for

but, moreover, and, etc.

in a broad sense: state of him who is as he ought to be, righteousness, the condition acceptable to God

1. the doctrine concerning the way in which man may attain a state approved of God

2. integrity, virtue, purity of life, rightness, correctness of thinking feeling, and acting

in a narrower sense, justice or the virtue which gives each his due

into, unto, to, towards, for, among

the heart

1. that organ in the animal body which is the centre of the circulation of the blood, and hence was regarded as the seat of physical life

2. denotes the centre of all physical and spiritual life

   1. the vigour and sense of physical life

   2. the centre and seat of spiritual life

      1. the soul or mind, as it is the fountain and seat of the thoughts, passions, desires, appetites, affections, purposes, endeavours

      2. of the understanding, the faculty and seat of the intelligence

      3. of the will and character

      4. of the soul so far as it is affected and stirred in a bad way or good, or of the soul as the seat of the sensibilities, affections, emotions, desires, appetites, passions

3. of the middle or central or inmost part of anything, even though inanimate

to say the same thing as another, i.e. to agree with, assent

to concede

1. not to refuse, to promise

2. not to deny

   1. to confess

   2. declare

   3. to confess, i.e. to admit or declare one's self guilty of what one is accused of

to profess

1. to declare openly, speak out freely

2. to profess one's self the worshipper of one

to praise, celebrate

to think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in

1. of the thing believed

   1. to credit, have confidence

2. in a moral or religious reference

   1. used in the NT of the conviction and trust to which a man is impelled by a certain inner and higher prerogative and law of soul

   2. to trust in Jesus or God as able to aid either in obtaining or in doing something: saving faith

   3. mere acknowledgment of some fact or event: intellectual faith

to entrust a thing to one, i.e. his fidelity

1. to be intrusted with a thing

the mouth, as part of the body: of man, of animals, of fish, etc.

1. since thoughts of a man's soul find verbal utterance by his mouth, the "heart" or "soul" and the mouth are distinguished

the edge of a sword

deliverance, preservation, safety, salvation

1. deliverance from the molestation of enemies

2. in an ethical sense, that which concludes to the soul's safety or salvation

   1. of Messianic salvation

salvation as the present possession of all true Christians

future salvation, the sum of benefits and blessings which the Christians, redeemed from all earthly ills, will enjoy after the visible return of Christ from heaven in the consummated and eternal kingdom of God.