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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Resist.

2. (a.) Making resistance; opposing; as, a resisting medium.

Greek

496. antipipto -- to fall against, strive against
... 496 (from 473 , "opposite, against" and 4098 , "fall") -- properly, fall against
(contrary); actively (aggressively) resisting, like someone trying to crush an ...
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4645. skleruno -- to harden
... Cognate: 4645 -- properly, to harden; become inflexible (literally "dried out");
(figuratively) obstinately stubborn, resisting what God says is right. ...
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4917. sunthlao -- to crush together
... 4917 ("to break in pieces") implies to , ie break-up into dust (Souter); (figuratively)
to be (devastated) by resisting (colliding with) Christ. ...
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Library

The Thirteenth Chapter: Resisting Temptation
... BOOK ONE. THOUGHTS HELPFUL IN THE LIFE OF THE SOUL The Thirteenth Chapter:
Resisting Temptation. SO LONG as we live in this world ...
/.../kempis/the imitation of christ/the thirteenth chapter resisting temptation.htm

Of Resisting Temptation
... THE FIRST BOOK. ADMONITIONS PROFITABLE FOR THE SPIRITUAL LIFE CHAPTER XIII
Of resisting temptation. So long as we live in the world ...
/.../kempis/imitation of christ/chapter xiii of resisting temptation.htm

The Example of Pope Stephen in Resisting the Iteration of Baptism. ...
... Chapter VI. The example of Pope Stephen in resisting the Iteration of Baptism.�
The example of Pope Stephen in resisting the Iteration of Baptism. ...
/.../vincent/the commonitory of vincent of lerins/chapter vi the example of.htm

Hence it Is, that Grieving, Quenching, or Resisting the Spirit...
... Address 39: Hence it is, that grieving, quenching, or resisting the Spirit�
Hence it is, that grieving, quenching, or resisting ...
/.../address 39 0 0 hence it is.htm

Power Hindered.
... Because you perhaps have heard some one say that there is such a thing as grieving
the Spirit of God, and resisting the Spirit of God until He has taken His ...
//christianbookshelf.org/moody/secret power/chapter v power hindered.htm

Even the Desire of an Imperfect Good is a Gift of Grace, Otherwise ...
... grace, they so assert fate as to say that unless God should have inspired the desire
for good, and that, imperfect good, into unwilling and resisting man, he ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 17 viii even the desire.htm

God's Purposes are Effects of Grace.
... had said this, "that grace also assists every one's good purpose," and presently
added, "yet does not infuse the love of virtue into a resisting heart," it ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 13 gods purposes are effects.htm

Whether an Irresistible Power is a Cause of Sorrow?
... Boni xx): "Sorrow in the soul is caused by the will resisting a stronger power:
while pain in the body is caused by sense resisting a stronger body.". ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether an irresistible power is.htm

On the Words of the Gospel, John xvi. 24, "Hitherto have Ye Asked ...
... Thou wilt "see another law in thy members resisting the law of thy mind, and bringing
thee into captivity in the law of sin which is in thy members." [4286 ...
/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon xcv on the words.htm

The Three Facts of Salvation
... If some of us were asked, for instance, what was our favourite fact of Salvation
for resisting the Power of Sin, we might say the fact that we were doing our ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/drummond/the ideal life/the three facts of salvation.htm

Thesaurus

Resisting (4 Occurrences)
... 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Resist. 2. (a.) Making resistance; opposing; as, a resisting
medium. Multi-Version Concordance Resisting (4 Occurrences). ...
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Resisted (8 Occurrences)
... Acts 18:6 and on their resisting and speaking evil, having shaken 'his' garments,
he said unto them, 'Your blood 'is' upon your head -- I am clean; henceforth ...
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Resistance (1 Occurrence)
... projectiles. 2. (n.) The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active. 3.
(n.) A means or method of resisting; that which resists. 4 ...
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Quench (14 Occurrences)
... The same word is also used of resisting the gifts of the Holy Spirit in 1 Thessalonians
5:19. GH Gerberding. Multi-Version Concordance Quench (14 Occurrences). ...
/q/quench.htm - 12k

Volition
... Yet God's counsel, His will in its completeness, ever prevails, and man, in resisting
it, deprives himself of the good it seeks to confer upon him. ...
/v/volition.htm - 11k

Vessels (210 Occurrences)
... urth'-'-n, (cheres, yetser; ostrakinos): These vessels were heat-resisting and were
used for cooking and for boiling clothes (Leviticus 6:28; Leviticus 11:33 ...
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Lintel (4 Occurrences)
... (n.) A horizontal member spanning an opening, and carrying the superincumbent weight
by means of its strength in resisting crosswise fracture. Int. ...
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Withstander (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) One who withstands, or opposes; an opponent; a resisting
power. Multi-Version Concordance Withstander (1 Occurrence). ...
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Work (4564 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) Manner of working; management; treatment; as, unskillful work spoiled the
effect. 8. (n.) The causing of motion against a resisting force. ...
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Instituted (7 Occurrences)
... Romans 13:2 so that he who is setting himself against the authority, against God's
ordinance hath resisted; and those resisting, to themselves shall receive ...
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Bible Concordance

Resisting (4 Occurrences)

Acts 7:51 Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and in ears! ye do always the Holy Spirit resist; as your fathers -- also ye;
(See NAS)

Acts 18:6 and on their resisting and speaking evil, having shaken 'his' garments, he said unto them, 'Your blood 'is' upon your head -- I am clean; henceforth to the nations I will go on.'
(YLT)

Romans 9:19 "Why then does God still find fault?" you will ask; "for who is resisting His will?"
(WEY)

Romans 13:2 Therefore the man who rebels against his ruler is resisting God's will; and those who thus resist will bring punishment upon themselves.
(WEY YLT)

Subtopics

Resisting

Related Terms

Resisted (8 Occurrences)

Resistance (1 Occurrence)

Quench (14 Occurrences)

Volition

Vessels (210 Occurrences)

Lintel (4 Occurrences)

Withstander (1 Occurrence)

Work (4564 Occurrences)

Instituted (7 Occurrences)