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A key-word search index to the contents of this site, entries that begin with the letter F, section Fable to Firstlings. (The other section under F is Fish to Functions.)

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Fable, fables

• Titus 1:13, "Not turning their minds to Jewish fables and commandments of men which depart from the truth". → ee05b.htm
• Look also below, under the heading "Fabulous".
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Fabulous

• On fabulous creatures that appear in some bible-translations. → ed03b.htm
• Look also above, under the heading "Fables".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Fair, fairness

• Being just and fair. – Look also under the heading "Righteous, righteousness"; see also the essay eg08b.htm.
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Faith, faithful, faithfulness

• The English word "faith" comes via the Old French feid from Latin fides (related to fido) which meant "trust", "reliance", "confidence", and so on. But, the New Testament manuscripts are written in Greek. When English translations have "faith", the Greek text had for the most part pistis which in old Greek meant "trust in others", "persuasion of a thing", "confidence", "assurance", and also "trustworthiness", "faithfulness", "honesty" and so on. For more on this important matter, see the essay eb10b.htm.
• What does the word "faith" really mean? What is "true faith"? → eb10b.htm
• On the meaning of the word pistis which often is translated as "faith". → eb10b.htm
• Is having faith the same as "believing that God exists"? → eb10b.htm
• Abraham, Jacob and Job, and their faith. → eb10b.htm
• Paul's example of faith, which he told others to imitate. → em03c.htm
• What did Paul really mean by the word "faith"? → eb10b.htm
• Churches and preachers produce statements of faith, doctrines, dogmas and tenets, and claim them to be "the Truth". But who has the "true faith" or "correct dogmas"? → es08c.htm
• The saints' faith had very little do with what the word "faith" means in the religious language of our day. → eb10b.htm
• Romans 3:31, "Do we, then, make law useless through faith? Not by means; rather, we are establishing law". → eo11b.htm
• Paul to the saints in Corinth: "I do not mean that we are to dictate to you with regard to your faith; on the contrary, we work with you for your true happiness; indeed, it is through your faith that you are standing firm" (2 Corinthians 1:24). → ea06c.htm – ea13b.htm
• Galatians 2:16, "Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus the Anointed". → eo11b.htm
• Paul to the saints in Galatia: "This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith?" (Galatians 3:2). → ec10c.htm
• Galatians 3:23-25, "Before the Faith came we were perpetual prisoners under the Law, in preparation for the destined faith about to be revealed. So the Law has been our tutor-slave our pedagogue to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith; but now that the Faith is come, we are no longer under a tutor-slave." → eo11b.htm
• 1 Timothy 6:10, "For the love of money is a root of all these evils; which some having aspired after, have wandered from the faith". → em08c.htm – ea15c.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". → ea15c.htm
• Titus 3:8, "On this I want you to firmly insist; that those who have faith in God must be careful to maintain honest occupations". → ea10c.htm
• On the misleading translation "the profession of our faith" in Hebrews 10:23. → eb10b.htm
• Hebrews 11:13, "All these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth". → eb05b.htm
• James 2:14-17, "What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you says to them, 'Depart in peace, be warmed and filled', but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead." → eo11b.htm
• James 2:24, "You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only". → eo11b.htm
• Look also under the headings "Fidelity", "Infidel, infidels", "Belief, believer, believers, believing", "Unbelief, unbelievers" and "Doctrine".
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Falcon

• The meaning of the falcon as a religious symbol. → (ew04d.htm)
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Fall, fallen, falling, fell

• On the euphemism "fallen asleep"
  • Several New Testament passages talk about death as "falling asleep"; for instance Acts 7:60 says that Stephen "fell asleep" (ekoimêthê, a form of the verb koimaô). (Similar passages: 1 Corinthians 11:30, 15:6, 15:18, 15:20 and 15:51, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14-15, Matthew 27:52, John 11:11-14, 2 Peter 3:4.) But, that was merely an euphemistic expression in the Greek language, referring to death. → eb09c.htm
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False, falsehood

