most holy thing, a saint

to be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf

to hear

1. to attend to, consider what is or has been said

2. to understand, perceive the sense of what is said

to hear something

1. to perceive by the ear what is announced in one's presence

2. to get by hearing learn

3. a thing comes to one's ears, to find out, learn

4. to give ear to a teaching or a teacher

5. to comprehend, to understand

objectively

1. what is true in any matter under consideration

   1. truly, in truth, according to truth

   2. of a truth, in reality, in fact, certainly

2. what is true in things appertaining to God and the duties of man, moral and religious truth

   1. in the greatest latitude

   2. the true notions of God which are open to human reason without his supernatural intervention

3. the truth as taught in the Christian religion, respecting God and the execution of his purposes through Christ, and respecting the duties of man, opposing alike to the superstitions of the Gentiles and the inventions of the Jews, and the corrupt opinions and precepts of false teachers even among Christians

subjectively

1. truth as a personal excellence

   1. that candour of mind which is free from affection, pretence, simulation, falsehood, deceit

in, by, with etc.

announcement

promise

1. the act of promising, a promise given or to be given

2. a promised good or blessing

a reward for good tidings

good tidings

1. the glad tidings of the kingdom of God soon to be set up, and subsequently also of Jesus the Messiah, the founder of this kingdom. After the death of Christ, the term comprises also the preaching of (concerning) Jesus Christ as having suffered death on the cross to procure eternal salvation for the men in the kingdom of God, but as restored to life and exalted to the right hand of God in heaven, thence to return in majesty to consummate the kingdom of God

2. the glad tidings of salvation through Christ

3. the proclamation of the grace of God manifest and pledged in Christ

4. the gospel

5. as the messianic rank of Jesus was proved by his words, his deeds, and his death, the narrative of the sayings, deeds, and death of Jesus Christ came to be called the gospel or glad tidings

and, also, even, indeed, but

of speech

1. a word, uttered by a living voice, embodies a conception or idea

2. what someone has said

   1. a word

   2. the sayings of God

   3. decree, mandate or order

   4. of the moral precepts given by God

   5. Old Testament prophecy given by the prophets

   6. what is declared, a thought, declaration, aphorism, a weighty saying, a dictum, a maxim

3. discourse

   1. the act of speaking, speech

   2. the faculty of speech, skill and practice in speaking

   3. a kind or style of speaking

   4. a continuous speaking discourse - instruction

4. doctrine, teaching

5. anything reported in speech; a narration, narrative

6. matter under discussion, thing spoken of, affair, a matter in dispute, case, suit at law

7. the thing spoken of or talked about; event, deed

its use as respect to the MIND alone

1. reason, the mental faculty of thinking, meditating, reasoning, calculating

2. account, i.e. regard, consideration

3. account, i.e. reckoning, score

4. account, i.e. answer or explanation in reference to judgment

5. relation, i.e. with whom as judge we stand in relation

   1. reason would

6. reason, cause, ground

In John, denotes the essential Word of God, Jesus Christ, the personal wisdom and power in union with God, his minister in creation and government of the universe, the cause of all the world's life both physical and ethical, which for the procurement of man's salvation put on human nature in the person of Jesus the Messiah, the second person in the Godhead, and shone forth conspicuously from His words and deeds.

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

who, which, what, that

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 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

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to set a seal upon, mark with a seal, to seal

1. for security: from Satan

2. since things sealed up are concealed (as the contents of a letter), to hide, keep in silence, keep secret

3. in order to mark a person or a thing

   1. to set a mark upon by the impress of a seal or a stamp

   2. angels are said to be sealed by God

4. in order to prove, confirm, or attest a thing

   1. to confirm authenticate, place beyond doubt

      1. of a written document

      2. to prove one's testimony to a person that he is what he professes to be

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.

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