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1 PreNAB | of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine requested members
2 Pent, Gen 9: 4(2) | mankind; therefore the early Christian Church retained it for a
3 Pent, Exo 15: 1(1) | This canticle (used in Christian liturgy) celebrates God'
4 Pent, Exo 19: 6(1) | Dispensation as regards the whole Christian people and the Christian
5 Pent, Exo 19: 6(1) | Christian people and the Christian priesthood in the strict
6 Pent, Num 5: 22(7) | sense of "so be it," the Christian liturgy also uses it after
7 Pent, Jos Int | materials. Both Jewish and Christian believers have always regarded
8 Pent, Rut 2: 4(2) | greeting is used in the Christian liturgy.~
9 His, 1Kin 2: 1(1) | verses are far from the Christian ones. ~
10 His, Tob Int | popularity in both Jewish and Christian circles. Prayers, psalms,
11 WisdB, Psa 47: 6(3) | the context (Psalm 47:9). Christian liturgical tradition has
12 WisdB, Pro Int | designated in Jewish and Christian circles. The name "Proverbs,"
13 WisdB, Pro Int | 10-31. Among some early Christian writers the book was also
14 WisdB, Ecc 9: 1(1) | life beyond the grave. With Christian revelation about the future
15 WisdB, Son Int | Rev 19:7-9; 21:9-11). In Christian tradition, the Song has
16 WisdB, Sir 11: 26(6) | Sirach, writing before Christian revelation, did not go beyond
17 WisdB, Sir 17: 19(3) | 22-23). In the light of Christian teaching, the gift of final
18 ProphB, Isa 9: 5(1) | cf Isaiah 11:1, 2, 9. In Christian tradition and liturgy, this
19 ProphB, Isa 42: 1(1) | himself. The New Testament and Christian tradition, however, have
20 ProphB, Dan 12: 2(2) | the wicked as in later, Christian teaching (John 5:28-29)
21 ProphB, Zep Int | overwhelming disaster. The Christian hymn Dies Irae is based
22 REPre | sense, the members of the Christian community, who were conscious
23 REPre | includes all the members of the Christian community, both male and
24 REPre | with the ordinary educated Christian in mind, not all technical
25 REPre | collaboration of scholars from other Christian churches, both among the
26 Gosp | regarded as authoritative for Christian faith and life. ~It is the
27 Gosp | running through all of the Christian scriptures, the gospel of
28 Gosp, Mat Int | of Jesus, the demands of Christian discipleship, and the breaking-in
29 Gosp, Mat Int | correct the sinful fellow Christian and, should one refuse to
30 Gosp, Mat Int | the incomparable model for Christian obedience is given; in his
31 Gosp, Mat Int | Gal 2:1-14) in respect to Christian obligation to observe Mosaic
32 Gosp, Mat Int | originally strongly Jewish Christian, had become one in which
33 Gosp, Mat 3: 2(3) | Baptist. This was modified in Christian understanding where the
34 Gosp, Mat 5: 12(10)| that Matthew considered all Christian disciples as prophets.~
35 Gosp, Mat 5: 21(15)| conduct demanded of the Christian disciple. Each deals with
36 Gosp, Mat 6: 1(1) | is a genuine element of Christian moral exhortation. Possibly
37 Gosp, Mat 6: 1(1) | the difference between the Christian idea of reward and that
38 Gosp, Mat 6: 7(4) | 7] The example of what Christian prayer should be like contrasts
39 Gosp, Mat 7: 5(3) | Pharisees is here given to the Christian disciple who is concerned
40 Gosp, Mat 7: 6(4) | have derived from a Jewish Christian community opposed to preaching
41 Gosp, Mat 7: 6(4) | saying as applying to a Christian dealing with an obstinately
42 Gosp, Mat 7: 6(4) | obstinately impenitent fellow Christian (Matthew 18:17).~
43 Gosp, Mat 7: 13(7) | kinds of life within the Christian community, that of those
44 Gosp, Mat 7: 13(8) | in the Old Testament. In Christian literature it is found also
45 Gosp, Mat 7: 15(9) | 15-20] Christian disciples who claimed to
46 Gosp, Mat 7: 24(12)| Jesus are applied to every Christian (everyone who listens).~
47 Gosp, Mat 10: 5(4) | reflect an original Jewish Christian refusal of the mission to
48 Gosp, Mat 10: 41(18)| the name of God; here, the Christian prophets who proclaim the
49 Gosp, Mat 10: 41(18)| designations are used here of Christian missionaries as such.~
50 Gosp, Mat 13: 3(3) | illustrative comparisons between Christian truths and events of everyday
51 Gosp, Mat 13: 18(8) | from Jesus but from early Christian reflection upon apostasy
52 Gosp, Mat 13: 18(8) | developed in the light of later Christian experience. The four types
53 Gosp, Mat 13: 52(26)| this saying about the Christian scribe cannot be taken as
54 Gosp, Mat 17: 11(11)| Jews who objected to the Christian claims for Jesus that Elijah
55 Gosp, Mat 17: 24(20)| specific problem was a Jewish Christian one and may have arisen
56 Gosp, Mat 18: 15(11)| Passing from the duty of Christian disciples toward those who
57 Gosp, Mat 18: 17(14)| must the congregation of Christian disciples separate itself
