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1Corinthians
16:22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be AnathemaMaranatha.
23 The charis
of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
anathema
{an-ath'-em-ah}
1) a thing set up or laid by
in order to be kept
1a) specifically, an offering
resulting from a vow, which after being consecrated to a god was hung upon
the walls or columns of the temple, or put in some other conspicuous place
2) a thing devoted to
God without hope of being redeemed, and if an animal, to be slain; therefore
a person or thing doomed to destruction
2a) a curse
2b) a man accursed, devoted
to the direst of woes
maran
atha {mar'-an ath'-ah}
of Aramaic origin (meaning
our Lord has come); TDNT - 4:466,563; interj
1) our Lord cometh or
will come
charis
{khar'-ece}
2a) of the merciful kindness
by which God, exerting his holy influence upon souls, turns them to Christ,
keeps, strengthens, increases them in Christian faith, knowledge, affection,
and kindles them to the exercise of the Christian virtues |
