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A key-word search index to the contents of this site, entries that begin with the letter C, section Cornelius to Cuwph. (The other sections under C are Cabala to Chiun, Chrisma to Comparisons and Concision to Corinthians.)

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Cornelius

• Cornelius with his family (Acts 10) were the first non-Jews (and non-Israelites) to receive the Holy Spirit in New Testament times.
• Cornelius is mentioned at this site, in passing, in the essays eb10b.htm (on Faith) and eg08b.htm (on Righteousness).
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Cornerstone, corner-stone

• Is Jesus "a cap-stone on top of a pyramid" as some have claimed, or is he, as the Bible says, the main corner-stone of the foundation of God's spiritual dwelling? → ea05c.htm
• Some bible-translations have put a "capstone" in Zechariah 4:7, but it is clear that that verse refers to a "head-stone" in the meaning "the main stone of the foundation". → ea05c.htm
• Look also under the headings "Stone, stoned, stones" and "Pyramid, pyramids".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Coronation stone

• On the Knight-Templar, Freemason and Anglo-Israelist idol-stone which is called "Coronation Stone", "Stone of Destiny", "Lia Fail" and so on. → ey14b.htm – ey12b.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Corrupt, corrupted, corrupting, corruption

• Ezekiel 28:17, "Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty, you have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your brightness". → ed05c.htm
• Matthew 6:19-21, "Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust does corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." → eb13e.htm – eb04c.htm
• Romans 8:21, "Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God". → eb04c.htm
• 1 Corinthians 15:50, "Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood is not able to inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption". → eb05b.htm – et04c.htm – et06d.htm
• Galatians 6:8, "For he who sows to his own flesh, that one shall reap corruption of the flesh. But he who sows to the Spirit, shall reap everlasting life through the Spirit". → em04c.htm – em07b.htm – em08c.htm
• 1 Timothy 6:5, "Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw yourself". → em08c.htm – em01d.htm
• 2 Timothy 3:8, "But in the way Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so also these withstand the truth, men having been corrupted in mind, found worthless as to the faith". What was Paul talking about? → ea15c.htm – em08c.htm
• 1 Peter 3:4, "But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price". → eo16b.htm
• 2 Peter 1:4, "by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust". → eb05b.htm – em08c.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Count, counted, counting

• How the date for Pentecost was counted. → ex09c.htm – ex02c.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Country

• The heavenly Country or Land, Hebrews 11:16. → eb05b.htm – eb04c.htm
• The Promised Land – Look under the heading "Promise, promised".
• (Land of Israel) – Look under the heading "Tribes of Israel".
• Look also under the heading "Land".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

COV (bible-translation) → es09c.htm

Covenant, covenants (the Old Covenant and the New Covenant)

