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Phrygia
[Bible]Phrygia is the name of an inland region of west-central Asia Minor (modern Türkiye). It is mentioned three times in the Acts of the Apostles, and Paul passed through it on two occasions.
Luke 4
[Bible]Luke 4 recounts how Jesus, after being tempted by the devil in the wilderness, returns to Galilee, reads from the book of Isaiah in the synagogue at Nazareth, and is rejected there. It also describes how he begins his public ministry in Capernaum by casting out demons and healing the sick.
Acts 11
[Bible]In this chapter Peter explains to the church in Jerusalem what happened at the house of Cornelius, and the church accepts that salvation has come to the Gentiles. A church is also established in Antioch, where the disciples are first called "Christians."
2 Peter 2
[Bible]2 Peter 2 warns against false teachers who will arise within the church. Citing God's judgment of the angels who sinned, the Flood in Noah's day, and Sodom and Gomorrah, it declares their destruction and likens their greed and licentiousness to the way of Balaam.
Matthew 1:23
[Bible Verses]Matthew 1:23 is Matthew's testimony that the prophecy that a virgin would bear a son, whose name would be called Emmanuel, "God with us," was fulfilled in the birth of Jesus. It is one of the best-known Christmas verses and the central text in the debate over the virgin birth.
Pamphylia
[Bible]Pamphylia was a region on the southern coast of Asia Minor (modern Türkiye). In the Book of Acts, it appears in the list of nations at Pentecost, in the account of Paul's first missionary journey, and in the narrative of his voyage to Rome. It is known as the place where Mark left Paul and his companions.
Acts 3
[Bible]Acts 3 recounts how Peter and John, in the name of Jesus, raise up a man lame from birth at the temple gate called Beautiful, and how Peter then preaches to the people gathered in Solomon's Porch, calling them to repentance.
1 Corinthians 7
[Bible]1 Corinthians 7 is the chapter in which Paul answers questions about marriage, celibacy, and divorce that the Corinthian believers had raised in a letter to him. It contains his exhortation to remain in the condition in which one was called, as well as his opinion recommending celibacy in view of the impending distress.
Acts 4:32–35
[Bible Verses]A summary passage in Acts reporting that the believers of the early Jerusalem church held their possessions in common and distributed them according to need, so that none among them lacked. It is often cited as a model of church community and sharing, and there is ongoing discussion about how far this sharing of property should be imitated today.
Proselytes to Judaism
[Bible]A proselyte to Judaism was a person born a Gentile who came to believe in the God of Israel and formally entered Judaism. The term appears four times in the New Testament, in Matthew and Acts.
Missio Dei
[Doctrine & Theology]Missio Dei (Latin for "the mission of God") is a concept in the theology of mission holding that the agent of mission is not the church but the triune God, and that the church is a community sent to participate in that mission.
Pontus
[Bible]Pontus was a region in northern Asia Minor along the southern coast of the Black Sea. In the New Testament it appears in the Pentecost narrative, as the birthplace of Aquila, and as one of the regions addressed in 1 Peter.
Asia (Roman Province)
[Bible]Asia was a Roman province in western Asia Minor during the New Testament period. Centered on Ephesus, it was the region where Paul carried out an extended ministry and where the seven churches of Revelation were located. It is distinct from the modern continent of Asia.
Acts 13
[Bible]Acts 13 is the chapter in which the church at Antioch sends out Barnabas and Saul as missionaries, beginning Paul's first missionary journey. It recounts the mission on Cyprus, Paul's sermon in the synagogue at Antioch in Pisidia, and the declaration that the apostles would turn to the Gentiles.
1 Timothy 4
[Bible]First Timothy 4 warns that in the latter times false teaching will arise that forbids marriage and commands abstinence from foods. It urges Timothy to exercise himself unto godliness, to be an example to believers despite his youth, and not to neglect the gift he has received.
Romans 5:8
[Bible Verses]Romans 5:8 reads: "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." It is a representative verse for the teaching that God's love precedes any human worthiness, and it is also connected to debates in the doctrine of the atonement over how the cross is to be understood.
Acts 16
[Bible]Acts 16 recounts Paul's second missionary journey, during which Timothy joins him, a vision leads him across to Macedonia, and in Philippi the households of Lydia and the jailer are baptized.
Acts 4:12
[Bible Verses]Acts 4:12 records Peter's declaration before the Jewish supreme council: "Neither is there salvation in any other." It is a leading text for the confession that Jesus Christ alone is the way of salvation, and it is frequently cited in discussions of the salvation of adherents of other religions and of those who have never heard the gospel.
Mysia
[Bible]Mysia was a region in northwestern Asia Minor (modern Türkiye). In the New Testament it appears in Acts 16 as a region through which Paul and his companions passed on their way to Troas.
Joel Osteen
[People]Joel Osteen (born 1963) is an American television preacher and the senior pastor of Lakewood Church, a megachurch in Houston, Texas. He is the author of *Your Best Life Now*, which also became widely known in Korea through its Korean translation.