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A key-word search index to the contents of this site, entries that begin with the letter R, section Revenge to Rituals. (The other sections under R are R to Renewing, Repent to Revelations and River to RWBS.)

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Revenge, revenging

• Revenge = avenge = vengeance = revenging = avenging.
• Believers are not to harbour feelings of revenge. The saints in Rome were severely persecuted, but the apostle Paul wrote to them, "Do not be revengeful, my dear friends, but give way before anger; for it is written, 'Revenge belongs to Me: I will pay back,' says the Lord." (Romans 12:19, WEY).
  • More on Romans 12 and 13. → ew02c.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Revere, reverence, reverend, reverends, revering

• The verb "revere" comes from the Latin word reverentia which meant "awe", "fear" and so on. The Latin adjective reverendus (which can be translated something like "awe-inspiring") comes from the verb revereor which meant "to fear", "to honour".
  • The superlative form reverendissimus, "most awesome", "most fearful", has been used of Catholic bishops. Explanation: Catholics are expected to worship their "bishops" – to kneel down before them and to kiss their hand.
• All these Latin-based words and concepts in religious English come from Catholicism, of course – from the Catholic, Latin Vulgate version, and from Catholic practices.
• Revering is really the same as worshipping. What does the Bible say about worship? → ea04c.htm
• "Reverend" – on religious titles, such as "reverend" and so on. → ea08b.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Reward, rewarded, rewards, rewarding

• Jesus said to his disciples, "Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven". → eb04c.htm
• Paul to the saints in Colosse: "Let no man beguile you of your reward" (Colossians 2:18). → eo07d.htm
• 1 Timothy 5:18 and the words "the labourer is worthy of his reward" – what did Paul really mean? → em07b.htm – em05e.htm
• The apostle Paul to the Jewish saints: "For you must persevere in doing the will of God, that you may obtain the promised reward" (Hebrews 10:36). → eb10b.htm
• On Hebrews 11:6 and the translation "for he that comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him". → eb10b.htm
• Some people ask such things as, "What is the biblical reward for helping the sick?" – But, if a person's motivation for helping the sick (or the needy or so) is getting a reward, then that person is really trying to help himself, and not the sick. Love is a better motivation for good works. Look also under the headings "Good works", "Charitable, charities, charity", "Widow, widows", "Social welfare", "Love, loving" and "Righteousness".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Rho (the Greek letter rho)

• Where the essays at this site contain Greek words, the letter rho (Ρ, ρ) is transcribed into a plain r, for the most part without adding a h to show the aspiration. (Sometimes, modern-day Greek letters may be used.)
• Look also under the heading "Greek".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Rich, riches

• The deceitfulness of riches. → em08c.htm – eb13e.htm
• Jesus taught his disciples to strive for the heavenly things, instead of striving for earthly riches. → eb13e.htm – eo10d.htm
• Luke 12:16, "he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God". → eo10d.htm
• The word mamônas ("mammon") is Mishnaic Hebrew and Aramaic for "riches". → eo10d.htm
• What did Jesus really mean by his words about being "rich toward God" (Luke 12:21)? → eb13e.htm
• Paul to Timothy: "Command those who are rich in this world not to be highminded, nor to put their hope in uncertain riches but in the living God who is offering us pleasures in abundance. Let them do good, so that they are rich in good works, liberal in distributing, willing to give, treasuring up for themselves a good foundation for the future – so that they may lay hold on everlasting life. (1 Timothy 6:17-19) → eo10d.htm – em07b.htm
• The word "rich" in Revelation 3:17 and 18. → ea03d.htm
• Monetary things in connection with religious fellowships – Look under the heading "Silver and gold".
• Look also under the headings "Good works", "Charitable, charities, charity", "Widow, widows", "Social welfare", "Love, loving" and "Righteousness".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Right, rights, right hand

