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Hebrews 11:12. ESV Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore. NIV And so from this one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.
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What does Hebrews 11:18 mean? This passage in Hebrews...
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Romans 4:19. ESV He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead (since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah 's womb. NIV Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah ...
The Bible represents the lost as dead ones. Part of being lost is being dead. This is not physical death but spiritual death. We were once dead in trespasses and sins (Ephesians 2:1). God views the world of the unsaved as a a graveyard full of dead people (Ephesians 5:14 ). The unsaved man is dead because he is alienated from God’s life ...
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Before discussing the range of applications of ‘dead works’ as cited above, let us first isolate its primary biblical meaning. First, what does the Greek usage of ‘dead works’ imply? Work = ergon = Work, i.e., deed, act, action, something donei. ‘Dead’= nekros = Inactive in respect of doing right; Destitute of life, force or power,
May 9, 2024 · Repenting of one’s own works is foundational to trusting Christ and is thus called an “elementary doctrine” of Christ (Hebrews 6:1). In the context of the book of Hebrews, the specific dead works to which the author refers are the Levitical rituals that the professing Jewish Christians had trusted in before salvation in Christ.
Isa 17:12. Tools. The many nations massing together are as good as dead, those who make a commotion as loud as the roaring of the sea's waves. The people making such an uproar are as good as dead, those who make an uproar as loud as the roaring of powerful waves. NET.
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Aug 20, 2021 · The Bible speaks of death as the end, as severer, punishment, and enemy—the last enemy, in fact (1 Cor 15:26). And the last bit of bad news is that this last enemy will defeat us. Always. “Did we in our own strength confide, our striving would be losing.”. Luther’s hymn puts the matter starkly and accurately.
