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2. Holy obedience - Wikipedia

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   Christian obedience is a free choice to surrender one's will to God, [6] and an act of homage. [3]Amongst the moral virtues obedience enjoys a primacy of honour. The reason is that the greater or lesser excellence of a moral virtue is determined by the greater or lesser value of the object which it qualifies one to put aside in order to give oneself to God.

3. Active obedience of Christ - Wikipedia

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   The imputation of Christ's active obedience is a doctrine within Lutheran and Reformed theology. It is based on the idea that God's righteousness demands perfect obedience to his law. By his active obedience, Christ has "made available a perfect righteousness by keeping the law that is imputed or reckoned to those who put their trust in him."

4. Matthew 5:48 - Wikipedia

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   In Jewish scripture, certain individuals such as Noah (Genesis 6:9) and Abraham [citation needed] are referred to as perfect because of their obedience to God. In these passages perfect is used as a synonym for complete, and perfect obedience to God is simply complete obedience to God.

5. Seven virtues - Wikipedia

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   [5] The third virtue is also commonly referred to as "charity", as this is how the influential King James Bible translated the Greek word agape. The traditional understanding of the difference between cardinal and theological virtues is that the latter are not fully accessible to humans in their natural state without assistance from God. [6]

6. The Books of Homilies - Wikipedia

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   A Fruitful exhortation to the reading of holy Scripture. Of the misery of all mankind. Of the salvation of all mankind. Of the true and lively faith. Of good works. Of Christian love and charity. Against swearing and perjury. Of the declining from GOD. An exhortation against the fear of death. An exhortation to obedience. Against whoredom and ...

7. Matthew 5:17 - Wikipedia

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   Matthew 5:17 is the 17th verse of the fifth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and is part of the Sermon on the Mount.One of the most debated verses in the gospel, this verse begins a new section on Jesus and the Torah, [1] where Jesus discusses the Law and the Prophets.

8. Ethics in the Bible - Wikipedia

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   According to traditional Jewish enumeration, the Hebrew Bible is composed of 24 books which came into being over a span of almost a millennium. [1]: 17 The Bible's earliest texts reflect a Late Bronze Age civilization of the Ancient Near East, while its last text, usually thought to be the Book of Daniel, comes from a second century BCE Hellenistic period.

9. The Obedience of a Christian Man - Wikipedia

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   Obedience is divided into five overall sections. The first two are preliminary introductions: the first introduces Tyndale's central concept of experiencing God through the reading of scripture; the second discusses the church's disobedience (of God) in teaching ecclesiastical law rather than scripture. The book proper contains three overall ...