus: "Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery." Denominations differ in their positions on divorce and remarriage depending on how they understand this so-called "exception clause."
- 1 Corinthians 10:13Bible Verses
This verse teaches that God is faithful and "will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able," but will "make a way to escape." It is frequently cited as a comfort in times of trial, though interpreters debate whether "temptation" here refers to enticement to sin or to suffering.