'Absolutely' in the Bible
Abraham replied, “I thought, ‘There is absolutely no fear of God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.’
If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he must pay an amount in silver equal to the bridal price for virgins.
You are absolutely beautiful, my darling,with no imperfection in you.
His mouth is sweetness.He is absolutely desirable.This is my love, and this is my friend,young women of Jerusalem. >
You will look for those who contend with you,but you will not find them.Those who war against youwill become absolutely nothing.
I gave you absolutely nothing to eatin all your cities,a shortage of food in all your communities,yet you did not return to Me.This is the Lord’s declaration.
Absolutely not! God must be true, even if everyone is a liar, as it is written:That You may be justified in Your wordsand triumph when You judge.
Do we then cancel the law through faith? Absolutely not! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it?
What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Absolutely not!
What should we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin if it were not for the law. For example, I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, Do not covet.
Therefore, did what is good cause my death? Absolutely not! On the contrary, sin, in order to be recognized as sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment, sin might become sinful beyond measure.
What should we say then? Is there injustice with God? Absolutely not!
I ask, then, has God rejected His people? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
I ask, then, have they stumbled in order to fall? Absolutely not! On the contrary, by their stumbling, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.
Don’t you know that your bodies are a part of Christ’s body? So should I take a part of Christ’s body and make it part of a prostitute? Absolutely not!
For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory.
But if we ourselves are also found to be “sinners” while seeking to be justified by Christ, is Christ then a promoter of sin? Absolutely not!
Is the law therefore contrary to God’s promises? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would certainly be by the law.
Now this is the message we have heard from Him and declare to you: God is light, and there is absolutely no darkness in Him.