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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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

Greek

25. agapao -- to love
... involves and " (, 477). 1 Jn 4:8,16,17 for example convey how loving
("preferring," 25 ) is Christ the believer. Word Origin of ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/25.htm - 10k

Library

He Accuses Abaelard for Preferring his Own Opinions and Even ...
... CHAPTER V He accuses Abaelard for preferring his own opinions and even fancies to
the unanimous consent of the Fathers, especially where he declares that ...
/.../chapter v he accuses abaelard.htm

Introductory Tertullian Compares the Heresy to the Old Eleusinian ...
... Eleusinian Mysteries. Both Systems Alike in Preferring Concealment of Error
and Sin to Proclamation of Truth and Virtue. The Valentinians ...
/.../against the valentinians/chapter i introductory tertullian compares the.htm

How we are to Reduce all the Exercise of the virtues, and all Our ...
... be equally desirous of both, he is wrong, and does not escape being an ambitious
man; for he overthrows the order of reason, in either preferring or equalizing ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter xiii how we are.htm

1 Timothy v. 21-23
... 1 Timothy v.21-23 "I charge thee before God and the Lord Jesus Christ and the elect
angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another ...
/.../homily xvi 1 timothy v.htm

I am Told that He Also Carps at Me for the Translation I have ...
... I wished not to give a distasteful rendering, and preferring to follow the sense,
gave the word Worship; for those who worship are apt to kiss their hands and ...
/.../19 i am told that.htm

The Evil Resulting from the Bringing in of Novel Doctrine Shown in ...
... in Africa were rushing headlong into their own mad error, and unmindful of their
name, their religion, their profession, were preferring the sacrilegious ...
/.../vincent/the commonitory of vincent of lerins/chapter iv the evil resulting.htm

March the Twenty-Eighth the Choice of Barabbas
... When I choose revenge rather than forgiveness, I am preferring Barabbas to Christ.
For revenge is a murderer, while forgiveness is a healer and saviour of men. ...
/.../march the twenty-eighth the choice.htm

That in that virtue in which Regulus Excels Cato, Christians are ...
... Our opponents are offended at our preferring to Cato the saintly Job, who endured
dreadful evils in his body rather than deliver himself from all torment by ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 24 that in that virtue.htm

Of the Mortification of the Affections of the Will...
... unto them; yea, it was not without ground that they disgraced and condemned this
virtue (by which men compared themselves with others, preferring all before ...
/.../chapter xiii of the mortification.htm

Election.
... Partiality in any being, consists in preferring one to another without any good
or sufficient reason, or in opposition to good and sufficient reasons. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/finney/systematic theology/lecture xliii election.htm

Thesaurus

Preferring (2 Occurrences)
...Preferring (2 Occurrences). Romans 12:10 In love of the brothers be tenderly
affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another; (WEB KJV ASV WBS). ...
/p/preferring.htm - 7k

Preferred (9 Occurrences)

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Kindly (57 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Romans 12:10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly
love; in honour preferring one another; (KJV DBY WBS YLT). ...
/k/kindly.htm - 24k

Outdo (1 Occurrence)
... Outdo (1 Occurrence). Romans 12:10 In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate
one to another; in honor preferring one another; (See RSV). ...
/o/outdo.htm - 6k

Ospray (2 Occurrences)
... OSPRAY. os'-pra (`ozniyah; haliaetos; Latin Pandion haliaetus): A large hawk preferring
a diet of fish. The word is found in the list of abominations only. ...
/o/ospray.htm - 8k

Will (64996 Occurrences)
... by which it is capable of choosing; the faculty or power of the mind by which we
decide to do or not to do; the power or faculty of preferring or selecting one ...
/w/will.htm - 13k

Fox (2 Occurrences)
... The reasons for preferring the rendering "jackal" are (1) that it is more easily
caught than the fox; (2) that the fox is shy and suspicious, and flies mankind ...
/f/fox.htm - 13k

Tenderly (9 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Romans 12:10 In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to
another; in honor preferring one another; (WEB ASV). Ephesians ...
/t/tenderly.htm - 9k

Devoted (72 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Romans 12:10 In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one
to another; in honor preferring one another; (See NAS NIV). ...
/d/devoted.htm - 29k

Primogeniture
... In the bestowal of parental blessings in patriarchal times great importance was
attached to preferring the firstborn (Genesis 25:31; Genesis 27:29; Genesis 48 ...
/p/primogeniture.htm - 13k

Bible Concordance

Preferring (2 Occurrences)

Romans 12:10 In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;
(WEB KJV ASV WBS)

1 Timothy 5:21 I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.
(KJV WBS)

Subtopics

Preferring

Related Terms

Preferred (9 Occurrences)

Kindly (57 Occurrences)

Outdo (1 Occurrence)

Ospray (2 Occurrences)

Will (64996 Occurrences)

Fox (2 Occurrences)

Tenderly (9 Occurrences)

Devoted (72 Occurrences)

Primogeniture