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 -UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
     DE 32:9; PS 2:6; 9:11,14; 14:7; 20:2; 46:4,5; 48:1,2,11-13;
    50:2; 51:18; 53:6; 65:1; 69:35,36; 74:2; 84:1-10; 87:1-6;
    99:2; 102:13,14,16,19-21; 110:2; 111:1; 114:2; 125:1;
    126:1,2; 129:5; 132:13-16; 133:1-3; 134:1-3; 137:1-6; 149:2;
    ISA 1:8,27; 2:3; 4:2-6; 12:6; 14:32; 24:23; 27:2,3; 28:5,16;
    31:4,5; 33:5,14,20-24; 35:1-10; 40:9-11; 43:1-7,21,25;
    44:23; 49:14-17; 52:1,2,7-12; 59:20; 60:1-6,19-21; 61:1-3;
    62:1,3,11,12; 66:8,18; JER 3:14,15; 12:10; 13:11;
    31:6,7,12,23; 33:9; 43:7; JOE 2:1,15-17; Z3 EC 8:3; MT 13:24;
    16:18; AC 7:38; 20:28; 1CO 3:9; 12:28; 15:9; 2CO 8:1; EPH
    22 1:22,23; 2:21,22; 3:15,21; 5:23-27,29; COL 1:24; 1TI
    14 3:14,15; HEB 3:6; 12:22,23; 1PE 2:5; RE 1:20; 21:2,11,23 

 -BACKSLIDDEN
     PS 12:1; 80:1-19; ISA 1:2-27; 17:9-11; 43:22-28; JER
    5 2:5-34; 3:1-25; 8:5-22; 9:1-3; 10:19-22; 18:11-17; 50:4-7;
    EZE 2:3-5; 5:5-17; 16:23; HO 2; 4; 6; JOE 2; AM 6; MT
    33 21:33-46; MR 12:1-12; LU 13:6-9; RE 2:1-6,12-25;
    3:1-4,14-20 
   .Backslidings of Israel
   .See sub-topic BACKSLIDING OF ISRAEL, under BACKSLIDERS
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   .See CORRUPTION IN, below
   .See BACKSLIDERS
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 -BENEFICENCE OF
   .See BENEFICENCE
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   .See GIVING
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   .See LIBERALITY
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 -CHRIST, HEAD OF
     PS 118:22,23; ISA 33:22; 55:4; MT 12:6,8; 21:42,43;
    23:8,10; MR 2:28; 12:10; LU 6:5; 20:17,18; JOH 13:13;
    15:1-8; AC 2:36; RO 8:29; 9:5; 1CO 3:11; 11:3; 12:5; EPH
    10 1:10,22,23; 2:20-22; 4:15; 5:23-32; COL 1:13,18; 2:10,19;
    3:11; HEB 3:3,6; 1PE 2:7; RE 1:13; 2:1,9,12,13,18,19; 3:1,7;
    5:6; 21:22,23; 22:16
   .See JESUS, KINGDOM OF
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 -CHRISTIAN, DIVINELY ESTABLISHED
     MT 16:15-18; EPH 2:20-22; 1TH 1:1; 2TH 1:1; 1TI 3:15 

 -CORRUPTION IN
     HO 4:9; MIC 3:1-4,9,11; MT 21:33-41,45; 23:2-7,13-33;
    26:14-16,59-68; MR 12:1-12; 14:10,11; LU 22:3-6 
   .See BACKSLIDERS, BACKSLIDING OF ISRAEL
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 -DECREES OF
     AC 15:28,29; 16:4 