58 Gosp, Mat 18: 28(22)| absurdity of the conduct of the Christian who has received the great
59 Gosp, Mat 19: 18(14)| enumeration of the demands of Christian morality in Romans 13:9.~
60 Gosp, Mat 21: 4(4) | Gentile rather than a Jewish Christian who would presumably not
61 Gosp, Mat 22: 3(3) | other servants: probably Christian missionaries in both instances;
62 Gosp, Mat 22: 13(7) | and grinding of teeth: the Christian who lacks the wedding garment
63 Gosp, Mat 22: 23(15)| indication of his being a Gentile Christian; see the note on Matthew
64 Gosp, Mat 23: 2(2) | community was largely Jewish Christian and was still seeking to
65 Gosp, Mat 23: 16(11)| not set up a standard for Christian moral conduct, but ridicules
66 Gosp, Mat 23: 34(18)| Testament "prophets" and the Christian "apostles." Matthew's prophets
67 Gosp, Mat 23: 34(18)| and scribes are probably Christian disciples alone; cf Matthew
68 Gosp, Mat 24: 51(29)| Matthew classes the unfaithful Christian leader with the unbelieving
69 Gosp, Mat 25: 31(14)| are Christians, probably Christian missionaries whose sufferings
70 Gosp, Mat 26: 1(1) | events that are the center of Christian belief and the origin of
71 Gosp, Mat 26: 1(1) | belief and the origin of the Christian church, the passion and
72 Gosp, Mat 26: 26(14)| Each shows the influence of Christian liturgical usage, but the
73 Gosp, Mat 27: 54(32)| 54] Cf Mark 15:39. The Christian confession of faith is made
74 Gosp, Mat 27: 62(36)| in Matthew's time, of the Christian church, join with the chief
75 Gosp, Mat 28: 20(13)| Jesus are the standard of Christian conduct, not the Mosaic
76 Gosp, Mar Int | parousia there, or the start of Christian mission, or a return to
77 Gosp, Mar Int | unknown Hellenistic Jewish Christian, possibly in Syria, and
78 Gosp, Mar 1: 1(2) | risen, acknowledged by the Christian community as Messiah (Mark
79 Gosp, Mar 2: 28(17)| incident is to benefit his Christian readers; see the note on
80 Gosp, Mar 4: 41(10)| over wind and sea. In the Christian community this event was
81 Gosp, Mar 7: 36(10)| his disciples, and of the Christian community (Mark 1:14; 13:
82 Gosp, Mar 8: 1(1) | distinct traditions, one Jewish Christian and the other Gentile Christian,
83 Gosp, Mar 8: 1(1) | Christian and the other Gentile Christian, since Jesus in Mark's presentation (
84 Gosp, Mar 9: 33(8) | spirit, the lowly in the Christian community.~
85 Gosp, Mar 13: 3(2) | before the end of the first Christian generation (Mark 13:28-31).
86 Gosp, Mar 13: 10(3) | nations: the period of the Christian mission.~
87 Gosp, Mar 15: 21(8) | being known among early Christian believers to whom Mark addressed
88 Gosp, Luk Int | accordingly shifts the early Christian emphasis away from the expectation
89 Gosp, Luk Int | day-to-day concerns of the Christian community in the world.
90 Gosp, Luk Int | guides for the conduct of Christian disciples in the interim
91 Gosp, Luk Int | himself as the model of Christian life and piety.~Throughout
92 Gosp, Luk Int | gospel, Luke calls upon the Christian disciple to identify with
93 Gosp, Luk Int | the life of Jesus and the Christian disciple (Luke 1:35, 41;
94 Gosp, Luk Int | 25-28; 18:26-30).~Early Christian tradition, from the late
95 Gosp, Luk Int | the first generation of Christian disciples but is himself
96 Gosp, Luk Int | gospel of specifically Jewish Christian concerns found in his sources (
97 Gosp, Luk 1: 1(1) | second- or third-generation Christian, Luke acknowledges his debt
98 Gosp, Luk 1: 5(2) | The narrative uses early Christian traditions about the birth
99 Gosp, Luk 1: 46(16)| may have been a Jewish Christian hymn that Luke found appropriate
100 Gosp, Luk 1: 68(19)| and may have been a Jewish Christian hymn of praise that Luke
101 Gosp, Luk 3: 16(6) | point of view of the early Christian community, the Spirit and
102 Gosp, Luk 4: 25(12)| justification for the future Christian mission to the Gentiles.~
103 Gosp, Luk 6: 13(5) | Twelve is a part of early Christian tradition (see 1 Cor 15:
104 Gosp, Luk 6: 13(5) | reconstitute this group before the Christian mission begins at Pentecost (
105 Gosp, Luk 6: 20(10)| related to specifically Jewish Christian problems (e.g., Matthew
106 Gosp, Luk 6: 20(10)| his predominantly Gentile Christian audience, the "Sermon on
107 Gosp, Luk 9: 23(11)| on the demands of daily Christian existence.~
108 Gosp, Luk 9: 46(22)| attitudes that are opposed to Christian discipleship: rivalry and
109 Gosp, Luk 9: 57(27)| unconditional nature of Christian discipleship. Even family
110 Gosp, Luk 10: 1(1) | seventy-two who may represent the Christian mission in Luke's own day.
111 Gosp, Luk 11: 1(1) | teaching his disciples the Christian communal prayer, the "Our
112 Gosp, Luk 11: 1(2) | them with an example of a Christian communal prayer that stresses
113 Gosp, Luk 11: 1(2) | him as the one to whom the Christian disciple owes daily sustenance (
