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The  the Greek verb ''politeuomai'',<Ref name="politeuomai-v">{{4176}}</Ref> means ''"to be a citizen"'' or "to administer civil affairs, manage the state" and is also from the Greek word ''polites''<Ref name="polites-n">{{4177}}</Ref>. What it means "to be a citizen"  or "to administer civil affairs" as is the duty of every [[citizen]] will differ with different forms of government. In a [[democracy]] or indirect democracy<Ref>The idea of an indirect [[Democracy]] is implementing the process of the granting of [[power of choice]] to a select group who then become ''law makers''.</Ref> there may be the responsibility to vote and then obey the outcome of the vote. In a [[Republic]]<Ref>In the idea of the [[Libera res publica]] the [[power of choice]] remains with the people under basic fundamental law where the power to a select group such as a [[jury]] may not be ''law makers'' but can determine "fact and law" according to [[precedent]] and [[conscience]].</Ref> where the people to some degree are [[Libera res publica|free from things public]] the [[daily ministration]] as a government of, for and by the people.<Ref name="Johnwy">{{Johnwy}}</Ref>
The  the Greek verb ''[[politeuomai]]'',<Ref name="politeuomai-v">{{4176}}</Ref> means ''"to be a citizen"'' or "to administer civil affairs, manage the state" and is also from the Greek word ''polites''<Ref name="polites-n">{{4177}}</Ref>. What it means "to be a citizen"  or "to administer civil affairs" as is the duty of every [[citizen]] will differ with different forms of government. In a [[democracy]] or indirect democracy<Ref>The idea of an indirect [[Democracy]] is implementing the process of the granting of [[power of choice]] to a select group who then become ''law makers''.</Ref> there may be the responsibility to vote and then obey the outcome of the vote. In a [[Republic]]<Ref>In the idea of the [[Libera res publica]] the [[power of choice]] remains with the people under basic fundamental law where the power to a select group such as a [[jury]] may not be ''law makers'' but can determine "fact and law" according to [[precedent]] and [[conscience]].</Ref> where the people to some degree are [[Libera res publica|free from things public]] the [[daily ministration]] as a government of, for and by the people.<Ref name="Johnwy">{{Johnwy}}</Ref>


In [[Philippians 1]]:27the words "Only let your conversation be"<Ref>[[Philippians 1]]:27 "Only let your conversation be <4176> as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;"</Ref>  Paul is telling us “to behave only as a [[citizen]]” worthy of the ''Gospel of Christ'' which is the [[Gospel of the kingdom]] of God which Matthew will some times use a word translated "[[heaven]]"<Ref name="heaven">{{3772}}</Ref> to describe.  
=== Appearance of Politeuomai ===
 
: [[Philippians 1]]:27  "Only let your conversation be <4176><Ref name="politeuomai-v">{{4176}}</Ref> as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;"
 
The term ''[[politeuomai]]''<Ref name="politeuomai-v">{{4176}}</Ref> is defined "to be a citizen" and "to administer civil affairs, manage the state" which we see Paul doing his ministry providing emergency relief and a [[daily bread]] for Christians through out the [[world]].
 
In [[Philippians 1]]:27 with the words "Only let your conversation be" Paul is telling us “to behave only as a [[citizen]]” of Christ's government, The [[Kingdom of God]].
 
That is the Kingdom or government he took away from the Pharisees.<Ref name="ktaken">{{ktaken}}</Ref>
 
He [[appoint]]ed that Kingdom<Ref name="Appointk">{{Appointk}}</Ref> to His [[Apostle|Apostles]] because he deemed them to be worthy of the ''Gospel of Christ'' which is the [[Gospel of the kingdom]] of God. Matthew some times used a word translated "[[heaven]]"<Ref name="heaven">{{3772}}</Ref> to describe the kingdom because Jews were familiar with [[Herod]]'s plan for the kingdom of God.
 
Paul is not merely having a ''conversation'' nor was he just being charitable but was conducting the ''administration of the civil affairs and managing the estate'' of the [[Kingdom of God]].
 