• Matthew 24:24, "For there shall arise false Anointed ones and false prophets". → eo09e.htm – eo02d.htm
• False Jesus: The lord or kurios who is served by the Catholic Church and its protesting "daughters", is not the true Jesus but a very different "lord". – Look under the headings "Constantine", Kuriakê oikia" and "Church, churches".
• Look also under the heading "Liar, liars, lie, lies, lying" and "Deceit, deceivers, deception".
• Regarding false Christs (false Anointed ones, false Messiahs, the pseudochristoi and antichristoi). → eo02d.htm – eo09e.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Family, families

• Look under the headings "Wife, wives", "Husband, husbands", "Children", "Parent, parents", "Father", "Mother", "Daughters", "Son, sons", "Marriage", "Seed, seeds", "Widows" and "Elderly".
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Farmer, farmers

• When the 1769 KJ version has "husbandman" or "husbandmen", that is a translation of geôrgos which meant "farmer", "cultivator".
• In the Old Covenant's tithe system (which was only on agricultural produce), it was always the farmer who set aside the tithe, not the consumer. → em01d.htm – (eo12c.htm)
• John 15 – what did Jesus mean when he said to his disciples, "I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the farmer" and "I am the grapevine, you are the branches"? → ea11c.htm
• 2 Timothy 2:6 – what did Paul mean when he wrote, "the farmer must work, before he can receive the fruits"? → ea15c.htm – em08c.htm
• James 5:7, "The farmer waits for the precious crop from the earth". → eg04b.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Fast, fasts, fasting, fastings

• Should one fast, for religious reasons? → eb11c.htm (See the middle part of that essay.)
• What about the Old Covenant's high days, including the Day of Atonement which was a day of fasting – in New Covenant times? → ex10d.htm
• The Old Covenant's special day of fasting, the Day of Atonement, and its symbolism. → ex05b.htm
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Fate (predestination)

• The fate or destiny of humans: Is it already fixed and decided, as some claim? Are all people, or some individuals, "predestined"? → eb03d.htm
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Father, fathers

• Regarding God the Father, look under the heading "God".
• The title "Father", if used in the religious context. → ea08b.htm
• The title "Sir" (from sire, "father"), if used in the religious context. → ea08b.htm
• Turning the hearts of the children to the fathers (Malachi 4:6, Luke 1:17). → et02c.htm
• Deuteronomy 10:22, "Thy fathers went down into Egypt, in souls, seventy". → ey01b.htm – ey02c.htm
• Jesus said Satan was the father of lying (John 8:45). → eo05c.htm
• Father Christmas. → ew05c.htm
• Look also under the headings "Widows", "Elderly", "Children", "Parent, parents", "Mother", "Daughters", "Son, sons" and "Seed, seeds".
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Fear, fearing, fears

• "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom". → (es01d.htm)
• Prayer: One must not be fearful and wonder whether God "wants to hear one, or not". → eb11c.htm
• Jesus to his disciples: "Fear not, little flock, because your Father did delight to give you the reign". → eb08c.htm – eb04c.htm – eb13e.htm – eo10d.htm
• Paul to the Jewish saints: "Therefore, a promise being left to enter into his Rest, let us fear lest any of you should seem to come short of it". → eb05b.htm – ex10d.htm
• "The fear of man brings a snare, But whoever trusts in the Lord shall be safe". → (ee03c.htm) – (ee04c.htm)
• Paul to the saints in Rome: "Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour". → ew02c.htm
• Paul to the saints in Philippi, "Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling". → eb03d.htm
• "And so fearful was the thing appearing, Moses said, I am terrified and trembling" (Hebrews 12:21). → (eb04c.htm)
• Fear mentioned in Hebrews 2:14-15 – "that through death he might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the Devil, and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage". → ed06c.htm
• Some preachers use the book of Revelation (as well as other parts of the Bible) for controlling people through fear. → ea03d.htm – eg02c.htm – et04c.htm – et06d.htm – ew03b.htm – ey08c.htm
• Many preachers use even "excommunication" for controlling people through fear. → ea10c.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Feast, feasts

