Topic
Able
3 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Luke 13:24ISBE
¶ Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
- John 21:6ISBE
And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.
- 2 Corinthians 3:6ISBE
Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 3 references
a'-b'-l: The Greek dunamai, "to have power," may refer either to inherent strength, or to the absence of in external obstacles, or to what may be allowable or permitted. The Greek ischuo, as in Lu 13:24; Joh 21:6, refers always to the first of the above meanings. The use of the word as an adjective the King James Version of 2Co 3:6, is misleading, and has been properly changed in the Revised Version (British and American) into "sufficient as ministers," i.e. "hath fitted us to be ministers."
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.