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Mnemonics, Acronyms, and Other Things Worth Remembering

I have these written in the front pages of my Bible because they are helpful, or good to share, or just simple ways to explain hard concepts.  I thought you might enjoy them.

 

FAITH

F antastic
A dventure
I n
T rusting
H im

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WHAT MAKES MORE SENSE?
Evolutionist theory:  Nothing took nothing and made everything.
Creationist theory:  GOD took nothing and made everything.

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DEFINITIONS
RIGHTEOUSNESS:  "Right standing" with God
GRACE:  Unmerited favor
JUSTIFIED:  "Just as if" you never sinned

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CONDEMNATION:  Doesn't come from God
CONVICTION:  Comes from God

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BIBLE FACTS
(Using King James Version)
OLD TESTAMENT:  39 Books
NEW TESTAMENT:  27 Books
TOTAL:  66 Books
Chapters: 1,189
Verses: 31,101
Words: 783,137
Letters: 3,566,480
BIBLE WAS WRITTEN IN:  Hebrew (Most of the OT), Aramaic (a little of the OT), and Greek (NT)
Took 1500-1600 years to write
Approximately 35-40 authors
400 years between last book written in OT and first written in NT
Longest name: Mahershalalhashbaz (Isaiah 8:1)
Longest verse: Esther 8:9 (78 words)
Shortest verse: John 11:35 (2 words: "Jesus wept").
Middle books: Micah and Nahum
Middle verse: Psalm 118:8
Middle chapter: Psalm 117
Shortest chapter (by number of words): Psalm 117
Longest chapter: Psalm 119 (176 verses)
Shortest book (by number of words): 3 John
Longest book: Psalms (150 chapters)

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BIBLE VERSIONS
(Not a complete list)
KJV:  King James Version
AKA: AV (Authorized Version)
AB: Anchor Bible or Amplified Bible
Alf: Alford's Greek Testament
ASV: American Standard Version
BLB: Better Life Bible
BS: Bibliotheca Sacra
CEV: Contemporary English Version
CGT: Cambridge Greek Testament
CV: Concordant Version
Dar: Darby
DR: Douay-Rheims
EB: Expositor's Bible
EMTV: English Majority Text Version
ERV: English Revised Version
AKA: RV
ESV: English Standard Version
GNB: Good News Bible
Now called GNT: Good News Translation
IB: Interpreter's Bible
ISB: International Standard Bible
ISV: International Standard Version
IV: Inspired Version
JB: Jerusalem Bible
LB: Living Bible
MKJV: Modern King James Version
MLB: Modern Language Bible
Mof: James Moffat, The Bible: A New Translation
NAB: New American Bible
NASB: New American Standard Bible
NEB: New English Bible
NET: New English Translation
NIV: New International Version
NJB: New Jerusalem Bible
NKJV: New King James Version
NLT: New Living Translation
NLV: New Life Version
NOV: Novum Testamentum
OSB: Orthodox Study Bible
REB: Revised English Bible
RKJV: Revised King James Version
RSV: Revised Standard Version
RV: Revised Version 1881
TEV: Today's English Version
VT: Vestus Testamentum
WEB: World English Bible
Wett: Wettstein's Novum
Wey: Weymouth's
WH: Westcott & Hort

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GOD WANTS TO BE YOUR
For God so lo V ed the world,
That He g A ve
 his on L y
Begott E n
So N
  T hat whosoever
Believeth I n Him
Should N ot perish,
But have E verlasting life.

Contributed by Dee Payne
and Patty Mitchell

John 3:16





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