Bible Dictionary: Being Positive

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Greek

422. anepaischuntos -- not to be put to shame
... the prefix, ). 422 ("not disgraced"), used only in 2 Tim 2:15, refers to
the (positive) result of being a of Scripture. [422 () is ...
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2158. euschemon -- comely
... 2158 ("comely") focuses on the outward of godliness, ie as being (encouraging)
to others which attracts attention in a positive way. ...
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3986. peirasmos -- an experiment, a trial, temptation
... being tried, (b) temptation, (c) calamity, affliction. Cognate: 3986 (from 3985 ) --
or -- both senses can apply (depending on the context). The positive sense ...
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2475. Israelites -- an Israelite
... a positive (covenant) overtone, implying someone is a true covenant-believer. In
contrast, 1445 ("Jew") in the NT has a negative implication of being hostile ...
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Topical Bible Verses

Galatians 4:15
Where is then the blessedness you spoke of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, you would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.
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Library

John ix. 29
... we cannot see into their hearts, this is, in fact, denying the Holy Spirit's most
infallible sign"the fruits of righteousness; and being positive rather of ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/arnold/the christian life/lecture xxxiii john ix 29.htm

Sin not a Mere Negation.
... We reconcile sin's privative being with its positive working as follows: depriving
the ceaseless activity of man's nature of correct guidance, it runs in the ...
/.../kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/xii sin not a mere.htm

Chapter i
... no contradiction between affirming and denying that It has them inasmuch as It precedes
and surpasses all deprivation, being beyond all positive and negative ...
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Perishing or Being Saved
... with the rich fulness of positive endowments, of happiness, and of holiness which
make an integral part of the salvation of God. This, then, being the one side ...
/.../romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/perishing or being saved.htm

Though These Eternal Moral Obligations are Indeed of Themselves ...
... even antecedent to the consideration of their being the positive will and command
of God, yet that which most strongly confirms, and in practice most ...
/.../ii proposition ii though these.htm

Sin a Power in Reversed Action.
... when detached from its pivot does not stop it immediately; but, being uncontrolled,
it ... restored to his original state, it could not lead to a positive evil. ...
/.../kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/xiii sin a power in.htm

Holy Raiment of One's Own Weaving.
... that death is a dying to all sin, as well as the positive declaration of ... This applies
to the infant who being regenerated in the cradle is carried thence to ...
/.../kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/v holy raiment of ones.htm

If, for These and Other Such Rules, You Insist Upon Having ...
... But even in civil matters custom is accepted as law, when positive legal enactment
is ... God shall reveal it unto you;" [395] he himself, too, being accustomed to ...
/.../tertullian/the chaplet or de corona/chapter iv if for these.htm

Positive Element. --Teleological Aim of Miracles.
... of the government of God, considered as an Omniscient and Omnipotent personal Being. ...
The positive element, which must be added to the negative one, already ...
/.../section 86 positive element teleological aim.htm

Disputed Questions About the Limits of Knowledge and Certainty in ...
... [38] It was necessary to overcome the despair of being unable to ... is deemed a sin,
and this can be warded off only by a systematic suspension of positive assent ...
/.../handbook on faith hope and love/chapter vii disputed questions about.htm