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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Compare.

Greek

5012. tapeinophrosune -- lowliness of mind, humility
... In Scripture, 5012 ("lowliness, humility") is an inside-out virtue produced
by comparing ourselves (rather than to others). This ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5012.htm - 7k

Library

Faustus Abhors Moses for the Awful Curse He Has Pronounced Upon ...
... upon Christ. Augustin expounds the Christian doctrine of the suffering Saviour
by comparing Old and New Testament passages. 1. Faustus ...
/.../faustus abhors moses for the.htm

Faustus Claims that the Manichæans and not the Catholics are ...
... Faustus claims that the Manichæans and not the Catholics are consistent believers
in the Gospel, and seeks to establish this claim by comparing Manichæan and ...
/.../faustus claims that the manichaeans.htm

I Wonder that You with Your Consummate Wisdom have not Understood ...
... Finally, to shew you that it was not my own opinion which I was developing but two
heresies which I was comparing with one another, both of which I had found ...
/.../27 i wonder that you.htm

The Old Testament and Comparative Religion
... By means of this comparison we have found that there are groups of languages closely
related to one another; and, comparing these groups with one another, we ...
/.../eiselen/the christian view of the old testament/chapter v the old testament.htm

Kalli at St. John's, Newfoundland
... Bishop's intention to have taken him in the summer of 1856 in the Church-ship to
the coast of Labrador, with the view particularly of comparing his language ...
/.../murray/kalli the esquimaux christian /kalli at st johns newfoundland.htm

Appendix to Part iii. Writings of the Apostolic Fathers, with Some ...
... Comparing the church to an army, he insists earnestly on the necessity of
different ranks and orders, and the spirit of obedience. ...
/.../barrows/companion to the bible/appendix to part iii writings.htm

The Lamp and the Bushel
... He who said, 'I am the light of the world, he that followeth Me shall not walk in
darkness,' was comparing Himself to the sunshine, whereas when He said to us ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/the lamp and the bushel.htm

He Proceeds to Show that There is no "Variance" in the Essence of ...
... For we speak, comparing the state of suffering with that of health, of the condition
of one who has been subjected to a change for the worse, as being a ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/section 8 he proceeds to.htm

How Much do we Know of the Nature of the Body?
... with cattle; and on the same principle, if any one shall be ever so little wiser
than yourself on this subject, he will have the pleasure of comparing you with ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 3 how much do we.htm

Two-Fold Bearing of the Kingdom of God --An Inward, Spiritual ...
... In thus comparing Christ's discourses with each other, and in the unity of purpose
which a contemplation of his whole life makes manifest, we find a guard for ...
/.../section 52 two-fold bearing of.htm

Thesaurus

Comparing (5 Occurrences)
...Comparing (5 Occurrences). ... But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves,
and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding. ...
/c/comparing.htm - 8k

Compare (22 Occurrences)
... In the New Testament sugkrino, "to judge" or "sift together," is translated "comparing,"
"comparing spiritual things with spiritual" (1 Corinthians 2:13 the ...
/c/compare.htm - 14k

Comparison (27 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The act of comparing; an examination of two or more objects with the view
of discovering the resemblances or differences; relative estimate. ...
/c/comparison.htm - 15k

Proper (62 Occurrences)
... inferences regarding the relative use of particular names, secular names, for instance,
at different periods of the history of Israel, by comparing the number ...
/p/proper.htm - 57k

Keys (2 Occurrences)
... This connects the figure directly with the idea of Matthew 16:19, and the connection
is emphasized by comparing Matthew 23:2 ff; and is made definite by the ...
/k/keys.htm - 32k

Version
... The chief of these are,. (1.) The Onkelos Targum, ie, the targum of Akelas=Aquila,
a targum so called to give it greater popularity by comparing it with the ...
/v/version.htm - 37k

Kir (11 Occurrences)
...Comparing the Assyrian-Babylonian kiru (for qiru), "wall," "inclosure," "interior,"
or the like, Kir might have the general meaning of a place parted off for ...
/k/kir.htm - 17k

Ophel (6 Occurrences)
... He says: "I built QR-CH-H (? Karhah), the wall of ye`arim, and the wall of `Ophel
and I built its gates and I built its towers." In comparing the references to ...
/o/ophel.htm - 14k

Lois (1 Occurrence)
... This is the only passage where Lois is mentioned; but by comparing 2 Timothy 1:5
with 2 Timothy 3:15 (the King James Version), where Paul refers to Timothy's ...
/l/lois.htm - 8k

Goshen (16 Occurrences)
... If the Septuagint reading Gesem be correct, the word, which in its Hebrew form has
no known meaning, may mean "cultivated"-comparing the Arabic root jashima ...
/g/goshen.htm - 19k

Bible Concordance

Comparing (5 Occurrences)

Romans 8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time 'are' not worthy 'to be compared' with the glory about to be revealed in us;
(See RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 2:13 Which things also we speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.
(WEB KJV WBS YLT)

2 Corinthians 8:8 not according to command do I speak, but because of the diligence of others, and of your love proving the genuineness,
(See NIV)

2 Corinthians 10:12 For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Galatians 6:4 But let each man test his own work, and then he will take pride in himself and not in his neighbor.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Comparing

Comparing Ourselves

Related Terms

Compare (22 Occurrences)

Comparison (27 Occurrences)

Proper (62 Occurrences)

Keys (2 Occurrences)

Version

Kir (11 Occurrences)

Ophel (6 Occurrences)