 -DESIGN OF
     RO 3:2; 9:4; EPH 2:20-22; 1TI 3:15 

 -DISSENSIONS IN
     1CO 1:11-13; 3:3,4; 11:18,19; 2CO 12:20,21 

 -DUTY OF, TO MINISTERS
     1CO 16:10,11; PHP 2:29; 4:10-18; 1TH 5:12,13; 1TI 5:17; HEB
    7 13:7,17 
   .See MINISTERS
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 -GOVERNMENT OF, MOSAIC AND CHRISTIAN
     DE 17:8-13; MT 16:19; LU 9:46-48; 22:24-30; JOH 20:23; AC
    15 1:15,23-26; 6:2,3,5,6; 11:22,29,30; 13:1,3,5; 14:23;
    15:1-31; 16:4,5; 20:17,28; 1CO 7:17; 11:2,33,34; 12:5,28;
    14:26,33,40; 16:3,16; 2CO 2:2-11; GA 2:9,10; EPH 4:11,12;
    PHP 1:1; 1TI 3:1-13; 4:14; 5:1,22; 2TI 1:6; TIT 1:5; HEB
    17 13:17,24; JAS 5:14,15; 1PE 5:1-3; 3JO 1:9,10; Jude 22 1:22,23 
   .See MINISTERS, DUTIES OF
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 -RULES OF DISCIPLINE IN, MOSAIC AND CHRISTIAN
     GE 17:14; EX 12:15; 30:33,37,38; LE 7:27; 17:8,9; 19:5-8;
    20:18; 22:3; NU 9:13; 15:31; 19:13,20; DE 13:12-18; 17:2-13;
    19:16-21; 21:1-9,18-21; 22:13-29; EZR 10:1-44; MT 16:19;
    18:15-18; JOH 9:22,34,35; 16:2; 20:23; RO 14:1; 15:1-3;
    16:17; 1CO 4:19,21; 5:1,2,4-7,11-13; 16:22; 2CO 2:6-8,10,11;
    6:14,15; 7:8; 10:1-11; 13:1,2,10; GA 5:10,12; 6:1; 1TH 5:14;
    2TH 3:6,14,15; 1TI 1:19,20; 5:1,2,19,20; 6:3-5; 2TI 4:2; TIT
    13 1:13; 2:15; 3:10,11; 2JO 1:10,11; Jude 22 1:22,23; RE 22:19 
   .See EXCOMMUNICATION
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   .See MINISTERS, DUTIES OF
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 -LOVE FOR
     PS 102:14; 122:6,9; 128:5,6; 137:1-6; ISA 22:4; 58:12;
    62:1,6,7; 66:10,13,14; JER 9:1; 14:17; 51:50,51; LA 2:11;
    3:48-51 