• What is right, and what is wrong? Look below, under the heading "Righteousness", and also under the headings "Good", "Evil", "Wrong" and "Err, erred, erring, error".
• On the special right of the firstborn son or child in regard to inheritance, the "birthright", in old times. → ey04c.htm
• Right hand – Jesus is seated at the right hand of his Father, in Heaven. → eb04c.htm
• Right hand – The saints were instructed to "seek those things which are above, where the Anointed is, sitting at the right hand of God". → eb13e.htm
• Right hand – Matthew 25:33, "and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left". → et07e.htm
• The so-called "divine right of kings": Is there such a thing? → ew02c.htm – (es03c.htm)
• Which church is the "right" one? → ea01d.htm – ea02d.htm – ea03d.htm – eg06b.htm – ea04c.htm
• Who has the right to do or speak things "in Jesus' name"? → es06d.htm – eb11c.htm (see the latter part of that essay)
• Did the Pharisees have a right to form dogmas and rulings? → eo12c.htm
• Did the Pharisees have a right to a "seat of Moses"? And, does someone have such a right in our day? → eo12c.htm
• On what the "right" Passover-day for the Old Covenant really was. → ex09c.htm
• "Right" – does the Bible give preachers a right to demand money from people?
  • Hebrews 13:10, "We have an altar from which those who serve the tent have no right to eat." → em01d.htm – (ea15c.htm) – (em07b.htm) – (em08c.htm) – (eo03d.htm)
  • The "tithe question". Do preachers, "clergymen", really have a right to demand a tithe, a tenth part of people's income? → em01d.htm
    • Many preachers have claimed that the apostle Paul supposedly "upheld his right to subsist on tithes and offerings" – but the Greek text of the New Testament makes it clear that Paul supported himself through his own, manual work. → em05e.htm – em02c.htm – em03c.htm – em01d.htm
  • On Haggai 2:8-9 and which gold and silver that passage really refers to. → em01d.htm
  • On the phrase "freely give" in Matthew 10:8. → em05e.htm
  • On what and whom the giving mentioned in Acts 20:35 and its context really refers to. → em02c.htm
  • Many preachers have claimed 1 Corinthians 9:14 to mean that preachers have "a right to demand wages". Is that true? Is that what Paul meant? → em05e.htm
  • Should the word exousia in 1 Corinthians 9:18 be translated as "authority" as early English translations had it, or as "right" or "power" as the later, changed wording is? → em05e.htm – em07b.htm
  • On translations of 2 Corinthians 11:8 – did Paul actually "rob churches", and did he really "receive wages" for his proclaiming, as some have claimed? → em09c.htm
  • Certain preachers have claimed Galatians 6:6 to mean that preachers have a right to demand things and money of others. Is that true? What was Paul really talking about? → em04c.htm
  • On the words "you have well done that you did communicate with my affliction" in Philippians 4:14-18. → em10b.htm
  • Is it true that 1 Thessalonians 2:6 means that preachers have a right to live at the cost of others, as some have claimed? What was the apostle actually talking about? → em06d.htm
  • On the word "right" that some translations have put in 2 Thessalonians 3:9 and 1 Corinthians 9:18. → em05e.htm – em03c.htm
  • On what and whom the "double honour" of 1 Timothy 5:17 actually refers to. → em07b.htm
  • Titus 1:15 ("with the pure all things are pure") is not about foods; it is about elders (and money). → ee05b.htm
  • Look also under the heading "Silver and gold".
• "Right" – Do preachers or elders have a right to "rule" over others"? → ee04c.htm – ee03c.htm – (Colossians 2:16.) → eo07d.htm – Look also under the heading "Assembly".
• Look also under the heading "Righteousness", below.
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Righteous, righteously, righteousness