[[Early Christians]] had a [[daily ministration]] rightly divided bread from house to house.<Ref>[[Acts 2]]:46  And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,</Ref> This was the practice of [[Pure religion|Pure Religion]] that was ''unspotted'' by the [[exercise authority|exercising authority]] of the [[world]] of [[Rome]] because it was not like the governments of the the gentiles who only provided to the people through [[Legal charity]].<Ref name="exauth">{{exauth}}</Ref>
 
Christians only ate of the [[welfare]] [[tables]] of the [[early Church]] and not of the [[tables]] of Social [[Welfare State]] because those [[entangled]] the people in [[covetous practices]] which were a [[snare]] and was [[idolatry]].<Ref name="Isidolatry">{{Isidolatry}}</Ref>
 
The word is also used in [[Acts 23]]:1:
:  "And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men [and] brethren, I have lived <4176> in all good conscience before God until this day."
 
Paul was brought before the priest who were a pare of the government that had moved from [[fervent charity]] commanded by Moses to [[legal charity]] , the means and method of those tables that were a [[snare]].<Ref name="snaretrap">{{snaretrap}}</Ref>
 
Was he saying that he had been a ''citizen and administered civil affairs''?
 
The practices and [[polity]] of governments may differ giving them a peculiar identity.<Ref name="polity">Polity.
# "The form of government of a nation, state, church, or organization."
# "An organized society, such as a nation, having a specific form of government."
# "Government; form, system, or method of government: as, civil polity; ecclesiastical polity."<br>The American Heritage® Dictionary, 5th Edition<Br>Webster's 1828 dictionary states,
:  "'''POL'ITY, noun [Gr.]''' The form or constitution of civil government of a nation or state; and in free states, the frame or fundamental system by which the several branches of government are established, and the powers and duties or each designated and defined.
* Every branch of our civil polity supports and is supported, regulates and is regulated by the rest.
* With respect to their interior polity our colonies are properly of three sorts; provincial establishments, proprietary governments, and charter governments.
'''''Webster further states:'''''
"This word seems also to embrace legislation and administration of government."
: 1. The constitution or general fundamental principles of government of any class of citizens, considered in an appropriate character, or as a subordinate state.
: Were the whole christian world to revert back to the original model, how far more simple, uniform and beautiful would the church appear, and how far more agreeable to the ecclesiastical polity instituted by the holy apostles.</Ref> The [[Early Church]], its means and methods, made it substantially different than what we see today. They made the followers of Christ far less dependent upon the [[Welfare state|welfare State]] of [[Rome]].
 
[[Early Christians]] would not apply for the [[daily bread]] of [[Rome]] through its [[public religion]] of [[legal charity]] which was dependent upon [[covetous practices]] of the [[benefactors]] and [[Fathers]] of the [[world]]. The [[early Church]] had a system of emergency assistance for Christians when there were [[dearth]]s in the land.
 
We see the [[early Church]] operating a vast system of [[welfare]] through [[fervent charity]] all over the Roman Empire even though that was often getting [[Persecution|persecuted]] because they would not sign up for the [[legal charity]] and the [[free bread]] and [[dainties]] offered by the Roman State and its [[Imperial Cult of Rome]]. This was the [[Christian conflict]] with Rome and many of the city-states.
 
: [[Acts 23]]:1  "And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men [and] brethren, I have lived <4176><Ref name="politeuomai-v">{{4176}}</Ref>  in all good [[conscience]] before God until this day."


We see the same word translated ''[[conversation]]'' in Philippians translated ''have lived'' in [[Acts 23]]:1  "And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men [and] brethren, I have lived <[[4176]]><Ref name="politeuomai-v">{{4176}}</Ref> in all good conscience before God until this day." This statement was so offensive that ''Ananias the high priest commanded Paul to be smitten contrary to the law''.<Ref>[[Acts 23]]:3  Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, [thou] whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law? 4  And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God’s high priest? 5  Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.</Ref> This ardor of hate attack was not just because he said ''I lived in good conscience'' but he said to the council<Ref>{{4892}}</Ref> ''I have lived in good conscience as a citizen'', basically attending to the civil affairs of the [[polis]] or government.
We see the same word translated ''[[conversation]]'' in Philippians translated ''have lived'' in [[Acts 23]]:1  "And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men [and] brethren, I have lived <[[4176]]><Ref name="politeuomai-v">{{4176}}</Ref> in all good conscience before God until this day." This statement was so offensive that ''Ananias the high priest commanded Paul to be smitten contrary to the law''.<Ref>[[Acts 23]]:3  Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, [thou] whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law? 4  And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God’s high priest? 5  Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.</Ref> This ardor of hate attack was not just because he said ''I lived in good conscience'' but he said to the council<Ref>{{4892}}</Ref> ''I have lived in good conscience as a citizen'', basically attending to the civil affairs of the [[polis]] or government.

