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Verse 5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations." "I sanctified you": "I set you apart" (Jeremiah 1:5 NIV) – this was "a designation for the prophetic function rather an inward sanctification". Verse 6 Then said I,
John 17:24 also refers to the Father loving Jesus "before the foundation of the world". [2] Ephesians 1:4–5, [3] 2 Corinthians 8:9, Galatians 4:4 and Colossians 1:15–17 show that Paul knew the preexistence of Christ. [4] The pre-existence of Christ is affirmed at the Beginning of the Nicene Creed. [5]
Pre-existence. Pre-existence, preexistence, beforelife, or premortal existence, is the belief that each individual human soul existed before mortal conception, and at some point before birth enters or is placed into the body. Concepts of pre-existence can encompass either the belief that the soul came into existence at some time prior to ...
Matthew 1:25. Matthew 1:25 is the twenty-fifth and final verse of the first chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. Joseph has awakened from a dream in which an angel gave him instructions about the birth of Jesus. He has taken Mary into his home, completing their marriage. In this verse, Jesus is born and his name is given to ...
Nicodemus seeks Jesus by night by Alexandre Bida (1875) Jesus' discourse with Nicodemus is related in John 3:1–21, [1] but not in the synoptic gospels. [2] For fear of the Jewish authorities a ruler in Israel, Nicodemus, one of the Pharisees, comes by night to see Jesus. Jesus explains to him that to enter the Kingdom of God, he must be born ...
Christian Bible part. New Testament. Matthew 2:4 is the fourth verse of the second chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. The magi have informed King Herod that they had seen portents showing the birth of the King of the Jews. In this verse he calls together leading figures of Jerusalem to find out where Jesus was to be born.
Simeon in the Temple, by Rembrandt van Rijn, 1631. Simeon (Greek: Συμεών) at the Temple is the "just and devout" man of Jerusalem who, according to Luke 2:25–35, met Mary, Joseph, and Jesus as they entered the Temple to fulfill the requirements of the Law of Moses on the 40th day from Jesus' birth, i. e. the presentation of Jesus at the Temple.
Matthew 7:22. "The Sermon on the Mount" by Guillaume Fouace (1878), Église Notre-Dame de Montfarville. Matthew 7:22 is the twenty-second verse of the seventh chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and is part of the Sermon on the Mount. This verse continues Jesus ' warning against false prophets.