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Heart 4

Our next Word is apopsychō . There is only one usage and it is translated heart failing. Luk 21:26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken To really understand what is going on here you need to read verses 1-7. Luke 21:1 And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. 2 And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. 3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all: 4 For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury  hath cast in all the living that she had. 5 And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said, 6 As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. 7 ...
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Ephesians 4

Ephesians 4:1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, Here we have the same word for prisoner as in the last chapter. I  should mention that prisoner is  fine translation for this word I just wanted to point out that the word means bound to. The word vocation is the Greek word klēsis It means to have a calling. We are to walk worthy of our calling. What does that mean? We all this first means that we heard God's call like it talks about in 1 Timothy 2:4. When we got saved we were given certain abilities and we are to use them for the benefit of the body of Christ 1 Corinthians 12:12 ff, Matthew 10;8,  and 1 Corinthians 14:5. This involves operations of all 9 manifestations. The word are can also be translated were. We were called in the past tense. 2 With all lowlines as and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; The word lowlines means we are to keep our mind...
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