• The English word covenant comes via French (covenir) from the Latin word convenire (convenio, con-venio) which meant "to come together", and from that, idiomatically, "to come to an agreement". In short: The word "covenant" means "an agreement between two or more parties".
• In the Old Testament, the Hebrew word for "covenant" was beriyth. That noun meant "an alliance", "a treaty", "a pledge", "a covenant", "an agreement". The LXX (Septuagint) translated beriyth as diathêkê. Also in the New Testament, the Greek word was diathêkê (from the verb diatithêmi, which among other things meant "to arrange mutually", "to make a covenant with one").
• Many bible-versions are not consistent but translate the words beriyth and diathêkê, sometimes as "covenant" and sometimes as "testament". For instance KJV-1769 rendered diathêkê 20 times as "covenant" and 13 times as "testament".
  • In many bible-passages, when English translations have the word "testament", the translation should be "covenant". (Some translations use other words, such as "agreement".) The phrases "Old Testament" and "New Testament" are mistranslations which came into existence along with the Catholic, Latin Vulgate version. The more correct translations are "Old Covenant" and "New Covenant". For more on this, look under the heading "Testament".
• Essays related to the matter of the two covenants:
  • The New Covenant versus the Old Covenant, or the Old Covenant versus the New Covenant. Also, some notes on Matthew 5:17 and 18. → ec01c.htm
  • The Old Covenant and the New Covenant. A study on certain aspects and details in connection with the two covenants, old and new. → ec02d.htm (This one is a complement to the above-mentioned essay ec01c.htm.)
  • Comparing the Old Covenant and the New Covenant. → ec01c.htm – ec02d.htm – ec13c.htm
  • The Old Testament: What was the difference between the concepts law, statutes, precepts, decrees, judgments, ordinances, charges, commandments and testimonies? → ec03d.htm
  • The Old Covenant did not provide a way for humans to receive everlasting life. → ec01c.htm – ec02d.htm – ec13c.htm – ec06f.htm – ec07d.htm
  • Galatians 3:19 – what is "the law that was added"? → ec10c.htm
  • Is the New Covenant a "renewal" or "modification" of the Old Covenant? → ec11c.htm
  • What did Paul mean when he said the saints were under grace and not under law? → ec12c.htm
  • "The letter" versus "the Spirit" (2 Corinthians 3 and Romans 7). → ec13c.htm
  • Acts 15 and the matter of the covenants. → eo04d.htm
  • The Davidic covenant – the Lord's promise to David – how, and in whom, was it fulfilled? → ey12b.htm – ey13b.htm – ey14b.htm
  • On the Old Covenant's Passover, and the New Covenant's bread and wine. → ec04g.htm
  • Regarding the Old Covenant's high days, including its weekly, ritual day of rest, the Sabbath – look under the heading "High days".
  • Where does one find the New Covenant's "law" in written form? → ec08c.htm
  • The New Covenant is written, "not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart" (2 Corinthians 3:3). → ec08c.htm – ec13c.htm – ec11c.htm – ec06f.htm – ec01c.htm
  • Signs related to covenants, and the New Covenant's sign which shows who really are God's people. → ec09b.htm
  • The symbolism of the Old Covenant's "sign", the circumcision of males. → ec09b.htm
  • Mount Sinai where the Old Covenant was made: Where was it really located? Also: Which part of the Red Sea did the Israelites cross over, and where did they spend the 40 years of wandering? → eo06f.htm
  • Faith is central for the New Covenant. But what does that word really mean? What is true faith? → eb10b.htm
  • The (New Covenant's) Promise, the Inheritance, the Rest, the Land. Those are central key-words in the Bible, and they are interrelated. What are they really all about? → eb05b.htm
  • On the word and concept "worship", in connection with the Old Covenant and the New Covenant. → ea04c.htm
  • Monetary things in connection with religious fellowships, in the light of the New Covenant. – Look under the heading "Silver and gold".
  • Does the New Covenant have "food rules"? → ef01b.htm
  • The role of angels in the forming of the Old Covenant. → ed06c.htm
  • The Ark of the Covenant, also called the Ark of the Testimony. → (ec03d.htm)
• Look also under the headings "Righteousness", "Commandments" and "Law".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Cover, covering (veil versus hair, 1 Corinthians 11) → eb11c.htm

Coverdale

• Miles Coverdale (Myles Coverdale), an Englishman, lived circa 1488-1568. He produced an English language bible-translation, "the Coverdale Bible" which was published in 1535. The Coverdale translation is mentioned in some essays at this site. → es09c.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Covet, covetous

• Acts 20:33-34, the apostle Paul told the elders from Ephesus that he had not "coveted anyone's silver or gold or clothing", but had always supported himself through manual work. → em02c.htm
• The apostle Paul told the saints in Thessalonica that he and those who travelled with him, had "at no time [...] come with speech of flattery (as you have known), nor in a pretext for covetousness" (1 Thessalonians 2:5). → em06d.htm
• The apostle Peter warned the saints and believers about deceivers (preachers): "And through covetousness, they will make merchandise of you" (2 Peter 2:3). → eo09e.htm
• Look also under the heading "Lust". Regarding the Decalogue, see the essay ec06f.htm.
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Create, created, creates, creating, creation

