Merit
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Merit (5 Occurrences)

Luke 17:10 So you also, when you have obeyed all the orders given you, must say, "'There is no merit in our service: what we have done is only what we were in duty bound to do.'" (WEY)

Romans 3:27 Where then is there room for your boasting? It is for ever shut out. On what principle? On the ground of merit? No, but on the ground of faith. (WEY)

Romans 9:32 And why? Because they were pursuing a righteousness which should arise not from faith, but from what they regarded as merit. They stuck their foot against the stone which lay in their way; (WEY)

Ephesians 2:8 For it is by grace that you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves. It is God's gift, and is not on the ground of merit-- (WEY)

Psalms 112:3 Wealth and riches are in his house; And his righteousness endureth for ever. (See JPS)

Thesaurus
Merit (5 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) To earn by service or performance; to have a right to claim as reward; to
deserve; sometimes, to deserve in a bad sense; as, to merit punishment. ...
/m/merit.htm - 8k

Justice (212 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Conformity to truth and reality in expressing opinions and in conduct; fair
representation of facts respecting merit or demerit; honesty; fidelity ...
/j/justice.htm - 46k

Superior (18 Occurrences)
... Higher or greater in excellence; surpassing others in the greatness, or value of
any quality; greater in quality or degree; as, a man of superior merit; or of ...
/s/superior.htm - 13k

Biblical
... This merit belonged to Gabler (1787), who urged a purely historical treatment of
the Bible, and was, later, shared by his colleague, GL Bauer, who issued a ...
/b/biblical.htm - 45k

Phoenicians
... and Boaz, the molten sea, the bases, layers and other articles cast by Hiram of
Tyre for the temple of Solomon must have exhibited considerable artistic merit. ...
/p/phoenicians.htm - 38k

Phoenicia (6 Occurrences)
... and Boaz, the molten sea, the bases, layers and other articles cast by Hiram of
Tyre for the temple of Solomon must have exhibited considerable artistic merit. ...
/p/phoenicia.htm - 40k

Faithfulness (91 Occurrences)
... help to His people (Psalm 31:5 (Hebrew 6)). Accordingly in the teaching of prophecy,
the salvation of the covenant people rests upon no claim or merit of their ...
/f/faithfulness.htm - 58k

Election (6 Occurrences)
... of God according to election might stand." In the whole passage the gravest stress
is laid upon the isolation of the "election" from the merit or demerit of ...
/e/election.htm - 26k

Faithful (136 Occurrences)
... help to His people (Psalm 31:5 (Hebrew 6)). Accordingly in the teaching of prophecy,
the salvation of the covenant people rests upon no claim or merit of their ...
/f/faithful.htm - 69k

Imputation
... By the righteousness of Christ Paul means Christ's legal status, or the merit acquired
by all that He did in satisfying the demands of God's law, including ...
/i/imputation.htm - 39k

Greek
379. anapologetos -- without excuse
... 379 () then refers to something that completely lacks merit. [379 () comes
from " privative" ("not") and ("to defend, excuse"). ...
/greek/379.htm - 8k
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) The quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert.

2. (n.) Esp. in a good sense: The quality or state of deserving well; worth; excellence.

3. (n.) Reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or approbation; as, his teacher gave him ten merits.

4. (n.) To earn by service or performance; to have a right to claim as reward; to deserve; sometimes, to deserve in a bad sense; as, to merit punishment.

5. (n.) To reward.

6. (v. i.) To acquire desert; to gain value; to receive benefit; to profit.

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