Prize: Figurative
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Philippians 3:14
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
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Strong's Hebrew
5549. salal -- to lift up, cast up
... 1), lift (1), pile (1), prize (1). cast up, exalt self, extol, make plain, raise
up. A primitive root; to mound up (especially a turnpike); figurative, to exalt ...
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There Resulteth Then from all These this Sentence...
... And if he should prefer this and prize it more than all that ... of the Saints, as regards
those Scriptures which are referred to no figurative signification, such ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/on lying/section 41 there resulteth then.htm

Matt. v. 1, 2
... nowhere in Scripture do we find any mention of an earth that is merely figurative.
[602] But what can the saying mean? He holds out a sensible prize; even as ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily xv matt v 1.htm

Flimsy Garments
... I venture to connect with that strongly figurative declaration of the essential
futility ... If you gained the prize, you would find clinging to it something that ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/flimsy garments.htm

The Folly of Slander. Part 1.
... advance themselves; meaning thereby to procure, what they chiefly prize and like ...
speak words to that purpose, meaning them in a figurative sense, discernible ...
/.../barrow/sermons on evil-speaking by isaac barrow/the folly of slander part.htm

Letter iv. You Reply to the Conclusion of My Letter: "What have we ...
... different places to express one and the same verity, plainly mark out for figurative. ...
I, who indeed prize and reverence this sacred library, as of all outward ...
/.../coleridge/confessions of an inquiring spirit etc/letter iv you reply to.htm

The Second Commandment
... hands to signify his power, yet it is absurd, from such metaphors and figurative
expressions, to ... How would they prize this mercy who are chained to a sick-bed! ...
/.../watson/the ten commandments/2 2 the second commandment.htm

On the Trinity. Book i. When I was Seeking an Employment Adequate ...
... offered to all, it is no heredity inevitably imprinted but a prize awarded to ... an
accurate definition, yet they think it may pass muster as figurative language. ...
/.../hilary/the life and writings of st hilary of poitiers/on the trinity book i.htm

Doctrinal and Moral Treatises. Index of Subjects.
... a pattern to martyrs; Resurrection of, [753]372, [754]375; sets a prize as in ... the
other cheek, [785]470; sayings of, that seem false, are figurative, [786]476 ...
/.../on care to be had for the dead /doctrinal and moral treatises index.htm

The King James Version as English Literature
... a ball game, or are exploited as worthy writers about a prize-fight. ... translation
was made from the Hebrew, which was also a concrete, figurative language itself ...
/.../mcafee/study of the king james bible/lecture iii the king james.htm

The Name Children Does not Imply Instruction in Elementary ...
... and has been called a river of olive oil, Paul, using appropriate figurative language,
and ... those that are before, I press toward the mark, for the prize of the ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter vi the name children does.htm

Resources
Should a Christian enter a sweepstakes? | GotQuestions.org

Is abstinence before marriage a realistic message? | GotQuestions.org

What does it mean to set your face like flint in Isaiah 50:7? | GotQuestions.org

Prize: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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