114 Gosp, Luk 11: 13(5) | Father to the prayer of the Christian disciple.~
115 Gosp, Luk 12: 10(5) | for the guidance of the Christian mission and the source of
116 Gosp, Luk 12: 45(9) | statement indicates that early Christian expectations for the imminent
117 Gosp, Luk 16: 13(8) | the characteristics of the Christian disciple (Luke 12:22-39).
118 Gosp, Luk 17: 7(2) | 17:5-6), remind them that Christian disciples can make no claim
119 Gosp, Luk 18: 1(1) | fundamental attitude of the Christian disciple must be the recognition
120 Gosp, Luk 21: 5(2) | what seemed to the early Christian community to be a delay
121 Gosp, Luk 22: 31(10)| as the spokesman for the Christian community and the one who
122 Gosp, Luk 23: 26(4) | has been the need for the Christian disciple to follow in the
123 Gosp, Luk 23: 39(6) | that the destiny of the Christian is "to be with Jesus."~
124 Gosp, Joh Int | not inferior to men in the Christian community: the woman at
125 Gosp, Joh 1: 1(1) | it was probably an early Christian hymn. Its closest parallel
126 Gosp, Joh 1: 32(24)| between the Son and the Christian. Jesus is the permanent
127 Gosp, Joh 1: 42(30)| as a personal name before Christian times.~
128 Gosp, Joh 13: 1(1) | to interpret them for the Christian reader. This is the only
129 Gosp, Joh 19: 26(11)| Christianity (or Israel and the Christian community) are reconciled.~
130 Gosp, Joh 21: 24(14)| himself. We know: i.e., the Christian community; cf John 1:14,
131 Gosp, Act Int | s preoccupation with the Christian community as the Spirit-guided
132 Gosp, Act Int | and the spokesman for the Christian community (Acts 2:14-36;
133 Gosp, Act Int | appeal. Originally a Jewish Christian community in Jerusalem,
134 Gosp, Act Int | 17-24). The inability of Christian missionaries to allay this
135 Gosp, Act Int | end of Paul's career, the Christian communities, with the exception
136 Gosp, Act Int | the church from a Jewish Christian origin in Jerusalem, with
137 Gosp, Act Int | tradition, to a series of Christian communities among the Gentiles
138 Gosp, Act Int | The Preparation for the Christian Mission (Acts 1:1-2:13) ~
139 Gosp, Act 1: 8(6) | point for the mission of the Christian disciples to "the ends of
140 Gosp, Act 1: 26(8) | Luke (see Luke 22:30) the Christian church is a reconstituted
141 Gosp, Act 3: 1(1) | concludes with a prayer of the Christian community imploring divine
142 Gosp, Act 3: 18(8) | mouth of all the prophets: Christian prophetic insight into the
143 Gosp, Act 3: 22(11)| defense of the divergence of Christian teaching from traditional
144 Gosp, Act 6: 1(1) | to the Jerusalem Jewish Christian community. The conflict
145 Gosp, Act 6: 2(3) | presented as preachers of the Christian message. They, the Hellenist
146 Gosp, Act 6: 8(5) | and now possessed by the Christian community. The charges that
147 Gosp, Act 6: 8(5) | major impetus behind the Christian movement passed from Jerusalem,
148 Gosp, Act 8: 3(3) | able to perceive that the Christian movement contained the seeds
149 Gosp, Act 8: 3(3) | the task of crushing the Christian movement, at least insofar
150 Gosp, Act 8: 9(4) | possessed by members of the Christian community (Acts 8:6-7) were
151 Gosp, Act 9: 1(1) | the identification of the Christian community with Jesus Christ (
152 Gosp, Act 9: 2(2) | a name used by the early Christian community for itself (Acts
153 Gosp, Act 9: 19(5) | Jews and suspect by the Christian community of Jerusalem.
154 Gosp, Act 9: 31(9) | tour of places where the Christian message had already been
155 Gosp, Act 9: 31(9) | Jews and Gentiles and their Christian communities may well have
156 Gosp, Act 10: 1(1) | Peter's presentation of the Christian kerygma (Acts 11:4-43) and
157 Gosp, Act 10: 17(8) | of his vision, into the Christian community.~
158 Gosp, Act 10: 34(12)| Cornelius typifies early Christian preaching to Gentiles.~
159 Gosp, Act 10: 36(14)| more directed to Luke's Christian readers than to the household
160 Gosp, Act 10: 36(14)| readers of the fidelity of Christian tradition to the words and
161 Gosp, Act 10: 38(16)| viewpoint explains why the early Christian communities were interested
162 Gosp, Act 10: 39(17)| clear to the developing Christian community as the bearer
163 Gosp, Act 11: 12(3) | brothers: companions from the Christian community of Joppa (see
164 Gosp, Act 11: 19(4) | 19-26] The Jewish Christian antipathy to the mixed community
165 Gosp, Act 12: 17(4) | leader of the Jerusalem Christian community. He left and went
166 Gosp, Act 12: 17(4) | leadership of the Jewish Christian community in Palestine (
167 Gosp, Act 12: 20(5) | occurred in A.D. 44. Early Christian tradition considered the
168 Gosp, Act 13: 4(2) | Antioch (Acts 13:14-52). The Christian kerygma proclaimed by Paul
169 Gosp, Act 13: 16(6) | Jews proclaiming that the Christian church is the logical development
