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AntichristA single human figure who will have great evil influence in the last generation before Christ returns. Also called the "man of lawlessness." | |
AntiochCity in Syria from which Paul and Barnabas were sent on the first missionary journey | |
ApostleSomeone chosen by Christ to minister, taught directly by Christ, and a witness of Christ after his resurrection | |
ArabiaDesert region where Paul spent three years after his conversion | |
ArtemisThe patron goddess of Ephesus. The artisans who crafted shrines for her opposed Paul. | |
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BarnabasPaul's missionary companion on his first journey | |
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CabirusName of the Greek god who supposedly had left and returned, and whose worship involved sexual immorality in Thessalonica | |
ChristMessiah. Comes from “Christos” in Greek, which means the same as “Messiah” in Hebrew. | |
CircumcisionOld Testament ceremony that symbolized self-cursing | |
CyprusIsland in the Mediterranean where Paul visited on his first missionary journey | |
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EphesusCity in Asia Minor where Paul visited on his third missionary journey. The first converts there were disciples of John the Baptist. He stayed there two years. | |
EschatologyTraditionally understood in theology as the study of events surrounding the second coming of Christ, but also understood in a broader sense as the study of the stages of redemption | |
EutychusWhile Paul was preaching in Troas on his third journey, he fell asleep, fell out of a window and died. Later Paul miraculously revived him. | |
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GalatiaRegion of Asia Minor where Paul visited on his first missionary journey, and to which he wrote his first letter | |
GentileNon-Jewish person, considered "pagan" by the Jews | |
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Historia SalutisTheological term for the order of salvation as it is worked out in history | |
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IshmaelSon of Abraham and Hagar, who represented seeking salvation by human effort | |
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JerusalemCity where important council was held in the middle of the first century to deal with the problem of keeping the Mosaic law | |
JoyFruit of the Spirit that was missing among the Galatians (Gal. 4:15) | |
JustificationBiblically understood, it is a divine verdict by which God declares a believer righteous by grace through faith. | |
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LoveKey fruit of the Spirit. Without this, the manifestation of the spiritual gifts is only useless and annoying. This is the only virtue that continues in the fullness of the age to come. | |
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MacedoniaRegion now called Greece, where Paul was invited to visit by a man in a vision during his second missionary journey | |
MaltaIsland in the Mediterranean where Paul was shipwrecked on his fourth missionary journey | |
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NeroRoman emperor that executed Paul, according to Tradition | |
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Ordo SalutisTheological term for the order of the way salvation is applied to a believer | |
OverheatedName that Dr. Kidd gives to the eschatology of the Thessalonians, who thought the coming age was already here or about to occur soon | |
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PhilippiCity where God sent an earthquake to allow Paul and Silas to escape from prison | |
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SilasCompanion of Paul on his second missionary journey. Joined him when Barnabas wanted to take John Mark along, but Paul disagreed and they separated. | |
SpainTradition says that Paul visited this country after his first arrest in Rome. | |
SynagoguePlace that Paul preached first in Thessalonica | |
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TarsusCity in Asia Minor where Paul was born | |
TimothyPaul's second companion on his second journey. Along with Silas, he helped Paul write the letter to the Thessalonians. | |
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Under-realizedTerm used by Dr. Kidd to describe the theology of the Galatians. He means that they diminished the significance of Christ's first coming. | |
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WorkSomething many Thessalonians had stopped doing, because they thought Jesus would return immediately. | |