 -MEMBERSHIP IN
     ISA 44:5; EZE 44:6,7,9; MT 12:50; 19:14; MR 10:14; LU
    16 18:16; JOH 15:5,6; AC 2:41,47; 4:4; 5:14; 9:35,42; 11:21; RO
    4 12:4,5; 1CO 3:11-15; 12:12-28; EPH 4:25; 5:30; PHP 4:3; RE
    27 21:27 
   .See RIGHTEOUS, DESCRIBED
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 -PROPHECIES CONCERNING PROSPERITY OF
     GE 12:3; 49:10; DE 32:21; PS 2:8; 22:27-31; 46:4,10; 65:2;
    66:4; 68:31,32; 69:35,36; 72:1-20; 85:10-12; 86:9; 87:4;
    89:1-37; 96:1-13; 102:13-16,18-22; 110:1-7; 113:3; 118:24;
    126:5,6; 132:15-17; 138:4,5; 145:10,11; ISA 2:2-5;
    4:2,3,5,6; 9:1-7; 11:1-10; 18:7; 19:24,25; 23:17,18; 24:16;
    25:6-8; 29:18-24; 30:20; 32:1-20; 33:5,13-24; 35:1-10;
    40:4-11; 41:17-20; 42:1-12; 44:3-5; 45:6,8,14,23,24;
    46:12,13; 49:6-12,18-23; 51:3-16; 52:1-15; 53:10-12;
    54:1-17; 55:1-13; 56:3-8; 59:19-21; 60:1-22; 61:1-11;
    62:1-12; 65:1-25; 66:7-23; JER 3:17; 4:2; 16:19-21;
    31:7-9,34; 33:22; EZE 17:22-24; 34:23-31; 47:1-12; DA
    35 2:35,44,45; 7:13,14,18,22,27; 12:1-13; JOE 2:26-32; 3:18; AM
    11 9:11,12; MIC 4:1-7; 5:2-15; HAB 2:14; ZEP 2:11; 3:9-20; HAG
    7 2:7-9; Z10 EC 2:10,11; 6:15; 8:20-23; 9:1,9-17; 14:8-21; MAL
    11 1:11; MT 8:11; 11:5,11; 13:16,17,31-33; 16:18; MR 4:26-32;
    LU 7:22; JOH 8:35; 10:16; AC 2:16-21; RO 1:5-7; 1CO
    24 15:24-28; EPH 1:10; HEB 12:23,24,27,28; RE 5:10,13,14;
    11:15; 12:10; 15:4; 20:4-6; 21:9-27; 22:1-5 
   .See JESUS, KINGDOM OF
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 -LIST OF CONGREGATIONS OF CHRISTIANS
   .Antioch
       AC 13:1 
   .Asia
       1CO 16:19; RE 1:4 
   .Babylon
       1PE 5:13 
   .Cenchrea
       RO 16:1 
   .Caesarea
       AC 18:22 
   .Cilicia
       AC 15:41 
   .Corinth
       1CO 1:2 
   .Ephesus
       EPH 1:22; RE 2:1 
   .Galatia
       GA 1:2 
   .Galilee
       AC 9:31 
   .Jerusalem
       AC 15:4 
   .Joppa
       AC 9:42 
   .Judaea
       AC 9:31 
   .Laodicea
       RE 3:14 
   .Pergamos
       RE 2:12 
   .Philadelphia
       RE 3:7 
   .Samaria
       AC 9:31 
   .Sardis
       RE 3:1 
   .Smyrna
       RE 2:8 
   .Syria
       AC 15:41 
   .Thessalonica
       1TH 1:1 
   .Thyatira
       RE 2:18 

 -UNITY OF
     PS 133:1; JOH 10:16; 17:11,21-23; RO 12:4,5; 1CO 10:17;
    12:5,12-27; GA 3:26-28; EPH 1:10; 2:14-19,21; 3:6,15;
    4:4-6,12,13,16,25; COL 3:11,15 
   .See ECCLESIASTICISM
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 -TRIUMPHANT
     GA 4:26; HEB 12:22,23; RE 3:12; 21:3,10 
 

1108
 CHURCH AND STATE 
 
 -ECCLESIASTICAL POWER SUPERIOR TO CIVIL
   .Appoints kings
       1SA 10:1 
   .Directs administration
       1SA 15:1-4 
   .Reproves rulers
       1SA 15:14-35 
   .Withdraws support and anoints a successor
       1SA 16:1-13; 2KI 9:1-26; 11:4-12 
   .Attempted usurpation of ecclesiastical functions by civil
    authorities, reproved
       1SA 13:8-14; 2CH 26:16-21 

 -STATE SUPERIOR TO RELIGION
   .David, in organizing the priests and Levites in courses, and
    appointing musicians, instruments, and other details of
    religious services
       1CH 23; 24; 25; 2CH 35:4 
   .Solomon, in thrusting Abiathar out of the high priest's
    office
       1KI 2:26,27 
   .Solomon, in overshadowing the ecclesiastical in building the
    temple, and officiating primarily in the dedication,
    intercessory or priestly prayer, pronouncing the
    benediction, etc
       1KI 5:8 
   .Hezekiah, in reorganizing temple service
       2CH 31:2-19 
   .Jeroboam, in subverting the Jewish religion
       1KI 12:26-33 
   .Manasseh, in subverting, and afterward restoring, the true
    religion
       2CH 33:2-9,15-17 
   .Jehoash, in supervising the repairs of the temple
       2KI 12:4-18 
   .Ahaz, in transforming the altars
       2KI 16:10-16 
   .Josiah, in exercising the function of the priests in the
    temple
       2CH 34:29-33 