170 Gosp, Act 15: 36(9) | to establish an effective Christian community there. From Athens
171 Gosp, Act 17: 16(3) | describes the conflict between Christian preaching and Hellenistic
172 Gosp, Act 21: 14(5) | 14] The Christian disciples' attitude reflects
173 Gosp, Act 22: 1(1) | zealous persecutor of the Christian community (Acts 22:4-5),
174 Gosp, Act 24: 24(4) | 24,25] The way of Christian discipleship greatly disquiets
175 Gosp, Act 26: 27(9) | 27,28] If the Christian missionaries proclaim nothing
176 Gosp, Act 26: 27(9) | to Luke, is to become a Christian.~
177 Gosp, Act 26: 28 | persuade me to play the Christian." ~
178 Gosp, Act 27: 1(1) | establishes the existence of Christian communities in Puteoli and
179 Gosp, Act 28: 17(4) | Jews of Rome have heard the Christian teaching denounced. Paul'
180 NTLet | to suit the purposes of Christian writers. The New Testament
181 NTLet | provides an exposition of Christian teaching, usually provoked
182 NTLet | directed not to a single Christian community, as are most of
183 NTLet | to the second and third Christian generations rather than
184 NTLet, Rom Int | the impoverished Jewish Christian believers there, taken up
185 NTLet, Rom Int | 31).~The existence of a Christian community in Rome antedates
186 NTLet, Rom Int | they are not to exaggerate Christian freedom as an abdication
187 NTLet, Rom Int | Justification and the Christian Life (Romans 6:1-8:39) ~
188 NTLet, Rom 1: 1(1) | Semitic and specifically Christian elements. The three basic
189 NTLet, Rom 1: 1(2) | emphasizes when he discusses Christian commitment. ~
190 NTLet, Rom 1: 7(5) | Lev 11:44; 23:1-44). The Christian community regarded its members
191 NTLet, Rom 1: 8(6) | Tim, 2 Tim) expressed in Christian thanksgiving formulas and
192 NTLet, Rom 1: 18(13)| the fact that non-Jewish Christian society on many levels displayed
193 NTLet, Rom 1: 18(13)| challenge much of contemporary Christian culture. Romans themselves
194 NTLet, Rom 5: 1(1) | future it is called the Christian hope. Paul's Greek term
195 NTLet, Rom 5: 1(1) | persecutions that attend Christian commitment are to teach
196 NTLet, Rom 7: 7(2) | disastrous consequences when a Christian reintroduces the law as
197 NTLet, Rom 8: 1(1) | last day (Romans 8:11). Christian life is therefore the experience
198 NTLet, Rom 8: 28(5) | These verses outline the Christian vocation as it was designed
199 NTLet, Rom 8: 28(5) | that God has taken for the Christian's salvation.~
200 NTLet, Rom 11: 1(1) | have been blinded by the Christian teaching concerning the
201 NTLet, Rom 13: 8(2) | 10] When love directs the Christian's moral decisions, the interest
202 NTLet, Rom 13: 8(2) | wrongdoer (Romans 13:4), the Christian who acts in love is free
203 NTLet, Rom 14: 5(2) | indicates that the mind of the Christian is now able to function
204 NTLet, Rom 15: 3(1) | consolation and motivation for Christian living can be derived from
205 NTLet, Rom 15: 20(8) | of instruction within the Christian community that derives from
206 NTLet, 1Cor Int | into the life of an early Christian community of the first generation
207 NTLet, 1Cor Int | poorer.~Paul established a Christian community in Corinth about
208 NTLet, 1Cor Int | Apollos, an Alexandrian Jewish Christian, rendered great service
209 NTLet, 1Cor Int | exclusively with individual Christian leaders and interpreting
210 NTLet, 1Cor Int | leaders and interpreting Christian teaching as a superior wisdom
211 NTLet, 1Cor Int | fellowship meal, and denied Christian social courtesies to the
212 NTLet, 1Cor Int | the level of the purity of Christian teaching and conduct. Certain
213 NTLet, 1Cor Int | the understanding of early Christian teaching on the Eucharist (
214 NTLet, 1Cor 1: 10(4) | 6, 9; 9:1-5) and of the Christian message itself. In these
215 NTLet, 1Cor 5: 7(6) | provides Paul with an image of Christian existence: Christ's death (
216 NTLet, 1Cor 5: 7(6) | followed by the life of the Christian community, marked by newness,
217 NTLet, 1Cor 5: 7(6) | homily, the earliest in Christian literature.~
218 NTLet, 1Cor 6: 1(1) | upon the holiness of the Christian community. 6, 2-3: The principle
219 NTLet, 1Cor 6: 12(5) | from Paul's preaching about Christian freedom, but they mean something
220 NTLet, 1Cor 7: 12(8) | one partner is a baptized Christian. Jesus' prohibition against
221 NTLet, 1Cor 7: 39(15)| remarry, they ought to prefer Christian husbands.~
222 NTLet, 1Cor 8: 1(1) | individualistic view of their Christian freedom. Many decisions
223 NTLet, 1Cor 8: 6(3) | concrete, i.e., in personal and Christian terms. And for whom we exist:
224 NTLet, 1Cor 8: 13(5) | that might harm another Christian. This statement prepares
225 NTLet, 1Cor 9: 5 | the right to take along a Christian wife, as do the rest of
226 NTLet, 1Cor 10: 1(1) | they point forward to the Christian experience (1 Cor 10:1-4).