Latest revision as of 23:09, 5 January 2025


Politeuomai

The the Greek verb politeuomai,[1] means "to be a citizen" or "to administer civil affairs, manage the state" and is also from the Greek word polites[2]. What it means "to be a citizen" or "to administer civil affairs" as is the duty of every citizen will differ with different forms of government. In a democracy or indirect democracy[3] there may be the responsibility to vote and then obey the outcome of the vote. In a Republic[4] where the people to some degree are free from things public the daily ministration as a government of, for and by the people.[5]

Appearance of Politeuomai

Philippians 1:27 "Only let your conversation be <4176>[1] as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;"

The term politeuomai[1] is defined "to be a citizen" and "to administer civil affairs, manage the state" which we see Paul doing his ministry providing emergency relief and a daily bread for Christians through out the world.

In Philippians 1:27 with the words "Only let your conversation be" Paul is telling us “to behave only as a citizen” of Christ's government, The Kingdom of God.

That is the Kingdom or government he took away from the Pharisees.[6]

He appointed that Kingdom[7] to His Apostles because he deemed them to be worthy of the Gospel of Christ which is the Gospel of the kingdom of God. Matthew some times used a word translated "heaven"[8] to describe the kingdom because Jews were familiar with Herod's plan for the kingdom of God.

Paul is not merely having a conversation nor was he just being charitable but was conducting the administration of the civil affairs and managing the estate of the Kingdom of God.

Early Christians had a daily ministration rightly divided bread from house to house.[9] This was the practice of Pure Religion that was unspotted by the exercising authority of the world of Rome because it was not like the governments of the the gentiles who only provided to the people through Legal charity.[10]

Christians only ate of the welfare tables of the early Church and not of the tables of Social Welfare State because those entangled the people in covetous practices which were a snare and was idolatry.[11]

The word is also used in Acts 23:1:

"And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men [and] brethren, I have lived <4176> in all good conscience before God until this day."

Paul was brought before the priest who were a pare of the government that had moved from fervent charity commanded by Moses to legal charity , the means and method of those tables that were a snare.[12]

Was he saying that he had been a citizen and administered civil affairs?

The practices and polity of governments may differ giving them a peculiar identity.[13] The Early Church, its means and methods, made it substantially different than what we see today. They made the followers of Christ far less dependent upon the welfare State of Rome.

Early Christians would not apply for the daily bread of Rome through its public religion of legal charity which was dependent upon covetous practices of the benefactors and Fathers of the world. The early Church had a system of emergency assistance for Christians when there were dearths in the land.

We see the early Church operating a vast system of welfare through fervent charity all over the Roman Empire even though that was often getting persecuted because they would not sign up for the legal charity and the free bread and dainties offered by the Roman State and its Imperial Cult of Rome. This was the Christian conflict with Rome and many of the city-states.

Acts 23:1 "And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men [and] brethren, I have lived <4176>[1] in all good conscience before God until this day."

We see the same word translated conversation in Philippians translated have lived in Acts 23:1 "And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men [and] brethren, I have lived <4176>[1] in all good conscience before God until this day." This statement was so offensive that Ananias the high priest commanded Paul to be smitten contrary to the law.[14] This ardor of hate attack was not just because he said I lived in good conscience but he said to the council[15] I have lived in good conscience as a citizen, basically attending to the civil affairs of the polis or government.

This was directly after the "chief captain" discovered this Paul had a "freedom" called "Rhomaios" which meant did not really mean Paul was a Roman citizen and released him and brought him before the council.

