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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. 1. ( v. i.) To hold oneself from wrongdoing; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with from. 2. ( v. t.) To hinder; to withhold.
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Schmid, Michaelis, and others find in 1 Thessalonians 5:22...
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Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Abstain, Abstinence. Abstain, Abstinence. Forbearance of certain activities as a matter of command and voluntary practice for moral and religious purposes. The word-group "to abstain, " under which popular discussions of negation often take place, is actually rare in English translation.
Schmid, Michaelis, and others find in 1 Thessalonians 5:22 the meaning: avoid all evil appearance. But (1) εἶδος never signifies appearance. (2) A distorted thought would arise. For as the apostle has required the holding fast not that which has the appearance of good, but that which is actually good; so also in 1 Thessalonians 5:22, on ...
Context Summary. Acts 15:22–29 records probably the first or second letter sent by a Christian leader with instructions as to how the church should live. A possibly earlier message is what we now call the book of James. The council in Jerusalem has decided: Gentiles do not need to convert to Judaism to receive salvation from Jesus.
15:22-35 Being warranted to declare themselves directed by the immediate influence of the Holy Ghost, the apostles and disciples were assured that it seemed good unto God the Holy Spirit, as well as to them, to lay upon the converts no other burden than the things before mentioned, which were necessary, either on their own account, or from present circumstances.
Abstain means to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice. We know that God specifically commands humankind to abstain from idolatry, sexual immorality, drunkenness, and other sins. Acts 15:20, 29 instructs the Gentiles to abstain from idolatry, sexual immorality, consuming strangled things, and ...
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Bible verses about Abstain. 1 Timothy 4:1-3 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful. Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared, who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with ...