• The essay eg08b.htm contains a deeper study on the subject of righteousness, but here are nevertheless some short notes on that matter:
  • The original meaning and etymology of the English word "righteous" (and "righteousness"):
    • The adjective "righteous" comes from Middle English rightwise (right-wise), from Old English rihtwis which was a combination of riht ("just", "good", "fair", "proper", "fitting", "straight") and wis, "wise", "way", "manner". In other words: "Righteous" was originally riht-wis which had to do with the right way (correct manners). In short: The word "righteous" simply means "just", fair", "good", "morally upright". Further: "Righteousness" is the same as rihtwisnes ("right-way-ness", "right-ways-ness"), from rihtwis whose meaning was explained above. In short: A person who is just, fair and morally upright, has the moral quality called righteousness. If one looks for a synonym for righteousness, then justness is a word to remember, in addition to the original meaning "right-way-ness", "right-ways-ness". So, a person who is "righteous", is just and fair and morally upright. Such a person has the property of "righteousness" – justness. That is in alignment with the meaning of the relevant Greek word in the NT, dikaios – for more on this, see a few lines down. For more on this, see the essay eg08b.htm which has a deeper study on the matter of righteousness.
    • In the Old Testament, the Hebrew word behind the translation "righteous" is often tsaddiyq which referred to [being] "just", "correct", "proper", "lawful". The related word tsadaqah referred to "justice", "truthfulness", "correctness".
    • In the New Testament, the Greek word behind the translation "righteousness" is often the noun dikaiosunê, related to the adjective dikaios which in old Greek meant such things as "right", "just", "proper" ("observant of custom and social rule", "well-ordered", "civilised", "observant of right", and [in later usage] even "real", "genuine", "true", and so on). Dikaios was related to the noun dikê which meant such things as "custom", "usage", "right as dependent on custom and justice". The opposite to dikaiosunê ("righteousness") was adikia, "iniquity", "wickedness". Also the words adikeô, adikêma, adikos and adikôs are used in the New Testament. There is also the matter of the saints' justification – related Greek words in the NT are dikaioô, dikaiôma and dikaiôsis. The Latin Vulgate translated the Greek words dikaios and dikaiosunê as iustus (justus) and iustitia (justitia). That was a correct translation.
  • Again, the essay eg08b.htm has a deeper study on the subject of righteousness (and justification). The essay eo10d.htm has more on the word "righteousness" (dikaiosunê) especially in Matthew 6:33.
• Righteousness-related passages in the Bible:
  • The word "righteousness" (dikaiosunê) in the "Beatitudes", Matthew 5:6. → ec05c.htm – (ex05b.htm)
  • Matthew 5:6, "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled." → ec05c.htm – ex05b.htm
  • Matthew 5:20, "For I say to you, If your righteousness shall not exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees, in no way shall you go into the kingdom of Heaven." → eo12c.htm
  • Matthew 6:33, "Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness". In what way were the disciples to do that? What did Jesus mean? → eo10d.htm
  • Matthew 13:41-43, "The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and those who practise lawlessness, and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father." → ew11c.htm
  • Matthew 25:31-46, the coming Judgment with a separation of the righteous from the wicked. → et07e.htm
  • Luke 1:17, "and he shall go before Him, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn hearts of fathers unto children, and disobedient ones to the wisdom of righteous ones, to make ready for the Lord, a people prepared". → et02c.htm
  • Luke 5:32, "I did not come to call the righteous to repentance, but sinners". → eb02c.htm
  • Luke 18:9, "And he also spoke this parable to some of those relying on themselves, that they are righteous, and despising the rest". → eo12c.htm
  • Romans 4:3, "For what does the scripture say? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness". → eb10b.htm
  • Romans 6:13 – Paul to the saints in Rome: "And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God". → eb06b.htm
  • Romans 8:30, "And whom he predestined, these he also called, and whom he called, these he also made righteous, and whom he made righteous, these he also glorified". → eb03d.htm
  • 2 Corinthians 3:9, "For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more does the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory". → ec13c.htm – ec08c.htm – ec12c.htm – ec01c.htm – ec02d.htm
  • 2 Corinthians 11:14-15, "Even Satan pretends to be 'a messenger of light'. Consequently, it is not surprising if even his servants pretend to be 'servants of righteousness'." → ed04c.htm
  • Galatians 3:21, "For if a law had been given which could give life, then righteousness would have been through law". → ec10c.htm – ec06f.htm – eo11b.htm
  • 2 Timothy 4:8, "crown of righteousness" – many bible-translations use the word "crown". However, the Greek word in question, stephanos, meant "a wreath" (from stephô, "to twine or wreathe"). The crown (originally, a three-pointed thing) that "royalty" sometimes wear, has nothing to do with the Bible's stephanos but is of an altogether different, sinister origin.
  • James 2:21, "Was not Abraham our father made righteous from works, having offered up Isaac his son upon the altar?" → eb10b.htm
  • James 5:16, "The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much". → eb11c.htm
  • Paul told the saints that they should live holy, righteous lives. → eo11b.htm
• Look also under the headings "Good", "Right", "Good works", "Widow, widows", "Charitable, charities, charity" and "Love, loving", and even under the headings "Evil", "Wrong" and "Err, erred, erring, error".
• For more, see the essay eg08b.htm and the other parts of this index, or use the search function.