Earlier, a certain prophet, named Agabus Paul would be bound[16]

We should understand that the Apostles were converting people to Judaism, not Christianity, but that Judaism was according to Christ as King of the Jews. Jesus was in accord with Moses and what he meant his altars of Clay and stone and Jehovahnissi were to do. They were a social safety net without the "leaven of the Pharisees" but by fervent charity.

We know this because they, the Jews who got the baptism of Christ and were put out of the Judaism of the Pharisees, would not be called Christians until Antioch.[17]

These Gentiles who converted did not need to get the circumcision of the flesh but of the heart which even Moses insisted upon.[18]

Acts 21:25 "As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written [and] concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from [things] offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication."

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 4176 ~πολιτεύομαι~ politeuomai \@pol-it-yoo’-om-ahee\@ middle voice of a derivative of 4177 polites "the inhabitant of any city or country" from the word polis; v AV-live 1, let (one’s) conversation be 1; 2
    1) to be a citizen
    2) to administer civil affairs, manage the state
    3) to make or create a citizen 3a) to be a citizen 3b) to behave as a citizen 3b1) to avail one’s self of or recognise the laws 3b2) to conduct one’s self as pledged to some law of life"
  2. ↑ 4177 ~πολίτης~ polites \@pol-ee’-tace\@ from 4172; n m AV-citizen 3; 3
    1) a citizen
    1a) the inhabitant of any city or country
    1b) the association of another in citizenship
    1b1) a fellow citizen, fellow countryman
  3. ↑ The idea of an indirect Democracy is implementing the process of the granting of power of choice to a select group who then become law makers.
  4. ↑ In the idea of the Libera res publica the power of choice remains with the people under basic fundamental law where the power to a select group such as a jury may not be law makers but can determine "fact and law" according to precedent and conscience.
  5. ↑ Is the Bible about religion which it seldom mentions only once in a good way as Pure Religion or is it about governments and law including Natural Law? "This Bible is for the Government of the People, by the People, and for the People." is attributed to the General Prologue to the John Wycliffe Bible translation of 1384, as Lincoln quoted at Gettysburg.
  6. ↑ Kingdom Taken
    Matthew 2:6 "And thou Bethlehem, [in] the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor(2233), that shall rule my people Israel."
    Matthew 9:16  "No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.  17  Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved." Jesus did not just reform the kingdom.
    Matthew 21:43 "Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof." Jesus would take it as priest and king.
    Luke 13:9 "And if it bear fruit, [well]: and if not, [then] after that thou shalt cut it down." The Corbans of the world were covetous practices
    John 19:15...19 "But they cried out, Away with [him], away with [him], crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar." The kingdom taken by the words of their own mouth.
    John 15:4 "Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me." The people must seek The Way.
    John 15:8 "Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples."
    Luke 12:32 "Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom."
    Luke 22:29 "And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;"
    Mark 15:26 And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS."
    Acts 17:7 "Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus."
    1 Peter 2:9 "But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:"
    See Taking and Giving the Kingdom
  7. ↑ Appoint a kingdom
    Matthew 21:43 "Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof."
    Luke 12:32 "Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom."
    Luke 22:29 "And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;"
    John 19:15 But they cried out, Away with [him], away with [him], crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
  8. ↑ 3772 οὐρανός ouranos [oo-ran-os’] perhaps from the same as 3735 (through the idea of elevation); the sky; n m; TDNT-5:497,736; [{See TDNT 571 }] AV-heaven 268, air 10, sky 5, heavenly + 1537; 284
    1) the vaulted expanse of the sky with all things visible in it
    1a) the universe, the world
    1b) the aerial heavens or sky, the region where the clouds and the tempests gather, and where thunder and lightning are produced
    1c) the sidereal or starry heavens
    2) the region above the sidereal heavens, the seat of order of things eternal and consummately perfect where God dwells and other heavenly beings
  9. ↑ Acts 2:46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
  10. ↑ Not exercise authority
    Matthew 20:25 "But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you:..."
    Mark 10:42 "But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. But so shall it not be among you:..."
    Luke 22:25 "And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye [shall] not [be] so:..."
  11. ↑ Covetousness is idolatry
    Colossians 3:5 "Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 6 For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:"
    Ephesians 5:5 "For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God."
    1 Corinthians 5:10 "Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat."
  12. ↑ Table as a snare
    Psalms 69:22-23 “Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. 23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake."”
    Romans 11:9 “And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:”
