for

but, moreover, and, etc.

a state of national tranquillity

1. exemption from the rage and havoc of war

peace between individuals, i.e. harmony, concord

security, safety, prosperity, felicity, (because peace and harmony make and keep things safe and prosperous)

of the Messiah's peace

1. the way that leads to peace (salvation)

of Christianity, the tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ, and so fearing nothing from God and content with its earthly lot, of whatsoever sort that is

the blessed state of devout and upright men after death

life

1. the state of one who is possessed of vitality or is animate

2. every living soul

life

1. of the absolute fulness of life, both essential and ethical, which belongs to God, and through him both to the hypostatic "logos" and to Christ in whom the "logos" put on human nature

2. life real and genuine, a life active and vigorous, devoted to God, blessed, in the portion even in this world of those who put their trust in Christ, but after the resurrection to be consummated by new accessions (among them a more perfect body), and to last for ever.

the death of the body

1. that separation (whether natural or violent) of the soul and the body by which the life on earth is ended

2. with the implied idea of future misery in hell

   1. the power of death

3. since the nether world, the abode of the dead, was conceived as being very dark, it is equivalent to the region of thickest darkness i.e. figuratively, a region enveloped in the darkness of ignorance and sin

metaph., the loss of that life which alone is worthy of the name,

1. the misery of the soul arising from sin, which begins on earth but lasts and increases after the death of the body in hell

the miserable state of the wicked dead in hell

in the widest sense, death comprising all the miseries arising from sin, as well physical death as the loss of a life consecrated to God and blessed in him on earth, to be followed by wretchedness in hell

and, also, even, indeed, but

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

the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son

1. sometimes referred to in a way which emphasises his personality and character (the "Holy" Spirit)

2. sometimes referred to in a way which emphasises his work and power (the Spirit of "Truth")

3. never referred to as a depersonalised force

the spirit, i.e. the vital principal by which the body is animated

1. the rational spirit, the power by which the human being feels, thinks, decides

2. the soul

a spirit, i.e. a simple essence, devoid of all or at least all grosser matter, and possessed of the power of knowing, desiring, deciding, and acting

1. a life giving spirit

2. a human soul that has left the body

3. a spirit higher than man but lower than God, i.e. an angel

   1. used of demons, or evil spirits, who were conceived as inhabiting the bodies of men

   2. the spiritual nature of Christ, higher than the highest angels and equal to God, the divine nature of Christ

the disposition or influence which fills and governs the soul of any one

1. the efficient source of any power, affection, emotion, desire, etc.

a movement of air (a gentle blast)

1. of the wind, hence the wind itself

2. breath of nostrils or mouth

flesh (the soft substance of the living body, which covers the bones and is permeated with blood) of both man and beasts

the body

1. the body of a man

2. used of natural or physical origin, generation or relationship

   1. born of natural generation

3. the sensuous nature of man, "the animal nature"

   1. without any suggestion of depravity

   2. the animal nature with cravings which incite to sin

   3. the physical nature of man as subject to suffering

a living creature (because possessed of a body of flesh) whether man or beast

the flesh, denotes mere human nature, the earthly nature of man apart from divine influence, and therefore prone to sin and opposed to God

what one has in the mind, the thoughts and purposes