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Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life" (2:9-10 NRSV). And to Pergamum: "I know where you are living, where Satan's throne is. Yet you are holding fast to my name, and you did not deny your faith in me even in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan lives" (2:13 NRSV).
In Jewish law the only form of blasphemy which is punishable by death is blaspheming the name of the Lord. [65] Leviticus 24:16 states that "anyone who blasphemes the name of Yahweh will be put to death". [28] The Seven Laws of Noah, which Judaism sees as applicable to all people, prohibit blasphemy. [66]
Matthew 5:11 is the eleventh verse of the fifth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.It is the ninth verse of the Sermon on the Mount.Some commentators consider this verse to be the beginning of the last Beatitude, [who?] but others disagree, [who?] seeing it as more of an expansion on the eighth and final Beatitude in the previous verse.
"The truth will set you free" (Latin: Vēritās līberābit vōs (biblical) or Vēritās vōs līberābit (common), Greek: ἡ ἀλήθεια ἐλευθερώσει ὑμᾶς, transl. hē alḗtheia eleutherṓsei hūmâs ) is a statement found in John 8 :32—"And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free" (KJV)—in which ...
Augustine: " Otherwise, The Apostle John says, There is a sin unto death; I do not say that he shall pray for it. This sin of the brother unto death I judge to be, when any one having come to the knowledge of God, through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, opposes Himself against the brotherhood, or is roused by the fury of jealousy against ...
Although the Church is the new people of God, the Jews should not be presented as rejected or accursed by God, as if this followed from the Holy Scriptures. [ 65 ] [ 66 ] Norman A. Beck , professor of theology and classical languages at Texas Lutheran University , has proposed that Christian lectionaries remove what he calls "… the specific ...
The literal meaning of the Arabic word tawba is "to return" and is repeated in the Qur'an and hadith (sayings of the Islamic prophet Muhammad).In the context of Islam, it means to turn or to retreat from past sinful and evil activities, and to firmly resolve to abstain from them in future.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) accepts additional scriptures about Jewish deicide. The Book of Mormon teaches that Jesus came to the Jews because they were the only nation which was wicked enough to crucify him. [55] It also teaches that the Jewish people were punished with death and destruction because of their ...