• The "new creation" of 2 Corinthians 5:17. → eb06b.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Creature, creatures

• Odd creatures in bible-translations – flying serpents, seraphs, satyrs, unicorns, the leviathan and so on. → ed03b.htm
• On the words "he is a new creature" (KJV-1769) in 2 Corinthians 5:17. → eb06b.htm
• Romans 8:21, "Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God" (KJV-1769). → eb04c.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Credentials

• The word "credentials" comes from Latin credens, credendus, "trust", from credo, "to believe", "to trust". (Look also below, under the headings "Credo" and "Creed".)
• The English word "credentials" is often used in reference to "adequate academic performance". In the religious world, that appears to mean that (only) those who have graduated from some Catholic, Protestant, Baptist or other "accepted" religious institution (of indoctrination), are considered to be credible (trustworthy) in regard to their writings – but not others. In other words: The view of the "establishment" is that those who do not agree with the prevailing dogmas or creeds but instead look into the Bible in order to see what Jesus and the apostles really taught, are not considered to be credible.
• Look also under the headings "Creed" and "Doctrine, doctrines".
• On the author of the essays at this site, and his "credentials". → purpose.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Credo – look below, under the heading "Creed, creeds".

Creed, creeds

• The word "creed" comes from the Latin verb credo which had different many uses and meanings, such as "to loan", "to borrow", "to trust", "to believe", "to suppose", and so on.
  • Some use the word credo as a synonym for "creed" – look below.
• In the "Christian world", the word "creed" is used in the meaning "an article or statement of belief", which is to say, a set of doctrines compiled by some church or preacher.
  • (The word "doctrine" comes from Latin and means "teaching". → es08c.htm)
• Churches and preachers create doctrines and compile them into creeds, and demand that people must accept them as "truth", without questioning anything. Does the Bible endorse that practice? → es08c.htm
• Look also under the headings "Doctrine, doctrines", "Faith", "Belief, believer, believers, believing" and "True, truth, truths".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Cross, crossed, crossing

• Matthew 10:38, "whoever does not take up the cross and follow me is not worthy of me." → ea04c.htm
• Jesus said to a rich man, "Go, sell what things you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in Heaven – and come, follow me, taking up the cross." → eb13e.htm – em07b.htm
• "Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross" – what does that mean? → eo07d.htm
• Revelation 1:7 – If those who had pierced Jesus on the cross were to see him coming in that way, then what was the time-frame? → eg04b.htm
• What did Paul really mean when he called certain ones "the enemies of the cross of Christ"? → em03c.htm
• In what way did Jesus on the cross triumph over the "powers and principalities"? → ed06c.htm
• The Exodus and the crossing of the Red Sea: Did Israel cross over the Gulf of Suez, or the Gulf of Aqaba? Or, was it some "reed sea" that they crossed? → eo06f.htm
• The crossing over of the river Jordan. → eo06f.htm – (eb05b.htm)
• When the Israelites crossed over the Jordan river and entered the Promised Land, there was symbolism in that, referring to heavenly things. → eb05b.htm
• The cross as a religious symbol: It was the emperor Constantine (the de facto founder of the Catholic Church) who launched the use of the cross as a symbol in "Christianity". For more on Constantine, look under the heading "Constantine".
• Look also under the headings "Crucify, crucified, crucifixion" and "INRI".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Crown, crowns

• In the NT, when bible-translations have the word "crown", the Greek word in question was stephanos which meant "a wreath" (from stephô, "to twine or wreathe"). The correct translations are "a wreath" (stephanos) and "to wreath" (stephanoô).
• The crowns that "royalty" sometimes wear have nothing to do with the Bible's stephanos but are of an altogether different, sinister origin.
• 2 Timothy 4:8 refers to a "crown (wreath) of righteousness" (ho tês dikaiosunês stephanos, a wreath of righteousness) that Paul looked forward to receiving from the Lord. For believers, it is important to know is what the word "righteousness" (in the NT Greek dikaiosunê) really means and refers to. → eg08b.htm – Look also under the heading "Righteous, righteously, righteousness".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Crucify, crucified, crucifixion