227 NTLet, 1Cor 10: 14(7) | sacrifices: all sacrifices, Christian (1 Cor 10:16-17), Jewish (
228 NTLet, 1Cor 10: 25(11)| insist that the enlightened Christian conscience need not change
229 NTLet, 1Cor 10: 32(12)| responsible use of their Christian freedom is enjoined first
230 NTLet, 1Cor 11: 11(7) | 2-3. In the Lord: in the Christian economy the relation between
231 NTLet, 1Cor 11: 17(9) | involves neglect of basic Christian tradition concerning the
232 NTLet, 1Cor 12: 1(1) | activity were common in early Christian experience, as they were
233 NTLet, 1Cor 12: 2(2) | phenomena that are specifically Christian and that differ, despite
234 NTLet, 1Cor 13: 13(5) | 1 Cor 13:7) features of Christian life, more fundamental than
235 NTLet, 1Cor 15: 1(2) | fundamental content of all Christian preaching and belief (1
236 NTLet, 1Cor 15: 29(13)| listing of miscellaneous Christian practices that would be
237 NTLet, 1Cor 16: 22(7) | probably used in the early Christian liturgy. As understood here ("
238 NTLet, 2Cor Int | community of goods among Christian churches, which is both
239 NTLet, 2Cor Int | an illustration of early Christian invective and polemic, because
240 NTLet, 2Cor Int | are the pattern for all Christian life and expressing a spirituality
241 NTLet, 2Cor Int | to express his vision of Christian life and ministry.~Second
242 NTLet, 2Cor 1: 21(12)| process of initiation into the Christian life, perhaps specifically
243 NTLet, 2Cor 3: 12(9) | outspoken declaration of Christian conviction (cf 2 Cor 4:1-
244 NTLet, 2Cor 3: 17(12)| the "Lord" to whom the Christian turns (2 Cor 3:16) is the
245 NTLet, 2Cor 4: 7(5) | life, in his own and every Christian existence, despite the experience
246 NTLet, 2Cor 5: 16(11)| the paradoxical nature of Christian existence, e.g., in 2 Cor
247 NTLet, 2Cor 8: 1(1) | presenting it as an act of Christian charity and as an expression
248 NTLet, 2Cor 8: 1(2) | and equality within the Christian community (2 Cor 8:1-15).
249 NTLet, Gal Int | he shared with the Jewish Christian leaders in Jerusalem, James,
250 NTLet, Gal Int | holiness, Paul stresses Christian freedom and the ineffectiveness
251 NTLet, Gal Int | Exhortation to Christian Living (Gal 5:1-6:10) ~
252 NTLet, Gal 1: 11(9) | with his own calling as a Christian missionary (Gal 1:13-17),
253 NTLet, Gal 1: 12(10)| exclude his use of early Christian confessional formulations.
254 NTLet, Gal 1: 13(11)| Gal 1:13) to service as a Christian missionary (Gal 1:16); cf
255 NTLet, Gal 1: 18(14)| journey to Jerusalem as a Christian, according to Galatians (
256 NTLet, Gal 2: 1(2) | from Paul's calling as a Christian (Gal 1:15). Barnabas: cf
257 NTLet, Gal 2: 1(2) | 13; 1 Cor 9:6. A Jewish Christian missionary, with whom Paul
258 NTLet, Gal 2: 3(4) | 3] Not even a Gentile Christian like Titus was compelled
259 NTLet, Gal 3: 1(1) | supported by appeals to Christian experience (Gal 3:1-5) and
260 NTLet, Gal 4: 1(1) | elaborated in terms of the Christian as the heir (Gal 4:1, 7;
261 NTLet, Gal 6: 10(5) | family of the faith: the Christian household or church. Doing
262 NTLet, Gal 6: 12(8) | 12-15] The Jewish Christian opponents wished not to
263 NTLet, Eph 1: 3(3) | faith and existence of the Christian communities the apostle
264 NTLet, Eph 2: 15(9) | person: a corporate body, the Christian community, made up of Jews
265 NTLet, Eph 4: 1(1) | cf Romans 6:1-11). But Christian unity is more than adherence
266 NTLet, Eph 5: 14(3) | 14] An early Christian hymn, possibly from a baptismal
267 NTLet, Eph 5: 21(6) | institution (Eph 5:31), Paul sees Christian marriage as taking on a
268 NTLet, Eph 5: 21(6) | loyalty and devotion in Christian marriage are a clear reflection (
269 NTLet, Eph 6: 10(1) | 17-23, Paul describes the Christian in terms of the dress and
270 NTLet, Eph 6: 10(1) | observes, however, that the Christian's readiness for combat is
271 NTLet, Eph 6: 21(2) | is addressed to several Christian communities (see Introduction),
272 NTLet, Phi Int | established at Philippi the first Christian community in Europe. He
273 NTLet, Phi Int | and humility within the Christian community at Philippi (Philippians
274 NTLet, Phi Int | Gal 2:11-3:29) or Jewish Christian teachers (cf 2 Cor 11:12-
275 NTLet, Phi Int | doctrine of justification, the Christian life, and ultimate hope (
276 NTLet, Phi Int | to the Philippians about Christian conduct; and Philippians
277 NTLet, Phi 2: 6(3) | 6-11] Perhaps an early Christian hymn quoted here by Paul.
278 NTLet, Phi 2: 11(9) | is Lord: a common early Christian acclamation; cf 1 Cor 12:
279 NTLet, Phi 3: 2(3) | 11] Paul sets forth the Christian claim, especially using
280 NTLet, Phi 4: 1(1) | congregation, joy, prayer, and the Christian outlook on life. ~
281 NTLet, Col Int | It is unnecessary for the Christian to be concerned about placating
282 NTLet, Col Int | drink (Col 2:20-23). True Christian asceticism consists in the
