affection, good will, love, benevolence, brotherly love

love feasts

without intermission, incessantly, without ceasing

I, me, my

expectation of evil, fear

expectation of good, hope

1. in the Christian sense

   1. joyful and confident expectation of eternal salvation

on hope, in hope, having hope

1. the author of hope, or he who is its foundation

2. the thing hoped for

in front, before

1. before, i.e. in that local region which is in front of a person or thing

2. before, in the presence of, i.e. opposite to, over against one

3. before, in the sight of

4. before, denoting rank

business, employment, that which any one is occupied

1. that which one undertakes to do, enterprise, undertaking

any product whatever, any thing accomplished by hand, art, industry, or mind

an act, deed, thing done: the idea of working is emphasised in opp. to that which is less than work

our, we, us

a god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities

the Godhead, trinity

1. God the Father, the first person in the trinity

2. Christ, the second person of the trinity

3. Holy Spirit, the third person in the trinity

spoken of the only and true God

1. refers to the things of God

2. his counsels, interests, things due to him

whatever can in any respect be likened unto God, or resemble him in any way

1. God's representative or viceregent

   1. of magistrates and judges

Jesus = "Jehovah is salvation"

1. Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind, God incarnate

2. Jesus Barabbas was the captive robber whom the Jews begged Pilate to release instead of Christ

3. Joshua was the famous captain of the Israelites, Moses' successor (Ac. 7:45, Heb. 4:8)

4. Jesus, son of Eliezer, one of the ancestors of Christ (Lu. 3:29)

5. Jesus, surnamed Justus, a Jewish Christian, an associate with Paul in the preaching of the gospel (Col. 4:11)

and, also, even, indeed, but

a beating

a beating of the breast with grief, sorrow

labour

1. trouble

   1. to cause one trouble, make work for him

2. intense labour united with trouble and toil

he to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding; master, lord

1. the possessor and disposer of a thing

   1. the owner; one who has control of the person, the master

   2. in the state: the sovereign, prince, chief, the Roman emperor

2. is a title of honour expressive of respect and reverence, with which servants greet their master

3. this title is given to: God, the Messiah

to be mindful of, to remember, to call to mind

1. to think of and feel for a person or thing

2. to hold in memory, keep in mind

to make mention of

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

generator or male ancestor

1. either the nearest ancestor: father of the corporeal nature, natural fathers, both parents

2. a more remote ancestor, the founder of a family or tribe, progenitor of a people, forefather: so Abraham is called, Jacob and David

   1. fathers i.e. ancestors, forefathers, founders of a nation

3. one advanced in years, a senior

metaph.

1. the originator and transmitter of anything

   1. the authors of a family or society of persons animated by the same spirit as himself

   2. one who has infused his own spirit into others, who actuates and governs their minds

2. one who stands in a father's place and looks after another in a paternal way

3. a title of honour

   1. teachers, as those to whom pupils trace back the knowledge and training they have received

   2. the members of the Sanhedrin, whose prerogative it was by virtue of the wisdom and experience in which they excelled, to take charge of the interests of others

God is called the Father

1. of the stars, the heavenly luminaries, because he is their creator, upholder, ruler

2. of all rational and intelligent beings, whether angels or men, because he is their creator, preserver, guardian and protector

   1. of spiritual beings and of all men

3. of Christians, as those who through Christ have been exalted to a specially close and intimate relationship with God, and who no longer dread him as a stern judge of sinners, but revere him as their reconciled and loving Father

4. the Father of Jesus Christ, as one whom God has united to himself in the closest bond of love and intimacy, made acquainted with his purposes, appointed to explain and carry out among men the plan of salvation, and made to share also in his own divine nature

   1. by Jesus Christ himself

   2. by the apostles

conviction of the truth of anything, belief; in the NT of a conviction or belief respecting man's relationship to God and divine things, generally with the included idea of trust and holy fervour born of faith and joined with it

1. relating to God

   1. the conviction that God exists and is the creator and ruler of all things, the provider and bestower of eternal salvation through Christ

2. relating to Christ

   1. a strong and welcome conviction or belief that Jesus is the Messiah, through whom we obtain eternal salvation in the kingdom of God

3. the religious beliefs of Christians

4. belief with the predominate idea of trust (or confidence) whether in God or in Christ, springing from faith in the same

fidelity, faithfulness

1. the character of one who can be relied on

you

of yours

steadfastness, constancy, endurance

1. in the NT the characteristic of a man who is not swerved from his deliberate purpose and his loyalty to faith and piety by even the greatest trials and sufferings

2. patiently, and steadfastly

a patient, steadfast waiting for

a patient enduring, sustaining, perseverance

Christ = "anointed"

1. Christ was [and is] the Messiah, the Son of God

2. anointed