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Romans 12:17–21
[Bible Verses]Paul's exhortation not to avenge oneself but to leave vengeance to God and to overcome evil with good. The passage is frequently cited in teaching on love for enemies, and discussion centers on the meaning of the "coals of fire" and on the passage's relationship to punishment by the state.
Job 2:10
[Bible Verses]In this verse Job answers his wife, who has urged him in his suffering to curse God, with the words "shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?" The verse is often cited in discussions of faith amid suffering. Interpreters debate how Job's wife should be assessed and what the phrase "with his lips" means.
Conscience
[Bible]Conscience is a biblical term for the inner awareness by which a person reflects on and knows the rightness or wrongness of his or her own conduct. It appears chiefly in the Pauline Epistles of the New Testament.
Salvation Sect (Guwonpa)
[Heresies & Cults]The Salvation Sect (Guwonpa) is the collective name Korean Protestants use for the Kwon Shin-chan–Yoo Byung-eun line, which began in Daegu, South Korea, in the early 1960s, and for the Lee Yo-han and Park Ock-soo lines, which either split from it or share its roots. Korea's major Protestant denominations have declared it heretical.
Luke 6:38
[Bible Verses]A saying of Jesus that begins, "Give, and it shall be given unto you." The verse is widely used to encourage offerings and generosity, but its original context concerns judging and forgiving others, and whether it should be read as a promise of reward is debated.
Genesis 50:20
[Bible Verses]Genesis 50:20 records Joseph's words to the brothers who had sold him: "Ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good." It is a classic text on divine providence and continues to prompt theological discussion of how human evil and God's sovereignty relate to each other.
2 Timothy 4:7–8
[Bible Verses]Second Timothy 4:7–8 is a passage in which Paul, facing death, looks back on his life as an athlete who has finished a race and looks ahead to the "crown of righteousness" he will receive on the day Christ returns. A text about persevering in faith to the end and about Christian hope, it is frequently cited at retirement services and funerals.
Philippians 1:6
[Bible Verses]Philippians 1:6 is the verse in which Paul expresses his confidence that God, who began a "good work" in the Philippian believers, will bring it to completion until the day of Christ. It is frequently cited in discussions of the assurance of salvation and the doctrine of the perseverance of the saints.
Mark 9:50
[Bible Verses]Mark 9:50 records Jesus' charge to his disciples, given through the figure of salt, to live as disciples who have not lost their savor and to be at peace with one another. Because it concludes a teaching that began with a dispute over who was the greatest, the verse is often cited in discussions of peace within the Christian community.
Deuteronomy 31:6–8
[Bible Verses]Deuteronomy 31:6–8 records the words of encouragement Moses spoke shortly before his death to the people of Israel and to his successor Joshua, urging them to "be strong and of a good courage" and assuring them that God would not fail them nor forsake them. The passage is frequently cited at changes of leadership and at new beginnings.
John XXIII
[People]John XXIII (1881–1963) was the 261st pope of the Roman Catholic Church. During his pontificate he convoked the Second Vatican Council, and he is popularly known as "the Good Pope."
John 16:33
[Bible Verses]John 16:33 is the saying with which Jesus concluded his farewell discourse after the Last Supper, telling his disciples that they would face tribulation in the world but should be of good cheer, because he had already overcome the world. The verse is frequently cited as a word of comfort in suffering and as a declaration of Christ's victory.
Philippians 2:12–13
[Bible Verses]A passage that sets the exhortation "work out your own salvation with fear and trembling" alongside the declaration that "it is God which worketh in you." Christian traditions differ in how they understand the way God's work and the human part in salvation fit together.
Retribution
[Doctrine & Theology]Retribution is the idea that good deeds bring good results and evil deeds bring bad results. The concept originated as a Buddhist term, and in Christianity it arises in discussions of the biblical teaching on divine recompense and of the problem of suffering.
Proverbs 22:9
[Bible Verses]Proverbs 22:9 is a proverb declaring that the one with a "good eye" (KJV: "a bountiful eye"), that is, a generous person, is blessed because he shares his bread with the poor. It is frequently cited as a key verse encouraging almsgiving and sharing.
1 Peter 2:12
[Bible Verses]First Peter 2:12 urges Christians living amid persecution and slander to maintain good conduct so that unbelievers may glorify God. It is frequently cited to support the view that the Christian life is itself a form of witness.
Romans 13:3–4
[Bible Verses]A passage describing the ruler as "the minister of God," appointed to encourage good and punish evil. It is frequently cited in discussions of the legitimacy and limits of state power, Christian submission, and capital punishment.
Fallen Angel
[Doctrine & Theology]A fallen angel is a spiritual being created by God as a good angel that rebelled against God and fell from its original place. Christian tradition generally identifies Satan and demons as fallen angels.
Romans 12:9–10
[Bible Verses]Paul's exhortation to love without hypocrisy, to hate evil and hold fast to what is good, and to show brotherly affection and mutual honor among believers. Because these verses open the entire series of exhortations on love in Romans 12:9–21, they are frequently cited in discussions of the ethics of the church community.
Holy Saturday
[Feasts & Seasons]Holy Saturday is the Saturday of Holy Week, the day between Good Friday and Easter on which the church remembers that Jesus Christ lay in the tomb.