283 NTLet, Col Int | His instructions to the Christian family and to slaves and
284 NTLet, Col Int | IV. The Ideal Christian Life in the World (Col 3:
285 NTLet, Col 1: 15(6) | lines are probably an early Christian hymn, known to the Colossians
286 NTLet, Col 3: 18(8) | meaningful discussions of Christian teaching with outsiders,
287 NTLet, 1The Int | Specific "imperatives" of Christian life, principles for acting
288 NTLet, 1The Int | personal expression of one's Christian faith, love, and hope.~The
289 NTLet, 1The 1: 3(2) | the earliest mention in Christian literature of the three "
290 NTLet, 2The 1: 3(2) | Thessalonians (2 Thes 1:3) and his Christian pride in their faithful
291 NTLet, 2The 2: 4(4) | the temple refers to the Christian community.~
292 NTLet, 2The 2: 6(5) | is the preaching of the Christian gospel that restrains the
293 NTLet, 1Tim Int | are illustrative of early Christian life and remain an important
294 NTLet, 1Tim 1: 8(4) | the Old Testament from the Christian viewpoint. The Christian
295 NTLet, 1Tim 1: 8(4) | Christian viewpoint. The Christian values the Old Testament
296 NTLet, 1Tim 1: 12(6) | Present gratitude for the Christian apostleship leads Paul to
297 NTLet, 1Tim 1: 12(6) | fierce persecutor of the Christian communities (cf Acts 26:
298 NTLet, 1Tim 1: 15(7) | Pastorals a basic truth of early Christian faith; cf 1 Tim 3:1; 4:9;
299 NTLet, 1Tim 1: 18(10)| charismatic figures in the Christian communities. Fight a good
300 NTLet, 1Tim 2: 1(1) | the needs of all, whether Christian or not, and especially of
301 NTLet, 1Tim 2: 1(1) | interpreters have called it a Christian version of the Jewish shema: "
302 NTLet, 1Tim 3: 1(1) | 3:4); and experience in Christian living (1 Tim 3:5-6). Moreover,
303 NTLet, 1Tim 3: 14(6) | task of preserving sound Christian conduct in the Ephesian
304 NTLet, 1Tim 3: 14(6) | liturgical hymn used among the Christian communities in and around
305 NTLet, 1Tim 4: 1(1) | deviations from the true Christian message within the church
306 NTLet, 1Tim 4: 13(7) | reading of scripture in the Christian assembly.~
307 NTLet, 1Tim 4: 14(8) | mean the utterance of a Christian prophet designating the
308 NTLet, 1Tim 4: 14(8) | 23; Deut 34:9). The early Christian community used it as a symbol
309 NTLet, 1Tim 5: 1(1) | family circle, not to the Christian community as such (1 Tim
310 NTLet, 1Tim 5: 1(1) | to work directly for the Christian community should not be
311 NTLet, 1Tim 6: 1(1) | derive new meaning from the Christian faith.~
312 NTLet, 1Tim 6: 1(2) | refers to the teaching of the Christian community. ~
313 NTLet, 2Tim Int | preserving and spreading the Christian message (2 Tim 2:3-7). It
314 NTLet, 2Tim 2: 8(2) | may be part of an early Christian hymn (2 Tim 2:11b-12a; most
315 NTLet, 2Tim 2: 8(2) | with him forever, but the Christian life includes endurance,
316 NTLet, 2Tim 2: 14(3) | 17), while accepting the Christian's mystical death and resurrection
317 NTLet, 2Tim 2: 14(3) | some unidentified Jewish or Christian writing.~
318 NTLet, 2Tim 3: 1(1) | found in much later Jewish, Christian, and even pagan writings.
319 NTLet, Tit Int | addressed, Titus, was a Gentile Christian, but we are nowhere informed
320 NTLet, Tit Int | collection in Corinth for the Christian community of Jerusalem (
321 NTLet, Tit Int | the administrator of the Christian community in Crete, charged
322 NTLet, Tit Int | groups and classes in the Christian community should be encouraged
323 NTLet, Tit Int | Teaching the Christian Life (Titus 2:1-3:15)~ ~ ~ ~
324 NTLet, Tit 3: 1(1) | 1-8] The list of Christian duties continues from Titus
325 NTLet, Tit 3: 1(1) | civil authority and in their Christian relationship with all (Titus
326 NTLet, Phl | and of equality within the Christian community. He does not attack
327 NTLet, Phl | for this is something the Christian communities of the first
328 NTLet, Phl 0: 2(2) | brother) to indicate a fellow Christian. The church at your house:
329 NTLet, Phl 0: 2(2) | Philemon, is the most prominent Christian there; see the note on Col
330 NTLet, Phl 0: 5(5) | term for members of the Christian community (so also Philippians
331 NTLet, Heb Int | danger of apostasy from their Christian faith. This danger was due
332 NTLet, Heb Int | weariness with the demands of Christian life and a growing indifference
333 NTLet, Heb Int | so the infidelity of any Christian may thwart God's plan in
334 NTLet, Heb 2: 5(2) | reason for relinquishing the Christian faith. Psalm 8:5-6) is also
335 NTLet, Heb 2: 5(2) | reflects a common early Christian tradition, which may have
336 NTLet, Heb 3: 1(1) | house of Hebrews 3:6 is the Christian community; the author suggests
337 NTLet, Heb 5: 1(1) | effective high priest to the Christian community. In Old Testament
338 NTLet, Heb 5: 11(7) | their very hostility to the Christian message cuts them off completely