• Regarding the Old Covenant's feast or high days – look under the heading "High days".
• The feast of Hebrews 12:23 – the panêgurei kai ekklêsia prôtotokôn en ouranois apogegrammenôn, "festal gathering and assembly of the first-born ones registered in Heaven" – what time and place did those words refer to? → eb04c.htm – eb05b.htm – et07e.htm – et08b.htm – ex02c.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Fellow, fellowship, fellowships, fellowshipping

• Worshipping God. What do the Scriptures say about worship, when it comes to New Covenant times? → ea04c.htm
• Monetary things in connection with religious fellowships. – Look under the heading "Silver and gold".
• Did the elders in the saints' fellowships act as "leaders", or as "servant leaders"? → ee03c.htm
• What kind of people were the saints told to mark and avoid and cast out and deny fellowship to? → ea10c.htm
• Did the saints deny fellowship to people "on doctrinal grounds"? → ea10c.htm
• The saints' fellowships were not "churches", nor did they have "worship services". → ea04c.htm
• Galatians 6:6, "Howbeit, let him who is being orally instructed in the word, have fellowship with him that is so instructing him, in all good things." (EB) → em04c.htm
• Caring for one's fellow human beings. – Look under the heading "Good works".
• Is Freemasonry "just a harmless fellowship for personality development", as some claim? → ew04d.htm
• Ephesians 5:10, "have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them". → ew04d.htm
• Look also under the headings "Assembly, assemblies, assembling", "Ekklêsia", "Brother, brotherly, brothers, brotherhood", "Church, churches" and "Elders".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Female, females – look under the heading "Woman, women".

Festival, festivals – Look under the heading "High days".

Fidelity

• The 1769 KJ version has the word "fidelity" in Titus 2:10. That is copied from the Vulgate which has fidem in that verse.
  • The Latin word fidem (fides) meant, on the one hand, "trust", "confidence", "reliance", and, on the other hand, "trustworthiness", "faithfulness", "conscientiousness", "credibility", "honesty", "truth".
  • The Greek word in question (Titus 2:10) is pistis which meant, on the one hand, "trust", "confidence", "assurance" ("faith"), and, on the other hand, "trustworthiness", "faithfulness", "honesty".
  • The essay eb10b.htm explains what the word "faith" (Greek, pistis) really means and refers to, in the Bible.
• For more, look under the headings "Infidel, infidels", "Faith", "Belief, believer, believers, believing" and "Unbelief, unbelievers".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Field, fields

• Matthew 13:24-25, "The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man which sowed good seed in his field: But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way."
• Exodus 23:16 calls Pentecost "the Feast of Harvest, the first-fruits of your labours, which you have sown in the field". → ex02c.htm
• Genesis 25:29-34, Esau came in from the field and was faint, and sold his birthright for bread and pottage. → ey04c.htm
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Fifteen, fifteenth – Look under the heading "15".

Fifth – Look under the heading "5".

Fifty, fiftieth – Look under the heading "50, 50th".

Fig, fig tree, figs

• The parable of the fig tree (when mentioned in Matthew 24:32, Luke 21:29, Mark 13:28). → eg04b.htm – et04c.htm – et06d.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Filthy, filthiness

• Filthy lucre. – Look under the heading "Lucre".
• Look also under the headings "Defilement" and "Unclean".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Find

• Biblical word-find puzzles, free, printable in A4-size or A3 or even more. → ep01.htm
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Finland, Finnish, Finns

• Are the Finns "the tribe of Issachar", as some Anglo-Israelists claim? Bible facts. → ey11b.htm – ey01b.htm
• Look also under the heading "Tribes of Israel".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Fire

• The continually burning, light-giving fire in the menowrah in the temple was produced by burning olive oil. There were no candles in the temple; oil lamps were used. Many bible-versions contain such words as "candles" or "candlesticks", but that is an error. The menowrah in the temple was in actual fact a lamp-stand where pure olive oil flowed through ducts into seven fires. – Look also under the headings "Menorah", "Lamp, lamps, lampstand, lampstands" and "Olive, olives, olive oil".
• Revelation 14:10 – Will men or angels be tormented with fire and brimstone, for ages and ages? → et08b.htm
• Look also under the headings "Burn, burned, burning" and "Brimstone".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

