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Psalm 87
[Bible]Psalm 87 is a short, seven-verse psalm of the sons of Korah that celebrates Zion, the city God loves, and proclaims that Gentile nations such as Egypt, Babylon, Philistia, Tyre, and Cush will also be spoken of as born in Zion.
Acts 15
[Bible]Acts 15 is the chapter of the Book of Acts that recounts the Jerusalem Council, which considered whether Gentile believers should be required to be circumcised and to keep the Law. It also records the letter conveying the council's decision and the account of Paul and Barnabas parting ways over Mark.
Jonah 4:11
[Bible Verses]Jonah 4:11 is God's question to Jonah, who was angry that Nineveh had been spared, and the Book of Jonah ends with this question. The verse is frequently cited as an expression of God's compassion, which extends even to Gentile nations.
Healing of the Centurion's Servant
[Bible]The healing of the centurion's servant is a miracle in which Jesus, at Capernaum, healed the sick servant of a Roman army centurion by his word alone. Recorded in Matthew 8 and Luke 7, the account is known for Jesus' commendation of a Gentile's faith.
Galatians 3:28
[Bible Verses]Galatians 3:28 declares that in Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek, neither bond nor free, "neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus." It is a key text on the unity of the church and carries significant weight in debates over the ordination of women, the equality of men and women, and slavery.
Food Sacrificed to Idols
[Bible]Food sacrificed to idols is a New Testament term for meat and other food that had been offered to pagan gods and was then eaten or sold in the marketplace. Acts, 1 Corinthians, and Revelation address whether believers may eat it.
Galatians 2:20
[Bible Verses]Galatians 2:20 reads, "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me." Regarded as the most intense expression of union with Christ, the verse is discussed in connection with justification, sanctification, and the debate over how to translate "the faith of Christ."
Justin Martyr
[People]Justin Martyr was a second-century Christian philosopher and apologist in the Roman Empire. He defended the Christian faith in the language of reason and philosophy and was martyred in Rome around 165.
Judas Barsabas
[People]Judas Barsabas was a leader and prophet of the Jerusalem church mentioned in Acts 15. Together with Silas, he carried the letter containing the decision of the Jerusalem Council to the church at Antioch.
Silas
[People]Silas appears in the New Testament book of Acts as a leader of the Jerusalem church who accompanied Paul on his second missionary journey. In the Pauline epistles and 1 Peter he appears under the name Silvanus.
Galatians 5:1
[Bible Verses]A verse in which Paul urges the churches of Galatia to stand fast in the liberty that Christ has given them and not to be entangled again with the "yoke of bondage." It is frequently cited in discussions of Christian liberty and its relationship to the law.
Galatians 3:2
[Bible Verses]Galatians 3:2 is the verse in which Paul asks the Galatian believers whether they received the Holy Spirit by keeping the law or by hearing the gospel and believing it. It is frequently cited in discussions of the relationship between faith and the law and of how the Holy Spirit is received.
Galatians 6:14
[Bible Verses]Near the end of his letter to the churches of Galatia, Paul declares that, unlike those who glory in circumcision, he glories only in the cross of Christ. The verse is frequently cited in discussions of cross-centered faith and of the believer's relationship to the world.
Galatians 5:6
[Bible Verses]Galatians 5:6 is Paul's statement that neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but only "faith which worketh by love." Because it shows the relationship between faith and love (works), various traditions frequently cite it in discussions of justification and sanctification.
Galatians 2:16
[Bible Verses]Paul's declaration that a person is justified not by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ. The verse is frequently cited as a central basis for the doctrine of justification by faith, and interpreters differ over the meaning of "the works of the law" and "faith in Christ."
Galatians 3:26–29
[Bible Verses]A passage in Paul's letter to the churches of Galatia declaring that those who belong to Christ through faith and baptism are sons of God and heirs of Abraham, without distinction of ethnicity, social status, or sex. It is frequently cited in discussions of baptism, the ordination of women, and the relationship between the church and Israel.
Galatians 4:9–11
[Bible Verses]In this passage Paul rebukes the Galatian believers who, after coming to know God, were turning back to serve the "weak and beggarly elements" and to observe days and seasons. It is frequently cited in discussions of Sabbath and festival observance, the church year, and legalism.
Romans 4:1–5
[Bible Verses]In this passage Paul uses Abraham as an example to explain that a person is counted righteous by faith rather than by works. It is frequently cited as a key text for the doctrine of justification by faith, and denominations differ in how they interpret it.
Galatians 3:24
[Bible Verses]Galatians 3:24 is a verse in which Paul says that the law served as a "schoolmaster" (Greek *paidagōgos*), a guardian who took charge of people and guided them until Christ came. It is frequently cited in discussions of the relationship between law and gospel and of the uses of the law.
Galatians 4:4
[Bible Verses]Paul's declaration that, at the time God appointed, he sent his Son to be born as a human being and under the law. The verse distills the doctrine of the Incarnation and the true humanity of Christ and is frequently cited in Christmas sermons.