339 NTLet, Heb 5: 11(7) | members are living truly Christian lives, and that God will
340 NTLet, Heb 5: 11(7) | them as a firm anchor of Christian hope the high priesthood
341 NTLet, Heb 6: 2(1) | baptisms: not simply about Christian baptism but about the difference
342 NTLet, Heb 6: 2(1) | or mission in the early Christian community. ~
343 NTLet, Heb 7: 14(10)| author accepts the early Christian tradition that Jesus was
344 NTLet, Heb 8: 1(1) | 1-6] The Christian community has in Jesus the
345 NTLet, Heb 9: 26(19)| still clings to the Jewish Christian eschatology with its sequence
346 NTLet, Heb 10: 1(1) | 1-10] Christian faith now realizes that
347 NTLet, Heb 10: 19(9) | encourage one another to Christian love and activity (Hebrews
348 NTLet, Heb 10: 19(9) | distinguish the faith of the Christian (Hebrews 10:35-39).~
349 NTLet, Heb 10: 25(13)| liturgical assembly of the Christian community, probably for
350 NTLet, Heb 12: 1(1) | 1-13] Christian life is to be inspired not
351 NTLet, Heb 12: 1(1) | Jesus. As the architect of Christian faith, he had himself to
352 NTLet, Heb 12: 18(4) | appeal for adherence to Christian teaching, the two covenants,
353 NTLet, Heb 12: 18(4) | makes us members of the Christian community, God's children,
354 NTLet, Heb 13: 1(1) | own people, so must the Christian community remain apart from
355 CathL, Jam Int | the leader of the Jewish Christian community in Jerusalem whom
356 CathL, Jam Int | spokesman for the Jewish Christian position in the early Church (
357 CathL, Jam Int | see John 7:35). Since in Christian thought the church is the
358 CathL, Jam Int | probably designates the Jewish Christian churches located in Palestine,
359 CathL, Jam Int | meant more generally for all Christian communities, and the "dispersion"
360 CathL, Jam Int | subsequently "baptized" by a few Christian insertions, but such an
361 CathL, Jam Int | with Jesus or to the early Christian community of Jerusalem.
362 CathL, Jam 1: 1(1) | authority for instructing the Christian communities; cf Romans 1:
363 CathL, Jam 1: 5(4) | faith and that sustains the Christian in times of trial. It is
364 CathL, Jam 1: 5(4) | of events. In this way a Christian can deal with adversity
365 CathL, Jam 2: 1(1) | 1-13] In the Christian community there must be
366 CathL, Jam 4: 1(1) | origin of conflicts in the Christian community. These are occasioned
367 CathL, Jam 4: 11(6) | 11] Slander of a fellow Christian does not break just one
368 CathL, Jam 5: 14(6) | 14] In case of sickness a Christian should ask for the presbyters
369 CathL, Jam 5: 20(8) | 20] When a Christian is instrumental in the conversion
370 CathL, 1Pet Int | with an address by Peter to Christian communities located in five
371 CathL, 1Pet Int | possibility of suffering as a Christian (1 Peter 3:13-17). In 1
372 CathL, 1Pet Int | vision of the meaning of Christian existence. The emphasis
373 CathL, 1Pet Int | century until modern times, Christian tradition regarded Peter
374 CathL, 1Pet Int | letter as the work of a later Christian writer. Such features include
375 CathL, 1Pet Int | difficulty of living the Christian life in a hostile, secular
376 CathL, 1Pet Int | values and subjected the Christian minority to ridicule and
377 CathL, 1Pet Int | 1 Peter 1:3-2:10) The Christian in a Hostile World (1 Peter
378 CathL, 1Pet 1: 13(7) | suggesting the vigilance of the Christian people in expectation of
379 CathL, 1Pet 2: 4(3) | spiritual edifice of the Christian community (1 Peter 2:5).
380 CathL, 1Pet 2: 9(5) | fittingly applied to the Christian people: "a chosen race" (
381 CathL, 1Pet 2: 11(6) | doctrinal basis for the Christian community, the author makes
382 CathL, 1Pet 2: 11(6) | relations (1 Peter 2:18-25); Christian behavior of husbands and
383 CathL, 1Pet 2: 13(8) | 13-17] True Christian freedom is the result of
384 CathL, 1Pet 2: 18(9) | caused great tension among Christian slaves: witness the special
385 CathL, 1Pet 2: 22(11)| as employed in an early Christian confession of faith; cf
386 CathL, 1Pet 3: 1(1) | entirely new motivation: Christian wives are to be virtuous
387 CathL, 1Pet 3: 8(3) | For the proper ordering of Christian life in its various aspects
388 CathL, 1Pet 4: 1(1) | suffer with Christ equips the Christian with the power to conquer
389 CathL, 1Pet 4: 16 | whoever is made to suffer as a Christian should not be ashamed but
390 CathL, 1Pet 5: 1(2) | leaders and teachers of the Christian community (cf 1 Tim 5:17-
391 CathL, 1Pet 5: 13(7) | feminine, referring to the Christian community (ekklesia) at
392 CathL, 2Pet Int | continues with reflections on Christian conduct (2 Peter 1:5-15),
393 CathL, 2Pet Int | must have been a Jewish Christian of the dispersion for, while
394 CathL, 2Pet Int | Peter 1:1-2) Exhortation to Christian Virtue (2 Peter 1:3-21)
395 CathL, 2Pet 1: 2(2) | 3:18), perhaps used as a Christian emphasis against gnostic
