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Ephesus

City 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.

Eschatology

Traditionally 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

Eutychus

While Paul was preaching in Troas on his third journey, he fell asleep, fell out of a window and died. Later Paul miraculously revived him.

G

Galatia

Region of Asia Minor where Paul visited on his first missionary journey, and to which he wrote his first letter

Gentile

Non-Jewish person, considered "pagan" by the Jews

H

Historia Salutis

Theological term for the order of salvation as it is worked out in history

I

Ishmael

Son of Abraham and Hagar, who represented seeking salvation by human effort

J

Jerusalem

City where important council was held in the middle of the first century to deal with the problem of keeping the Mosaic law

Joy

Fruit of the Spirit that was missing among the Galatians (Gal. 4:15)

Justification

Biblically understood, it is a divine verdict by which God declares a believer righteous by grace through faith.


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