Bible Talk

Hypocrisy; Hypocrite

hi-pok´ri-si, hip´o¯?-krit (???, h?o¯neph, ???, h?a¯ne¯ph; υ?πο´κρισις, hupo´krisis, υ?ποκριτη´ς, hupokrite¯´s):

(1) “Hypocrisy” occurs only once in the Old Testament as the translation of h?o¯neph (Isa_32:6, the Revised Version (British and American) “profaneness”); h?a¯ne¯ph, from which it is derived, means properly “to cover,” “to hide,” or “becloud,” hence, to pollute, to be polluted or defiled, to make profane, to seduce; as a substantive it is translated “hypocrite” (Job_8:13; Job_13:16; Job_15:34; Job_17:8; Job_20:5; Job_27:8; Job_34:30; Job_36:13, in all which instances the Revised Version (British and American) has “godless man,” “godless men,” “godless”; Pro_11:9, the Revised Version (British and American) “the godless man”; Isa_9:17, the Revised Version (British and American) “profane”; Isa_33:14, the Revised Version (British and American) “the godless ones”); it is rendered “hypocritical,” in Psa_35:16; Isa_10:6, the Revised Version (British and American) “profane.”

(2) “Hypocrisy,” “hypocrite” are frequent in the New Testament, chiefly in Christ's discourses in the Gospels. The word hupokrisis (primarily, “an answer,” “response”) meant generally, in classical Greek, stageplaying, acting, the histrionic art; hence, it came to mean acting a part in life, etc. We find hupokrisis in this sense in 2 Macc 6:25, the Revised Version (British and American) “

Lev 19:18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.

Avenge

1.       Inflict harm in return for an injury or wrong done to oneself or another.

Grudge

1.       A resentment strong enough to exact a retaliation.

2.       TO HARBOR ILL FEELINGS

3.       To accept or admit unwillingly

4.       To murmur or to complain

5.       A Persistent feeling of ill will or resentment towards a person resulting from a past insult or injury.

Mat 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

2 Peter 2:1-3 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. :2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. :3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

Pernicious

1.       Having a harmful effect especially in a gradual or subtle way.

Rom_2:13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

Jas_1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

 

1Co 1:17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.

 

Baptism

Baptism. It is well known that ablution or bathing was common in most ancient nations as a preparation for prayers and sacrifice or as expiatory of sin. In warm countries, this connection is probably even closer than in colder climates; and hence the frequency of ablution in the religious rites throughout the East. Baptism in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost is the rite or ordinance by which persons are admitted into the Church of Christ. It is the public profession of faith and discipleship.

Devarim (?????) is both the title for the last book from the scroll of the Torah and the title of the first Torah portion therein. Devarim means “words.” The English-speaking world calls this book Deuteronomy. The Hebrew title for the book comes from the opening phrase of the book: “These are the words (devarim) which Moses spoke to all Israel across the Jordan in the wilderness” (Deuteronomy 1:1).

One ancient name for the book of Deuteronomy is Mishnah HaTorah (???? ????), which means “repetition of the Torah.” This is similar to the Greek Septuagint name Deuteronomos, which means “second law.” The English name Deuteronomy is derived from Deuteronomos.

The book of Deuteronomy is dominated by Moses’ farewell address to the children of Israel as he urges them to remain faithful to the covenant and prepares them for entering Canaan. During the course of the book, Moses reviews the story of the giving of the Torah at Sinai and the trip to the Promised Land, reiterates several laws of Torah and introduces new laws. The book seems to follow the general pattern of an ancient Near Eastern covenant treaty document.

Heb_11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

EVIDENCE

1. Your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief

2. (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved

3.Provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes

EV'IDENCE, v.t. To elucidate; to prove; to make clear to the mind; to show in such a manner that the mind can apprehend the truth, or in a manner to convince it.

ELECT: An EXCLUSIVE group of people.

Mat_24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

Mat_24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect

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Mat_24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Mar_13:20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.

Mar_13:22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.

Mar_13:27 And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.

Luk_18:7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

Rom_8:33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.

Col_3:12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

Proverbs 4:25 - Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

Isaiah 50:7 - For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.FOCUS: direct one's attention on something

2. focus (n.)

the concentration of attention or energy on something

Proverbs 16:3 - Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.

Proverbs 10:4 - He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

Galatians 6:9 - And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

Weary

1.       Physically and mentally fatigued

2.      Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress

3.      Lose interest or become bored with something or somebody

Dualism (from the Latin word duo meaning "two")[1] denotes the state of two parts. The term dualism was originally coined to denote co-eternal[clarification needed] binary opposition, a meaning that is preserved in metaphysical and philosophicalduality discourse but has been more generalized in other usages to indicate a system which contains two essential parts.

Moral dualism began as a theological belief. Dualism was first seen implicitly in Egyptian Religious beliefs by the contrast of the gods Set (disorder, death) and Osiris (order, life).[2] The first explicit conception of dualism came from the Ancient Persian Religion of Zoroastrianism around the mid-fifth century BC.

Wis_3:14 And blessed is the eunuch, which with his hands hath wrought no iniquity, nor imagined wicked things against God: for unto him shall be given the special gift of faith, and an inheritance in the temple of the Lord more acceptable to his mind.

Sir_1:27 For the fear of the Lord is wisdom and instruction: and faith and meekness are his delight.

Sir_25:12 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of his love: and faith is the beginning of cleaving unto him.

Faith

FAITH, n. [L. fides, fido, to trust; Gr. to persuade, to draw towards any thing, to conciliate; to believe, to obey. In the Greek Lexicon of Hederic it is said, the primitive signification of the verb is to bind and draw or lead, as signifies a rope or cable. But this remark is a little incorrect. The sense of the verb, from which that of rope and binding is derived, is to strain, to draw, and thus to bind or make fast. A rope or cable is that which makes fast. Heb.]