Letter
Every entry below is printed as its editors wrote it, with the edition named.
Easton's 1897
In Rom. 2:27, 29 means the outward form. The “oldness of the letter” (7:6) is a phrase which denotes the old way of literal outward obedience to the law as a system of mere external rules of conduct. In 2 Cor. 3:6, “the letter” means the Mosaic law as a written law. (See WRITING.)
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · public domain
ISBE 1915
From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915). Where it reports or adopts critical theories, those are the views of its writers or the scholars they cite; Gospel Companion holds the historic Christian view of Scripture.
let'-er.
See EPISTLE.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain
In Scripture
3 references found in the entries above · verse links open the World English Bible
See also
Sources
- Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Public domain
- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · Public domain