First

• First (1, 1st), in book names
  • 1 Chronicles – Look under the heading "Chronicles".
  • 1 Corinthians – Look under the heading "Corinth, Corinthians".
  • 1 John – Look under the heading "John the apostle, and his book and letters".
  • 1 Kings – Look under the heading "King, kings".
  • 1 Peter – Look under the heading "Peter".
  • 1 Samuel – Look under the heading "Samuel".
  • 1 Thessalonians – Look under the heading "Thessalonians, Thessalonica".
  • 1 Timothy – Look under the heading "Timothy".
• First, in different connections and expressions
  • "Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness" (Matthew 6:33). What did Jesus mean? In what way were the disciples to "seek the Kingdom of God"? → eo10d.htm
  • "He called the twelve and said to them, If anyone wants to be 'first', he shall be last of all, and servant of all" (Mark 9:35). → ee03c.htm
  • Is Jesus, as some claim, "the last stone to be placed on top of a pyramid" – or is he, as the Bible says, the first stone, the main stone of the foundation of God's spiritual dwelling? → ea05c.htm
  • "The first man Adam became a living creature, the last Adam is for a life-giving spirit" (1 Corinthians 15:45). → eb06b.htm
  • "First tithe". → em01d.htm – Look also under the heading "Silver and gold".
  • "Putting God first" – Many preachers talk about "putting God first", and say that that means giving money to the preacher. → em01d.htm – (em02c.htm) – (em03c.htm) – (em05e.htm) – Look also under the heading "Silver and gold".
  • First century – What happened to the saints, in the first century? Also, some notes on the "early church". → eg04b.htm
• Look also below, under the heading "First-fruit, first-fruits, first-born ones".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

First-born, firstborn – Look under the next heading, below, one line down.

First-fruit, firstfruit, first-fruits, firstfruits, first-born ones, firstborn ones

• Jesus became "the first-fruits" (1 Corinthians 15:20 and 22). → eb09c.htm
• Jesus as the firstborn among many brothers (Romans 8:29) and as the firstborn from the dead (Colossians 1:15-18). → eb09c.htm
• The saints as God's firstfruit (Romans 8:23, Revelation 14:4, and so on). → et03c.htm
• The 144,000 first-fruits of Revelation 14:4 – who were they? → et03c.htm
• The first-born ones' festal gathering of Hebrews 12:23 – panêgurei kai ekklêsia prôtotokôn en ouranois apogegrammenôn, "the festal gathering and assembly of the first-born ones registered in Heaven" – what time and place did those words refer to? → eb04c.htm – eb05b.htm – et07e.htm – et08b.htm – ex02c.htm
• To begin with, the agreement made at Sinai (the Old Covenant) had a system where firstfruits and firstborn ones were to be given to the Lord (Exodus 13:2, et cetera). But, the first-fruits were replaced by the Levites and the tithe system which meant that the Levites came to share a certain part of the "tithe", which was a tenth part of the agricultural produce of the Promised Land. → em01d.htm
• An explanation of the nature of the "birthright", the special right of the firstborn son or child in regard to inheritance, in old times. → ey04c.htm
• Reuben was Jacob's firstborn child, but because of his offence, the birthright was taken from him and given to Joseph (and through Joseph to his sons Ephraim and Manasseh). → ey04c.htm
• The Old Covenant's "Feast of Harvest of First-fruits", also called "Pentecost" and "Shavuot". → ex02c.htm
• Look also under the headings "Fruit", "Birthright" and "Inheritance".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Firstling, firstlings

• Originally, the Israelites were to give their "firstlings" (peter or pitrah, Exodus 13:12-15) to the Lord and to his service. That referred to the first-born ones of both humans and cattle. But, that arrangement was soon replaced by the Levite system; see Numbers 1:47-53, 3:6-12, 3:41-45, 8:16-18 and 18:6. The tribe of Levi received only a limited amount of agricultural land (only small parcels around cities), and were because of that to a certain part supported by the other tribes of Israel, through the tithe-system. For more on the tithe, which was only on the agricultural produce of the land of Israel, see the essay em01d.htm.
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