'Effect' in the Bible
Again, you have knowledge that it was said in old times, Do not take false oaths, but give effect to your oaths to the Lord:
And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
"Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign when these things will be put into effect?"
Now, see, you will be without voice or language till the day when these things come about, because you had not faith in my words, which will have effect at the right time.
Now Jesus was telling the disciples a parable to make the point that at all times they ought to pray and not give up and lose heart,
For these are the days of punishment, in which all the things in the Writings will be put into effect.
For I say to you that these words will be put into effect in me, And he was numbered among the evil-doers: for what has been said in the Writings about me has an end.
And Pilate gave his decision for their desire to be put into effect.
And he said to them, These are the words which I said to you when I was still with you, how it was necessary for all the things which are in the writings of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms about me, to be put into effect.
And when they were all together, with him, he gave them orders not to go away from Jerusalem, but to keep there, waiting till the word of the Father was put into effect, of which, he said, I have given you knowledge:
My brothers, the word of God had to be put into effect, which the Holy Spirit had said before, by the mouth of David, about Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus,
with prophetic foresight he spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, to the effect that He was not left forsaken in the Unseen World, nor did His body undergo decay.
But the things which God had made clear before, by the mouth of all the prophets, that the Christ would have to undergo, he has put into effect in this way.
But God spoke to this effect, that his descendants would be aliens in a foreign land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.
But when the time was near for putting into effect the undertaking which God had given to Abraham, the people were increasing in Egypt,
For the men of Jerusalem and their rulers, having no knowledge of him, or of the sayings of the prophets which come to their ears every Sabbath day, gave effect to them by judging him.
Which God has now put into effect for our children, by sending Jesus; as it says in the second Psalm, You are my Son; this day I have given you being.
Requesting Festus to give effect to their design against him, and send him to Jerusalem, when they would be waiting to put him to death on the way.
Now the soldiers recommended that the prisoners should be killed, for fear some one of them might swim ashore and effect his escape.
But you who are judging another for doing what you do yourself, are you hoping that God's decision will not take effect against you?
For, “the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” just as it is written [in Scripture].
For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
Do we then make the law of none effect through faith? God forbid: nay, we establish the law.
For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
Nor is the gift [of grace] like that which came through the one who sinned. For on the one hand the judgment [following the sin] resulted from one trespass and brought condemnation, but on the other hand the free gift resulted from many trespasses and brought justification [the release from sin’s penalty for those who believe].
So then, as the effect of one act of wrongdoing was that punishment came on all men, even so the effect of one act of righteousness was righteousness of life for all men.
Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
For the Lord will give effect to his word on the earth, putting an end to it and cutting it short.
Because, not having knowledge of God's righteousness, and desiring to give effect to their righteousness, they have not put themselves under the righteousness of God.
Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision to give effect to the undertakings given by God to the fathers,
For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
But I have not made use of any of these things: and I am not writing this in the hope that it may be so for me: for it would be better for me to undergo death, than for any man to make this pride of mine of no effect.
On the contrary, the things which the Gentiles (pagans) sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons [in effect], and not to God; and I do not want you to become partners with demons [by eating at feasts in pagan temples].
By this faith you are saved [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose], if you hold firmly to the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain [just superficially and without complete commitment].
But by the [remarkable] grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not without effect. In fact, I worked harder than all of the apostles, though it was not I, but the grace of God [His unmerited favor and blessing which was] with me.
and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain [useless, amounting to nothing], and your faith is also vain [imaginary, unfounded, devoid of value and benefit—not based on truth].
And if that is so, your faith is of no effect; you are still in your sins.
For this cause, my dear brothers, be strong in purpose and unmoved, ever giving yourselves to the work of the Lord, because you are certain that your work is not without effect in the Lord.
But if we are troubled, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which takes effect through your quiet undergoing of the same troubles which we undergo:
For he is the Yes to all the undertakings of God: and by him all the words of God are made certain and put into effect, to the glory of God through us.
For if I gave you pain by that letter, I do not regret it, though I did regret it then. I see that that letter, even though for a time it gave you pain, had a salutary effect.
begging of us with much entreaty to give effect to the grace and fellowship of the service which was to be rendered to the saints.
Then make the doing of it complete; so that as you had a ready mind, you may give effect to it as you are able.
Not taking credit to ourselves for what is not our business, that is, for the work of others; but having hope that, with the growth of your faith, we may get the credit for an increase which is the effect of our work,
And I went up by revelation; and I put before them the good news which I was preaching among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were of good name, so that the work which I was or had been doing might not be without effect.
I do not make the grace of God of no effect: because if righteousness is through the law, then Christ was put to death for nothing.
And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
Why, then, was the Law added? Because of transgressions, until the descendant came about whom the promise pertained. It was put into effect through angels by means of a mediator.
Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
This is in accordance with [the terms of] the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord,
For be sure of this: no immoral, impure, or greedy person—for that one is [in effect] an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God [for such a person places a higher value on something other than God].
(for the fruit [the effect, the result] of the Light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth),
Offering the word of life; so that I may have glory in you in the day of Christ, because my running was not for nothing and my work was not without effect.
But I am very glad in the Lord that your care for me has come to life again; though you did in fact take thought for me, but you were not able to give effect to it.
Of which I became a servant by the purpose of God which was given to me for you, to give effect to the word of God,
For you yourselves, brothers, are conscious that our coming among you was not without effect:
At his coming, when he will have glory in his saints, and will be a cause of wonder in all those who had faith (because our witness among you had effect) in that day.
that you not be quickly shaken from your composure or be disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.
But the effect of the order is love coming from a clean heart, and a knowledge of what is right, and true faith:
Give orders to this effect, so that no evil may be said of anyone.
but now [that extraordinary purpose and grace] has been fully disclosed and realized by us through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus who [through His incarnation and earthly ministry] abolished death [making it null and void] and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
Therefore, since [these His] children share in flesh and blood [the physical nature of mankind], He Himself in a similar manner also shared in the same [physical nature, but without sin], so that through [experiencing] death He might make powerless (ineffective, impotent) him who had the power of death—that is, the devil—
And so, when he had been waiting calmly for a long time, God's word to him was put into effect.
For finding fault with them, He says,“Behold, days are coming, says the Lord,When I will effect a new covenantWith the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;
And for this cause it is through him that a new agreement has come into being, so that after the errors under the first agreement had been taken away by his death, the word of God might have effect for those who were marked out for an eternal heritage.
For a will is in force only when somebody has died, since it never takes effect as long as the one who made it is alive.
This is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood.
For, having done what was right in God's eyes, you have need of waiting before his word has effect for you.
But you must let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.
But he who goes on looking into the true law which makes him free, being not a hearer without memory but a doer putting it into effect, this man will have a blessing on his acts.
And the holy Writings were put into effect which said, And Abraham had faith in God and it was put to his account as righteousness; and he was named the friend of God.
And that testimony is to the effect that God has given us the Life of the Ages, and that this Life is in His Son.
Keep watch over yourselves, so that you do not make our work of no effect, but may get your full reward.
Because God has put it in their hearts to do his purpose, and to be of one mind, giving their kingdom to the beast, till the words of God have effect and are complete.
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