Rihtwis, rihtwisnes – Look above, under the heading "Righteous, righteousness".

Rise, rising (resurrection)

• On the rising up of the dead. → eb09c.htm – et07e.htm
• On the meaning of the Greek word anastasis. → eb09c.htm
• Jesus became "the first-fruits" among the resurrected ones (1 Corinthians 15:20-22). → eb09c.htm
• Jesus' ascension took place 40 days after his resurrection. → eb09c.htm – ex01c.htm – ex02c.htm (see the footnote close to the end of that essay)
• When were the saints resurrected? → eb09c.htm – eg04b.htm – eg05b.htm
• On the resurrection mentioned in Matthew 27:52-53. → eb09c.htm
• How many resurrections are there? → eb09c.htm
• Resurrection(s) to judgment. → eb09c.htm – et07e.htm
• "Many bodies of the saints who had passed away were raised, and coming forth out of the tombs after His resurrection, they entered into the holy city and appeared to many" (Matthew 27:52-53). → eb09c.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Rite, rites – Look below, under the heading "Rituals".

Ritual, rituals, rite, rites

• The words "rite" and "ritual" are of Latin origin. The Latin noun ritus meant such things as "habit", "custom", "usage", "way", "mode", "manner" – and also, "a form of religious observance", "religious usage" (referring to the customs of the old Roman idol religion). There were also the adjective ritualis, and the adverd rite.
• The word "ritual" does not occur in the 1769 KJ version. The word "rite" is found in Numbers 9:3, as a "translation" of chuqqah which is mostly translated as "statute" or "ordinance". Many other versions have in that verse "statutes", instead of "rites".
• Religious rituals, and the matter of "worship", in the light of the New Covenant. → ea04c.htm
• What is the reason and symbolism behind the ritual use of candles of beeswax, in the Catholic Church (and other churches)? – Look under the heading "Candle, candles".
• The New Covenant has no altars and no mortal priests. The saints had only one Priest – Jesus. The concept of having temples, altars and a mortal priesthood has nothing to do with the New Covenant; such practice is of Catholic origin. – For more on this and on related matters, look under the headings "Worship", "Covenants" and "Ordain".
  • Churches "ordain priests", but the Greek text of the New Testament does not support the concept of "ordination", nor did the saints have any priests except Jesus. → ee02b.htm
• The ritual use of candles is not of biblical origin. Bible-translations mislead in this regard, by putting in such words as "candle" or "candle-stick", when the correct translations are "lamp" and "lamp-stand". For more on this, look under the headings "Candles" and "Menorah".
• Look also under the headings "Worship", "Covenants", "Marriage" and "Ordain".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

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