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In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. The New International Version translates the passage as: Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul.
The phrase "fear and trembling" is frequently used in New Testament works by or attributed to Paul the Apostle (painted here by Peter Paul Rubens). Fear and trembling ( Ancient Greek : φόβος και τρόμος , romanised : phobos kai tromos ) [ 1 ] is a phrase used throughout the Bible and the Tanakh , and in other Jewish literature.
His legal reputation gave rise to the nickname "Honest Abe". [106] In an 1858 criminal trial, Lincoln represented William "Duff" Armstrong, who was on trial for the murder of James Preston Metzker. [107] The case is famous for Lincoln's use of a fact established by judicial notice to challenge the credibility of an eyewitness.
Portal:Bible/Quotes/5 "Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do." [2] (Colossians 3:12-13)
[6] [9] This is often done in meeting for worship; Pierre Lacout, a Swiss Quaker, describes a "silence which is active" causing the Inner Light to "glow", in his book God is silence. [10] In a Friends meeting it is usually called "ministry" when a person shares aloud what the Inward Light is saying to him or her, which is revealed "by the ...
Hilary of Poitiers: "The Apostles salute the house with the prayer of peace; yet so as that peace seems rather spoken than given.For their own peace which was the bowels of their pity ought not to rest upon the house if it were not worthy; then the sacrament of heavenly peace could be kept within the Apostles own bosom.
Just as Kierkegaard emphasized stages along life's way in his pseudonymous writings so he does the same with his religious writings. After the reader has learned silence from the lilies of the field and birds of the air so now attention is turned to a lesson in "obedience". This is the ethical discourse.
Fear and Trembling (original Danish title: Frygt og Bæven) is a philosophical work by Søren Kierkegaard, published in 1843 under the pseudonym Johannes de silentio (Latin for John of the Silence). The title is a reference to a line from Philippians 2:12 , which says to “continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.”