 -STATE FAVORABLE TO RELIGION
   .Cyrus, in his proclamation to restore the temple at
    Jerusalem
       2CH 36:22,23; EZR 1:1-11 
   .Darius, in his edict furthering the restoration of the
    temple
       EZR 6:1-14 
   .Artaxerxes, in exempting priests, Levites, and other temple
    functionaries from taxes
       EZR 7:24 
   .See GOVERNMENT
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   .See TAX
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1109
 CHURNING 
 
 -General scriptures concerning
     PR 30:33 

 -See BUTTER
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1110
 CHUSHAN-RISHATHAIM 
 
 -King of Mesopotamia
     JUD 3:8-10 
 

1111
 CHUZA 
 
 -Herod's steward
     LU 8:3 
 

1112
 CILICIA 
 
 -(A maritime province of Asia Minor)
 -Jews live in
     AC 6:9 

 -The congregations of
     AC 15:23,41; GA 1:21 

 -Sea of
     AC 27:5 
 

1113
 CINNAMON 
 
 -A spice
     PR 7:17; SO 4:14; RE 18:13 

 -An ingredient of the sacred oil
     EX 30:23 
 

1114
 CINNERETH 
 
 -See CHINNERETH
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 -See GALILEE, SEA OF
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1115
 CIRCUMCISION 
 
 -Institution of
     GE 17:10-14; LE 12:3; JOH 7:22; AC 7:8; RO 4:11 

 -A seal of righteousness
     RO 2:25-29; 4:11 

 -Performed on all males on the eighth day
     GE 17:12,13; LE 12:3; PHP 3:5 

 -Rite of, observed on the Sabbath
     JOH 7:23 

 -A prerequisite of the privileges of the passover
     EX 12:48 

 -Child named at the time of
     GE 21:3,4; LU 1:59; 2:21 

 -Neglect of, punished
     GE 17:14; EX 4:24 

 -Neglected
     JOS 5:7 

 -Covenant promises of
     GE 17:4-14; AC 7:8; RO 3:1; 4:11; 9:7-13; GA 5:3 

 -Necessity of, falsely taught by Judaizing Christians
     AC 15:1 

 -Paul's argument against the continuance of
     RO 2:25,28; GA 6:13 

 -Characterized by Paul as a yoke
     AC 15:10 

 -Abrogated
     AC 15:5-29; RO 3:30; 4:9-11; 1CO 7:18,19; GA 2:3,4; 5:2-11;
    6:12; EPH 2:11,15; COL 2:11; 3:11 

 -INSTANCES OF
   .Abraham
       GE 17:23-27; 21:3,4 
   .Shechemites
       GE 34:24 
   .Moses
       EX 4:25 
   .Israelites at Gilgal
       JOS 5:2-9 
   .John the Baptist
       LU 1:59 
   .Jesus
       LU 2:21 
   .Paul
       PHP 3:5 
   .Timothy
       AC 16:3 

 -FIGURATIVE
     EX 6:12; DE 10:16; 30:6; JER 4:4; 6:10; 9:26; RO 2:28,29;
    15:8; PHP 3:3; COL 2:11; 3:11 
   .A designation of the Jews
       AC 10:45; 11:2; GA 2:9; EPH 2:11; COL 4:11; TIT 1:10 
   .A designation of Christians
       PHP 3:3 
 

1116
 CIS 
 
 -See KISH
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1117
 CISTERN 
 
 -General scriptures concerning
     ISA 36:16 

 -Broken
     JER 2:13 

 -FIGURATIVE
     2KI 18:31; PR 5:15; EC 12:6 
   .See WELLS
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