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Topical Bible Topics Beginning with I

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I topics

29 topics from this section.

29 topics
Nave topic

Iconoclasm

Iconoclasm gathers 9 Scripture references and 4 study links for studying this topic with the THF Bible reader, cross-references...

9 passages 4 links
Early Christian topic

Icons

Early Christian writings overwhelmingly treat making religious images and bowing to them as idolatry, not as a normal part of C...

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Nave topic

Iddo

Iddo gathers 12 Scripture references and 4 study links for studying this topic with the THF Bible reader, cross-references, Str...

12 passages 4 links
Early Christian topic

Idle Words And Careless Speech

Early Christians taught that idle, careless, and foolish speech was a real sin and would be answered for before God. Matthew 12...

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Idolatry And Images

Early Christian writers consistently taught that idols and man-made images are not gods and should not be worshiped. Writers li...

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Illumination And Baptism

Early Christian writers often linked baptism with illumination, new birth, forgiveness of sins, and the gift of the Holy Spirit...

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Nave topic

Image

Image gathers 8 Scripture references and 4 study links for studying this topic with the THF Bible reader, cross-references, Str...

8 passages 4 links
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Images

Early Christian writers commonly rejected worship of images and treated them as man-made things that could not be gods. Writers...

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Nave topic

Immer

Immer gathers 11 Scripture references and 4 study links for studying this topic with the THF Bible reader, cross-references, St...

11 passages 4 links
Early Christian topic

Immersion And Pouring

The early Christian writings favor baptism by immersion, but they also allow pouring in cases where immersion is not possible. ...

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Nave topic

Imprisonment

Imprisonment gathers 9 Scripture references and 4 study links for studying this topic with the THF Bible reader, cross-referenc...

9 passages 4 links
Early Christian topic

Imputed Righteousness

Early Christian writers did use Abraham and David to teach that God counts faith as righteousness apart from works of the law. ...

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Infant Baptism

Early Christian writings give real support for infant baptism, especially in Cyprianโ€™s strong defense that babies should not be...

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Infant Communion

Early Christian writings give clear support for infant baptism and for treating the Eucharist as holy food for the baptized, bu...

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Infanticide And The Sanctity Of Life

Early Christian writers clearly treated abortion, infant exposure, and child murder as grave sins that violated Godโ€™s law. Just...

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Inherited Sin

Early Christian writers often tied Adamโ€™s fall to the human raceโ€™s shared death and corruption, and some of them also spoke of ...

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Inspiration Of Scripture

Early Christian writers taught that Scripture is given by Godโ€™s Spirit, not by ordinary human invention. Clement of Rome calls ...

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Interest

Interest gathers 13 Scripture references and 4 study links for studying this topic with the THF Bible reader, cross-references,...

13 passages 4 links
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Interest And Usury

Early Christian teaching strongly rejects charging interest on loans to the poor or to fellow believers. Clement of Alexandria,...

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Interpretation Of Scripture

Early Christian writers taught that Scripture should be read with care, compared with other Scriptures, and interpreted in line...

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Interpreter

Interpreter gathers 12 Scripture references and 4 study links for studying this topic with the THF Bible reader, cross-referenc...

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Interpreting Scripture

Early Christian writers taught that Scripture should be read with care, in line with the whole Bible, and under the guidance of...

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Investing, Profit, And Christian Stewardship

Early Christian writers taught that money was a trust, not a master, and that believers should be faithful with what God puts i...

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Torrey topic

Iron

Iron gathers 49 Scripture references and 4 study links for studying this topic with the THF Bible reader, cross-references, Str...

49 passages 4 links
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Irresistible Grace And Effectual Calling

Early Christian writings tie salvation and calling to Godโ€™s grace, Godโ€™s purpose, and Godโ€™s initiative more often than to human...

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Nave topic

Ishmael

Ishmael gathers 14 Scripture references and 4 study links for studying this topic with the THF Bible reader, cross-references, ...

14 passages 4 links
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Ishmaelites

Ishmaelites gathers 8 Scripture references and 4 study links for studying this topic with the THF Bible reader, cross-reference...

8 passages 4 links
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Ithamar

Ithamar gathers 9 Scripture references and 4 study links for studying this topic with the THF Bible reader, cross-references, S...

9 passages 4 links
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Ivory

Ivory gathers 10 Scripture references and 4 study links for studying this topic with the THF Bible reader, cross-references, St...

10 passages 4 links