having the foreskin, uncircumcised

a Gentile

a condition in which the corrupt desires rooted in the flesh were not yet extinct

a letter

any writing, a document or record

1. a note of hand, bill, bond, account, written acknowledgement of a debt

2. a letter, an epistle

3. the sacred writings (of the OT)

letters, i.e. learning

1. of sacred learning

through

1. of place

   1. with

   2. in

2. of time

   1. throughout

   2. during

3. of means

   1. by

   2. by the means of

through

1. the ground or reason by which something is or is not done

   1. by reason of

   2. on account of

   3. because of for this reason

   4. therefore

   5. on this account

out of, from, by, away from

and, also, even, indeed, but

to separate, put asunder, to pick out, select, choose

to approve, esteem, to prefer

to be of opinion, deem, think, to be of opinion

to determine, resolve, decree

to judge

1. to pronounce an opinion concerning right and wrong

   1. to be judged, i.e. summoned to trial that one's case may be examined and judgment passed upon it

2. to pronounce judgment, to subject to censure

   1. of those who act the part of judges or arbiters in matters of common life, or pass judgment on the deeds and words of others

to rule, govern

1. to preside over with the power of giving judicial decisions, because it was the prerogative of kings and rulers to pass judgment

to contend together, of warriors and combatants

1. to dispute

2. in a forensic sense

   1. to go to law, have suit at law

anything established, anything received by usage, a custom, a law, a command

1. of any law whatsoever

   1. a law or rule producing a state approved of God

      1. by the observance of which is approved of God

   2. a precept or injunction

   3. the rule of action prescribed by reason

2. of the Mosaic law, and referring, acc. to the context. either to the volume of the law or to its contents

3. the Christian religion: the law demanding faith, the moral instruction given by Christ, esp. the precept concerning love

4. the name of the more important part (the Pentateuch), is put for the entire collection of the sacred books of the OT

this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than "the" counted

a transgressor

a lawbreaker

circumcised

1. the act or rite of circumcision, "they of the circumcision" is a term used of the Jews

   1. of Christians gathered from among the Jews

   2. the state of circumcision

2. metaph.

   1. of Christians separated from the unclean multitude and truly consecrated to God

   2. the extinction of passions and the removal of spiritual impurity

thou, thee

you

to bring to a close, to finish, to end

1. passed, finished

to perform, execute, complete, fulfil, (so that the thing done corresponds to what has been said, the order, command etc.)

1. with special reference to the subject matter, to carry out the contents of a command

2. with reference also to the form, to do just as commanded, and generally involving the notion of time, to perform the last act which completes a process, to accomplish, fulfil

to pay

1. of tribute

   In Jhn 19:30 the word means, "It is finished." Christ satisfied God's justice by dying for all to pay for the sins of the elect. These sins can never be punished again since that would violate God's justice. Sins can only be punished once, either by a substitute or by yourself.

nature

1. the nature of things, the force, laws, order of nature

   1. as opposed to what is monstrous, abnormal, perverse

   2. as opposed what has been produced by the art of man: the natural branches, i.e. branches by the operation of nature

2. birth, physical origin

3. a mode of feeling and acting which by long habit has become nature

4. the sum of innate properties and powers by which one person differs from others, distinctive native peculiarities, natural characteristics: the natural strength, ferocity, and intractability of beasts