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2 Corinthians 4 is the fourth chapter of the Second Epistle to the Corinthians in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is authored by Paul the Apostle and Timothy (2 Corinthians 1:1) in Macedonia in 55–56 CE. [1] Twice in this chapter (verses 1 and 16) this sentence occurs: "Therefore, we do not lose heart". [2]
Jesus drives out a demon or unclean spirit, from the 15th-century Très Riches Heures. In English translations of the Bible, unclean spirit is a common rendering [1] of Greek pneuma akatharton (πνεῦμα ἀκάθαρτον; plural pneumata akatharta (πνεύματα ἀκάθαρτα)), which in its single occurrence in the Septuagint translates Hebrew ruaḥ tum'ah (רוּחַ ...
Personification, the attribution of human form and characteristics to abstract concepts such as nations, emotions and natural forces like seasons and the weather, is a literary device found in many ancient texts, including the Hebrew Bible and Christian New Testament. Personification is often part of allegory, parable and metaphor in the Bible. [1]
[3] [4] The Catholic Encyclopedia , referring to the many false beliefs and erroneous teachings on the subject, [ 5 ] says of demonology, " A daemonibus docetur, de daemonibus docet, et ad daemones ducit " ( ' It is taught by the demons, it teaches about the demons, and it leads to the demons ' ).
Cancer’s little ones will thrive in her homespun fortress of love, comfort and from-scratch cookies. Movie nights, family hikes and long discussions at the dinner table (read: therapy sessions ...
Apophatic theology is often accused of being a version of atheism or agnosticism, since it cannot say truly that God exists. [133] " The comparison is crude, however, for conventional atheism treats the existence of God as a predicate that can be denied ("God is nonexistent"), whereas negative theology denies that God has predicates". [ 134 ] "
We call the first sense "literal" sense, the second the "allegorical", or "moral" or "anagogical". To clarify this method of treatment, consider this verse: When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a barbarous people: Judea was made his sanctuary, Israel his dominion (Psalm 113). Now if we examine the letters alone, the exodus of ...
For we are not, as so many, peddling the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ. [6]"We are not, as so many": Paul separates himself from the false apostles, who are "many", forming "great swarms of false teachers" in the early times of Christianity (cf. 1 John 2:18; 1 John 4:1).