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• Man of God

  "Man of God" is a biblical title for a person who belongs to God, proclaims His word, and is entrusted with His work. In the Old Testament it is applied to Moses and to prophets such as Elijah and Elisha; in the New Testament it is applied to Timothy.

• Old Man and New Man

  "Old man" and "new man" are expressions from the Pauline epistles. Using the image of taking off and putting on clothing, they contrast the person under the dominion of sin before faith in Christ with the person newly created in Christ.

• Uri (son of Hur)

  Uri is a man of the tribe of Judah in the Old Testament, the son of Hur and the father of Bezalel, the craftsman who made the tabernacle and its furnishings.

• Ephesians 4:22–24

  A passage in Ephesians that exhorts believers to put off the "old man" and to put on the "new man," which is created after God. It is frequently cited in discussions of conversion, sanctification, and the restoration of the image of God.

• Jesse

  Jesse was a man of Bethlehem in the Old Testament, the son of Obed and the father of King David. Because of the prophecy of the "stem of Jesse" in Isaiah 11, his name also serves as a symbol of the messianic line.

• Dibri

  Dibri is a man of the tribe of Dan who is named once in the Old Testament book of Leviticus. His daughter Shelomith was the mother of the man who blasphemed the name of God in the wilderness and was stoned to death.

• Caleb

  Caleb is a man of the tribe of Judah who appears in the Old Testament books of Numbers and Joshua. One of the twelve spies, he joined Joshua in urging Israel to take Canaan, and the two of them were the only members of the Exodus generation to enter the Promised Land.

• Belial

  Belial is a Hebrew word in the Old Testament meaning "worthlessness" or "wickedness," used mainly in the expression "son (or man) of Belial" to describe a base or wicked person. In the New Testament it appears once, in 2 Corinthians 6:15, as a name for the power of evil opposed to Christ, that is, Satan.

• Abinadab

  Abinadab was a man of Kiriath-jearim in the Old Testament. Scripture records that he received the ark of the covenant into his house after the Philistines returned it, and that it remained there for a long time. Several other people of the same name also appear in the Bible.

• Manoah

  Manoah is a man of the tribe of Dan in the Old Testament Book of Judges and the father of the judge Samson. He and his wife received from the angel of the Lord the announcement of their son's birth.

• Samson

  Samson was a judge of Israel in the Old Testament book of Judges. Born a Nazarite, he fought against the Philistines. Renowned for his great strength, he was captured after revealing his secret to Delilah, and he died when he brought down the temple of Dagon.

• Hannah

  Hannah is a woman in the Old Testament book of 1 Samuel, the wife of Elkanah and the mother of the prophet Samuel. She is known for the prayer and vow she made at the sanctuary in Shiloh while she was childless, and for the "Song of Hannah."

• Ephesians 4

  Ephesians 4 urges a life worthy of the Christian calling and the preservation of the church's unity, which the Holy Spirit has brought about. It teaches the purpose of the ministries given to the church and describes the practical conduct involved in putting off the old man and putting on the new man.

• Colossians 3:10

  A verse stating that believers have put off the old man and put on the new man, who is continually being renewed after the image of the Creator. It is frequently cited in discussions of the restoration of the image of God and of sanctification.

• Colossians 3

  Colossians 3 urges believers who have been raised with Christ to seek those things which are above and to put off the old man and put on the new. The chapter closes with a household code addressed to wives and husbands, children and fathers, and servants.

• Colossians 3:11

  Colossians 3:11 declares that for the "new man" in Christ, distinctions of ethnicity, religious tradition, culture, and social status cannot serve as a criterion, for Christ is all. The verse is frequently cited in discussions of the unity of the church and the overcoming of discrimination.

• Ephesians 4:28

  Ephesians 4:28 urges the person who stole to stop stealing and to work honestly with his own hands so that he will have something to share with those in need. The verse depicts a turn from a life of taking to a life of giving and is frequently cited in discussions of the work ethic and almsgiving.

• Colossians 3:16

  A verse in Colossians that exhorts believers to let the word of Christ dwell in them richly, to teach one another, and to praise God with thanksgiving in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. It is frequently cited as a biblical basis for church music and congregational singing.

• Colossians 3:17

  An exhortation from Paul to the church at Colossae to do everything in word and deed in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God through him. The verse is frequently cited as extending faith to the whole of everyday life.

• Son of Man

  "Son of Man" (Korean 인자, 人子) literally means "son of man." In the Old Testament it is an expression for a human being; in Daniel 7 it describes a figure who comes with the clouds of heaven; and in the Gospels it is the term Jesus most often used to refer to himself.