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  1. www.gotquestions.org › metaphor-in-the-BibleWhat are some examples of metaphor in the Bible?

    Sep 5, 2024 · Instead, these are metaphors for those who take from the needy and who oppress the helpless. The New Testament epistolary writers also used metaphor. Paul likens the Christian life to running a race (Galatians 5:7; 1 Corinthians 9:24) and uses wages as a metaphor for the consequences of sin (Romans 6:23).

  2. gospelherald.org › metaphors-for-christians-aMETAPHORS FOR CHRISTIANS: A STUDY OF 1 PETER 2:1-12

    Nov 30, 2023 · Metaphors are used in the New Testament to help describe the church. For example, Paul told Timothy: “These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly; but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth” (1 Timothy 3:14-15).

  3. www.rightreason.org › 2018 › kephale-in-the-ntKephalē in the New Testament: A survey - Right Reason

    Jun 15, 2018 · For example, a writer of a New Testament epistle may well be influenced by the way words are used in the Septuagint (the Greek version of the Old Testament), but that influence cannot work the other way around. Kephalē occurs 76 times in the New Testament, in 68 verses. In the vast majority of cases the word is used literally, to mean a person ...

  4. www.thegospelcoalition.org › blogs › justin-taylorNew Testament Metaphors for the Church - The Gospel Coalition

    May 17, 2011 · The following is not meant to be exhaustive—one could also profitably include field, olive tree, flock, vine—but the following are verses that deal with the main New Testament metaphors for the church: body, marriage, family, and buildings. The church is made up of many different members that comprise the one body of Christ. “For as in one body we have many members, and the members do ...

  5. bibleinterp.arizona.edu › articles › 2018Blessed Among Women? Moms, Bodies, and Theologies in the New ...

    When we encounter girls and women in the New Testament, therefore, we should keep these corporeal assumptions and constructions in mind. When female bodies appear on the scene, whether as characters in the stories, figures addressed in letters, or in metaphors taken on by male bodies, these cultural assumptions are likewise present.

  6. www.bibles.net › metaphors-for-the-church-in-the-bibleMetaphors for the Church in the Bible and Why They're ...

    The Bible Gives Us Many Metaphors for the Church. When the New Testament authors start talking about the church and its members, they push this mixing of metaphors into hyperdrive, like hitting the turbo button on a racehorse. Paul talks about being baptized into a body, as if one could be immersed into a torso.

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  8. margmowczko.com › gender-bias-in-the-nltGender Bias in the New Living Translation (NLT) - Marg Mowczko

    Oct 11, 2011 · The NLT translators (or publisher) may find it difficult to accept that women were church leaders, but the New Testament mentions a few women who were house church leaders. These women include Priscilla , with her husband Aquila, (Acts 18:26; Rom 16:3-5, etc), Nympha (Col 4:15), and possibly Phoebe (Rom 16:1-2), Apphia (Phlm 2), Chloe (1 Cor 1:11), Lydia (Acts 16), and others.