Our Daily Devotional

CONFIRMATION Paul and Barnabas went to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch, confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to persist in the faith. Judas and Silas, messengers from Jerusalem to Antioch, being prophets, exhorted

CONFESSION There are two applications of this word, one of which is often overlooked. (a) The first is the “confession of sin.” It was ordered by the law, and if accompanied by sacrifice it led

RABBIT One of the animals prohibited to the Israelites. It is described as ruminant, but with undivided hoof. The rabbit is not known in Palestine. The term “saphan” is supposed to designate the “rock rabbit”,

CONDUCT It generally indicates a lifestyle, and in many versions it has been translated into Spanish with the word “conversation,” which in classical Spanish means “conduct” or “way of living” (Eph. 4:22; 1 Pet. 1:15;

CONDEMNATION Action of passing sentence. When it refers to the future it means eternal separation from God, with consequent terrible punishments from him (Mt. 5:29; 10:28; 23:33; 24:51).

CONCUPISCENCE An illegitimate and inordinate greed (Rom. 1:24; 6:12; 1 Thes. 4:5; Jas. 1:14, 15; 1 Pet. 4:2, 3; 2 Pet. 1:4; 2:10 , 18; 3:3).

COHABITATION Concubinage was a lower form of polygamy. The concubine was a woman of lower rank, perhaps a slave or prisoner of war (Gen. 16:3; 22:24; 36:12; Deut. 21:10-11; Judges 5:30; 2 Sam. 5 :13;

CONCUBINE Secondary category wife. Sometimes slaves given by wives to their husbands to have offspring (Gen. 16:2, 3; 39:29); It was not, however, the main reason for taking concubines. Deut. 21:11 gives the root of

COUNCIL OF JERUSALEM As God had broken down the wall of separation between Gentiles and Jews, and as Gentiles had entered the church of God (Acts 11:1-18; cp. Eph. 2:11-22), the problem arose that many

COUNCIL (Gr.: “sunedrion” = “sitting together”) is always translated “council” in the 1960 revision; the 1977 revision transliterates “sanhedrin” in all cases except Mt. 10:17; Mr. 13:9, where it says “courts.” There appears to be