TPPM _The Gift_: Study of word "gift" usage in Bible

[Glenn Scheper]

http://www.pynchon.pomona.edu/uncollected/gift.html

Of course there were many more occurrences,
but these seem to highlight diverse aspects:

Exodus
23:8 And thou shalt take no gift:
for the gift blindeth the wise,
and perverteth the words of the righteous.

Proverbs
18:16 A man's gift maketh room for him,
and bringeth him before great men.

Acts
2:38 Then Peter said unto them,
Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for
the remission of sins,
and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Hebrews
5:1 For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things
pertaining to God,
that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:

6:4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened,
and have tasted of the heavenly gift,
and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
6:5 And have tasted the good word of God,
and the powers of the world to come,

11:4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain,
by which he obtained witness that he was righteous,
God testifying of his gifts:
and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

2 Corinthians
8:4 Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift,
and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.

2 Corinthians
9:15 Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.

James
1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above,
and cometh down from the Father of lights,
with whom is no variableness,
neither shadow of turning.

1 Corinthians
12:4 Now there are diversities of gifts,
but the same Spirit.

Romans
6:23 For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Matthew
8:4 And Jesus saith unto him,
See thou tell no man;
but go thy way,
shew thyself to the priest,
and offer the gift that Moses commanded,
for a testimony unto them.

23:19 Ye fools and blind:
for whether is greater,
the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?

There were many one-liners in Proverbs:
nt, though thou givest many gifts. 7:1 My son, keep my words
n house; but he that hateth gifts shall live. 15:28 The hear
lying lips a prince. 17:8 A gift is as a precious stone in t
17:23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert
th knowledge. 18:16 A man's gift maketh room for him, and br
a friend to him that giveth gifts. 19:7 All the brethren of 
shall not be heard. 21:14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger: 
boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind wit
land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it. 29:5 A ma

Ezekiel
16:33 They give gifts to all whores:
but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers,
and hirest them,
that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom.

Ephesians
2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith;
and that not of yourselves:
it is the gift of God:

3:7 Whereof I was made a minister,
according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual
working of his power.

Yours truly,
Glenn Scheper
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