Bible Dictionary: Oaths: Expressions Used as God is Witness

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1 Thessalonians 2:5
For neither at any time used we flattering words, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness; God is witness:
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The Confessional Statement of the United Presbyterian Church of ...
... are not repeated, but in their stead such expressions are used as believers ... Word,
prayer, praise, Sabbath observance, the sacraments, lawful oaths and vows ...
/.../the confessional statement of the.htm

Thanksgiving to God for the Pardon Granted to the Offenders ...
... to address you again on the subject of oaths; but I ... Melchizedek and Job under the
name as there used. These expressions, therefore, indicate what a man might be ...
/.../chrysostom/on the priesthood/homily xii thanksgiving to god.htm

Against Rash and Vain Swearing.
... transactions of highest moment this hath been used to bind ... For so it is, oaths as
they commonly pass are ... his displeasure by the most violent expressions thereof ...
/.../sermons on evil-speaking by isaac barrow/against rash and vain swearing.htm

Nature of Covenanting.
... The expressions, to pass into, to enter into, employed in the one ... but shalt perform
unto the Lord thine oaths: but I ... the name of God may not be used in making ...
/.../cunningham/the ordinance of covenanting/chapter i nature of covenanting.htm

A New Age and New Standards
... ought to be valued about as murder used to be. ... can not get down to the subtler
expressions of lovelessness ... but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: but I ...
/.../rauschenbusch/the social principles of jesus/chapter vi a new age.htm

Ephesians i. 14-Nov
... turn to the Gentiles." (Acts 13:46.) These expressions, I say, are used with this ...
their oath, whilst we deem others trustworthy even independently of oaths. ...
/.../homily ii ephesians i 14-nov.htm

Man's Ruin and God's Remedy
... needs a greater ransom than a few expressions of regret ... Let your oaths roll back
from the sky against which ... such a wicked, beastly sinner, that I used to sit ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/mans ruin and gods remedy.htm

The Baptism with the Holy Spirit.
... He denied with oaths and curses that he knew the ... Scripture passages will show that
the two expressions are synonymous ... man who at one time was greatly used of God ...
/.../torrey/the person and work of the holy spirit/chapter xx the baptism with.htm

Formulary of the Council of Ariminum Approved by the Acacians. ...
... ecclesiastical vocation; because he had used in writing and in disputation several
impious expressions; and because ... of violating agreements and oaths; and to ...
/.../chapter xxiv formulary of the council.htm

Exposition of the Moral Law.
... that the Lord would have our oaths to be ... oath, is evident from a similar obtestation
used by the ... a record upon my soul." [204] Such expressions intimate, that ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 8 exposition of the.htm

Subtopics

Oaths

Oaths used for Binding to Performance of Any Particular Act

Oaths used for Binding to Performance of Sacred Duties

Oaths used for Confirming Covenants

Oaths used for Deciding Controversies in Courts of Law

Oaths used for Pledging Allegiance to Sovereigns

Oaths: Antiquity of

Oaths: Custom of Swearing by the Life of the King

Oaths: Expressions Used as As the Lord Liveth

Oaths: Expressions Used as As Thy Soul Liveth

Oaths: Expressions Used as Before God I Lie Not