    Proverbs 23:1 "When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee: 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. 3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat."
    Exodus 23:32 "Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. 33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee."
    Exodus 34:12 "Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:"
    Deuteronomy 7:16 "And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that [will be] a snare unto thee."
    Judges 2:2 "And ye shall make no league [covenant] with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?"
    Proverbs 1:10 "My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not."
    Proverbs 6:2 “Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.” Swear not
    Luke 21:34 "And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and [so] that day come upon you unawares. 35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth."
    1 Timothy 6:9 "But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and [into] many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."
  13. ↑ Polity.
    1. "The form of government of a nation, state, church, or organization."
    2. "An organized society, such as a nation, having a specific form of government."
    3. "Government; form, system, or method of government: as, civil polity; ecclesiastical polity."
      The American Heritage® Dictionary, 5th Edition
      Webster's 1828 dictionary states,
    "POL'ITY, noun [Gr.] The form or constitution of civil government of a nation or state; and in free states, the frame or fundamental system by which the several branches of government are established, and the powers and duties or each designated and defined.
    • Every branch of our civil polity supports and is supported, regulates and is regulated by the rest.
    • With respect to their interior polity our colonies are properly of three sorts; provincial establishments, proprietary governments, and charter governments.
    Webster further states: "This word seems also to embrace legislation and administration of government."
    1. The constitution or general fundamental principles of government of any class of citizens, considered in an appropriate character, or as a subordinate state.
    Were the whole christian world to revert back to the original model, how far more simple, uniform and beautiful would the church appear, and how far more agreeable to the ecclesiastical polity instituted by the holy apostles.
  14. ↑ Acts 23:3 Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, [thou] whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law? 4 And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God’s high priest? 5 Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.
  15. ↑ 4892 συνέδριον sunedrion [soon-ed’-ree-on] from a presumed derivative of a compound of 4862 and the base of 1476; n n; TDNT-7:860,1115; [{See TDNT 768 }] AV-council 22; 22
    1) any assembly (esp. of magistrates, judges, ambassadors), whether convened to deliberate or pass judgment
    2) any session or assembly or people deliberating or adjudicating
    2a) the Sanhedrin, the great council at Jerusalem, consisting of the seventy one members, viz. scribes, elders, prominent members of the high priestly families and the high priest, the president of the assembly. The most important causes were brought before this tribunal, inasmuch as the Roman rulers of Judaea had left to it the power of trying such cases, and also of pronouncing sentence of death, with the limitation that a capital sentence pronounced by the Sanhedrin was not valid unless it was confirmed by the Roman procurator.
    2b) a smaller tribunal or council which every Jewish town had for the decision of less important cases.
  16. ↑ Acts 21:10 And as we tarried [there] many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus. 11 And when he was come unto us, he took Paul’s girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver [him] into the hands of the Gentiles. 12 And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem. 13 Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. 14 And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done."
  17. ↑ Acts 11:26 "And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch."
  18. ↑ Circumcision from the beginning
    Leviticus 26:41 And [that] I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
    Deuteronomy 10:16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
    Deuteronomy 30:6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
    Jeremiah 4:4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench [it], because of the evil of your doings.
    Jeremiah 4:14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
    Jeremiah 9:26 Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all [that are] in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all [these] nations [are] uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel [are] uncircumcised in the heart.
    Romans 2:27 And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law? 28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither [is that] circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: 29 But he [is] a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision [is that] of the heart, in the spirit, [and] not in the letter; whose praise [is] not of men, but of God.
    Colossians 2:11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
    Jeremiah 4:14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
    Matthew 23:25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. 26 [Thou] blind Pharisee, cleanse first that [which is] within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. 27 Woe unto you, , scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead [men’s] bones, and of all uncleanness. 28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
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