396 CathL, 2Pet 1: 3(3) | 3-4] Christian life in its fullness is
397 CathL, 2Pet 1: 5(5) | leading to the fullness of Christian life, which is love; cf
398 CathL, 2Pet 1: 10(6) | 11] Perseverance in the Christian vocation is the best preventative
399 CathL, 2Pet 3: 1(1) | teachers not only flout Christian morality (cf Jude 1:8-19);
400 CathL, 2Pet 3: 16(12)| the faith and life of the Christian community. The letters of
401 CathL, 1Joh Int | Introduction~Early Christian tradition identified this
402 CathL, 1Joh Int | social awareness of the Christian community (1 John 3:17).
403 CathL, 1Joh Int | author affirms that authentic Christian love, ethics, and faith
404 CathL, 1Joh Int | Christ. The fullness of Christian life as fellowship with
405 CathL, 1Joh Int | the author recognizes that Christian doctrine presents intangible
406 CathL, 1Joh Int | insists that the concrete Christian life brings to light the
407 CathL, 1Joh Int | and responsibilities of Christian life. The result is not
408 CathL, 1Joh Int | intrinsic connection between Christian moral conduct and Christian
409 CathL, 1Joh Int | Christian moral conduct and Christian doctrine.~The principal
410 CathL, 1Joh 2: 7(3) | freshness of mutual charity in Christian experience. Through Christ
411 CathL, 1Joh 2: 7(3) | incompatible with the light and Christian life. Note also the characteristic
412 CathL, 1Joh 2: 12(5) | 12-17] The Christian community that has experienced
413 CathL, 1Joh 3: 9(4) | the nature of God with the Christian.~
414 CathL, 1Joh 3: 19(6) | of faith in Jesus and of Christian love assures us of abiding
415 CathL, 1Joh 4: 1(1) | tested by its relation to Christian doctrine (cf 1 Cor 12:3):
416 CathL, 1Joh 4: 1(1) | received in the world, the Christian who belongs to God has a
417 CathL, 1Joh 4: 7(3) | authentic, merciful; this unique Christian love is our proof that we
418 CathL, 1Joh 4: 13(4) | example of God's love for us. Christian life is founded on the knowledge
419 CathL, 1Joh 4: 13(4) | love in this world. Yet Christian love is not abstract but
420 CathL, 1Joh 5: 1(1) | 3), is the source of the Christian's power in the world and
421 CathL, 2Joh | literary image of a particular Christian community reflects the specific
422 CathL, 2Joh | support practical advice on Christian living. The Presbyter encourages
423 CathL, 2Joh 0: 3(2) | a salutation to describe Christian blessing; it appears only
424 CathL, 2Joh 0: 4(3) | way of living in which the Christian faith is visibly expressed;
425 CathL, 3Joh | confirmed him as a loyal Christian in action and belief. Gaius
426 CathL, 3Joh 0: 3(2) | Johannine term to describe Christian living; this description
427 CathL, 3Joh 0: 5(3) | manifestation of his true Christian faith.~
428 CathL, Jude | mind one or more specific Christian communities located in the
429 CathL, Jude | to deliver some pressing Christian admonitions (Jude 1:17-23).
430 CathL, Jude 0: 1(2) | called: the vocation to the Christian faith is God's free gift
431 CathL, Jude 0: 3(3) | salvation: the teachings of the Christian faith derived from the apostolic
432 CathL, Jude 0: 3(3) | preaching and to be kept by the Christian community.~
433 CathL, Jude 0: 12(10)| certain stages of early Christian practice; cf 1 Cor 11:18-
434 CathL, Jude 0: 18(12)| substance of much early Christian preaching rather than a
435 CathL, Rev Int | popularity in both Jewish and Christian circles from ca. 200 B.C.
436 CathL, Rev Int | vengeance on the lips of Christian martyrs that sound so harsh
437 CathL, Rev Int | history of the individual Christian who follows the way of the
438 CathL, Rev Int | 22:8), who because of his Christian faith has been exiled to
439 CathL, Rev Int | author enjoyed over the Christian communities in Asia. It
440 CathL, Rev 1: 4(3) | and ends (Rev 22:21) with Christian epistolary formulae, there
441 CathL, Rev 2: 1(3) | than for the size of their Christian communities. Walks in the
442 CathL, Rev 2: 7(6) | Victor: referring to any Christian individual who holds fast
443 CathL, Rev 2: 14(14)| 2:6) accommodated their Christian faith to paganism. They
444 CathL, Rev 2: 17(15)| this is a reference to the Christian's rebirth in Christ; cf
445 CathL, Rev 2: 18(16)| in virtue of this small Christian community (Rev 2:19) but
446 CathL, Rev 2: 26(21)| 26-28] The Christian who perseveres in faith
447 CathL, Rev 6: 1(2) | of the fifth seal reveals Christian martyrs in an attitude of
448 CathL, Rev 11: 3(3) | universal church, especially the Christian martyrs, fulfilling the
449 CathL, Rev 12: 17(13)| Rev 12:16), the individual Christian is to expect persecution
450 CathL, Rev 14: 4(3) | are sealed represent all Christian people.~
451 CathL, Rev 19: 10(6) | proclaim God's word, so the Christian is called to give witness
452 CathL, Rev 21: 7(7) | be my son: the victorious Christian enjoys divine affiliation