Topic
Endless
2 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.
- 1 Timothy 1:4ISBE
Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
- Hebrews 7:16ISBE
Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 4 references
end'-les (akatalutos (Heb 7:16), aperantos (1Ti 1:4)):
This English word occurs twice in the New Testament, and is there represented by the two Greek words above noted.
(1) In Heb 7:16 Jesus is said to be a priest "after the power of an endless life." The word means literally, as in the Revised Version, margin, "indissoluble." It is not simply that Christ's priesthood was eternal. The priesthood was based upon His possession, by nature, of a life which in time and eternity death could not touch. This distinguished Him essentially from priests under the law.
(2) In 1Ti 1:4, Paul warns Timothy against giving heed in his ministry to "fables (muthoi) and endless (limitless) genealogies." The allusion seems to be to the series of emanations (aeons) in Gnostic speculation, to which no limit could be set.
Distinct from the above are the words denoting "everlasting," "eternal," which see.
James Orr
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.