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Religion, Religious

From: Concise Bible Dictionary: R By: George A. Morrish

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This is applied in scripture to

1. The Jews’ religion, in which Paul was very strict (Acts 26:5⁵Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. (Acts 26:5)).

2. Practical Christianity (James 1:26-27²⁶If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. ²⁷Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. (James 1:26‑27)).

3. The character of the proselytes as “religious” or “worshipping” (Acts 13:43⁴³Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. (Acts 13:43)).

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