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Religion, Religious
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From:
Concise Bible Dictionary: R
By:
George A. Morrish
Narrator:
Chris Genthree
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This is applied in scripture to
1.
The Jews’ religion, in which Paul was very strict (
Acts 26:5
5
Which 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 1:26-27
26
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
27
Pure 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 13:43
43
Now 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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