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Matthew Henry described five categories of actions that constitute taking God's name in vain: 1) hypocrisy – making a profession of God's name, but not living up to that profession; 2) covenant breaking – if one makes promises to God yet does not carry out the promised actions; 3) rash swearing; 4) false swearing; and 5) using the name of ...
This worship appears to allude to their superstitious observances. While in vain seems to mean that they do not obtain any fruit from their worship. This verse is sometimes used to attack various church traditions. Traditions handed down by the apostles are defended by St. Paul who tells the Thessalonians to honor them (2 Thess 2:14).
"Train in Vain" is a song by the English punk rock band the Clash. It was released as the third and final single from their third studio album, London Calling (1979). The song was not originally listed on the album's track listing, [ 8 ] [ 9 ] appearing as a hidden track at the end of the album.
In the Sinosphere, a death in vain (枉死 wangsi, [1] 冤死 yuansi, [2] 屈死 qusi [3]) is a death that is not a death of natural causes, such as a suicide, homicide, or an accident, which is an unjust death. [4]
The phrase "tassa micchami dukkadam" has been interpreted in a number of ways, or implied to mean more, from literal to symbolic. Examples include: [2] "May that fault have been done in vain [have no effect]" "May all my improper actions be inconsequential" "My fault has been due to error" "May all my transgressions be forgiven"
"If We Must Die" is a poem by Jamaican-American writer Claude McKay (1890–1948) published in the July 1919 issue of The Liberator magazine. McKay wrote the poem in response to mob attacks by white Americans upon African-American communities during the Red Summer.
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Why do the nations protest and the peoples conspire in vain? text and footnotes, usccb.org; Psalm 2:1 introduction and text, biblestudytools.com; Psalm 2 – The Reign of the LORD‘s Anointed enduringword.com; Psalm 2 / Refrain: The Lord is the strength of his people, a safe refuge for his anointed.
The Latin term gloria roughly means boasting, although its English cognate glory has come to have an exclusively positive meaning. Historically, the term vain roughly meant futile (a meaning retained in the modern expression "in vain"), but by the fourteenth century had come to have the strong narcissistic undertones which it still retains ...