11 occurrences

'Letters' in the Bible

And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsArrestingequipping, physicalWay, TheTying Updamascus

And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:

Verse ConceptsBelieversGreetingsThe Apostles In Action

As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.

Verse ConceptsLettersSanhedrin

And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judaea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of thee.

Verse ConceptsTelling Of People's Situations

And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsJourneyLettersPeople VisitingPraising Specific People

Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?

Verse ConceptsCommendationLettersCommending OneselfPraising Specific Peoplea new beginningEclipse

That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.

Verse ConceptsFearing Other People

For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

Verse ConceptsCriticism, against believersContempt, Examples OfEloquenceIn Men's PresenceWeaknessSpeech

Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.

Verse ConceptsGone AwayIn Men's PresenceOne's DeedsAbsence

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γράμμα 
Gramma 
Usage: 12

ἐπιστέλλω 
Epistello 
Usage: 3

ἐπιστολή 
Epistole 
Usage: 24

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