• Jesus promised one of the men who were crucified with him, that he would be with Jesus, in Heaven. → eb04c.htm
• "Those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires" (Galatians 5:24). → eb06b.htm
• Some "again crucified to themselves the Son of God, and put Him to open shame". → eb06b.htm
• "O foolish Galatians, who bewitched you not to obey the truth, to whom before your eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed among you, crucified?" (Galatians 3:1). → ec10c.htm – ex10d.htm
• God had a secret. Had the wicked rulers of this world known it, they would not have crucified Jesus. → ed06c.htm
• The Roman government ridiculed, tortured and crucified Jesus. Still, some claim that this world's governments are "appointed by God" and "continually in his service". What is the truth about those things? → ew02c.htm
• Look also above, under the heading "Cross, crossed, crossing".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Cukkah (cukkowth, cukkoth). – Look under the headings "Tent" and "Tabernacle"; see also the essays ex06c.htm and ex07c.htm.

Cult, cults

• The English word "cult" comes from the Latin cultus which, among many other things, meant "honouring", "reverence", "adoration", "veneration".
• Today, the word "cult" is normally used as a reference to the followers of any "non-mainstream" church or religion (who often live outside of conventional society, under the sway and control of a charismatic preacher).
• However, many churches and preachers (even cultish ones) simply use such words as "cult" and "sect" as by-names of competing churches.
• Look also under the headings "Doctrine", "Denomination", "Sect, sects" and "Church, churches".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Cup

• "The Cup of the Lord", 1 Corinthians 10:21. → ef03b.htm – (ew04d.htm)
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Curse, cursed, cursing

• Jeremiah 17:5, "Thus says the Lord: Cursed is the man who trusts in man". → ee03c.htm
• Clergymen often quote Malachi 3:9-10 which talks about a blessing and a curse in connection with the tithe-system that the Old Covenant had. Does that have any bearing on things in New Covenant times? → em01d.htm
• Matthew 5:44, "But I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who despitefully use you and persecute you". → ew02c.htm
• Matthew 23:13, "But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men". → eo12c.htm
• Matthew 23:23 (and Luke 11:42), "A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make men give a tenth of all sorts of sweet-smelling plants [...]" (BBE). → em01d.htm – eo12c.htm
• Matthew 23:41, "Then he will also say to those on the left hand, Depart from me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire having been prepared for the Devil and his angels". → em07b.htm – et08b.htm
• Hebrews 6:8, "But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed; its end is to be burned". → em08c.htm
• When preachers ask for money, they often quote Malachi 3:9-10 which talks about "a curse" versus "blessings poured out". → em01d.htm (footnote)
• Galatians 3:10, "For as many as are of the works of the Law are under a curse". → ec10c.htm – ex10d.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Curtain

• Some bible-translations have "curtain" instead of "veil" (the veil of the temple). – Look under the heading "Veil".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Cuwph

• Did the name Yam Suph or Yam Cuwph refer to the Red Sea, or to a "reed sea" as some have claimed? And, why does the 1769 KJ version never translate the word suph as "reed"? → eo06f.htm
• Which part of the Red Sea did the Israelites cross over, during the Exodus? → eo06f.htm
• On the route of the Exodus, and the location of the wilderness of Sinai and Mount Sinai. → eo06f.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Cyprus (Greek, Kupros)

• The Mediterranean island Cyprus is mentioned in a few passages in the book of Acts. Barnabas came from Cyprus. Stephen travelled to Cyprus. The apostle Paul visited that island.
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Cyrus

• Cyrus the king of Persia is mentioned in 19 bible-passages, from 2 Chronicles 36:22 to Daniel 10:1. The name in the Hebrew and Aramaic texts is Kowresh (Koresh).
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

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