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339 articles found for “house of Jacob”

• 1 Peter 2:9

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  A verse that calls believers "a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people." It is the principal text for the Reformation doctrine of the priesthood of all believers and the passage most often cited in discussions of the mission and identity of the laity.

• Genesis 15:1-6

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  A passage in which God promises the childless Abram descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven, and Abram's belief in that promise is counted to him for righteousness. Because Paul cites it in arguing for justification by faith, it is regarded as a key text for the doctrine of justification.

• Talitha Koum

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  Talitha koum is the Aramaic phrase Jesus spoke when he raised the dead daughter of Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue. It appears in Mark 5:41 and means "Little girl, arise."

• Exodus 26

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  Exodus 26 is the chapter in which God instructs Moses on the construction of the tabernacle itself. It describes how to make the multiple layers of curtains and the skin coverings, the boards of shittim wood with their silver sockets, the veil dividing the holy place from the most holy place, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle.

• John 14:6

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  John 14:6 is the verse in which Jesus says, "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." It is a principal text for the exclusivity of Christian salvation and the verse most often cited in debates over the relationship between salvation and other religions.

• Devoted Thing

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  A "devoted thing" (Hebrew herem) is an object or person wholly dedicated to God, which therefore can no longer be put to private use or redeemed. The term is best known from the account of Achan in Joshua 7.

• Living Stone

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  "Living stone" is a metaphor in 1 Peter 2:4–5 that refers both to Jesus Christ and to those who believe in him. It describes believers as stones built upon Christ into a "spiritual house."

• Mark 3:28–30

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  Mark 3:28–30 is the passage in which Jesus warns the scribes who had said he was possessed by a demon that "blasphemy against the Holy Ghost" will never be forgiven. Interpreters frequently debate what this "unforgivable sin" is and whether a believer can commit it, and the passage is a common source of spiritual anxiety.

• Drachma

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  The drachma was an ancient Greek silver coin and monetary unit. In the New Testament it appears in the parable of the lost coin in Luke 15, and it is generally understood to have been worth about a laborer's daily wage.

• Epaenetus

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  Epaenetus was a Christian whom Paul greeted in Romans 16:5, calling him "my wellbeloved" and the "firstfruits" of Asia unto Christ.

• Genesis 44

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  Genesis 44 is the chapter in which Joseph tests his brothers with a silver cup. When the youngest, Benjamin, is seized to become a servant, Judah pleads to be made a servant in the boy's place.

• 2 Samuel 13

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  2 Samuel 13 recounts how Amnon, David's firstborn son, violates his half-sister Tamar, and how Tamar's brother Absalom kills Amnon two years later and flees to Geshur.

• Esther 5

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  Esther 5 recounts how, on the third day, Esther approaches the king unsummoned, obtains his favor, and invites the king and Haman to a banquet. It also describes how Haman, enraged at Mordecai, has a gallows built on which to hang him.

• Psalm 59

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  Psalm 59 is a lament traditionally attributed to David. It is a prayer for deliverance from bloodthirsty enemies, and it closes with praise to God as "my defence," or high fortress.

• Archippus

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  Archippus was an early Christian worker named in the New Testament letters to the Colossians and to Philemon. Paul called him a "fellowsoldier" and urged him to fulfill "the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord."

• Micah 2

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  Micah 2 pronounces judgment on those who seize the fields and houses of others, indicts both the people who try to silence prophecy and the false prophets, and promises that the remnant of Israel will be gathered again.

• Jeremiah 16

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  Jeremiah 16 is the chapter in which God forbids Jeremiah to marry or to enter houses of mourning and feasting, making his life a sign of the judgment coming on Judah. The chapter also promises both a day of return from exile and a day when the nations will turn to the LORD.

• Passover

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  Passover is a Jewish festival commemorating the deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt. In Christianity, it provides the background for understanding the death of Jesus Christ and the Lord's Supper.

• Feast of Unleavened Bread

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  The Feast of Unleavened Bread was a seven-day festival, beginning the day after Passover, during which Israel ate bread without leaven to commemorate the Exodus. In the New Testament it is named together with Passover, and Paul uses it as an illustration of the Christian life.

• Four Horsemen

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  The Four Horsemen are the four figures, riding a white horse, a red horse, a black horse, and a pale horse, who appear in succession in Revelation 6 as the Lamb opens the first four of the seven seals.