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Other Allusions of Creeds.
Other Allusions to Creeds.
The duty of confessing the faith is taught by our Lord, Matt. x. 32, 33, and by St. Paul, Rom. x. 9, 10.
Allusions to a creed may be found in the following passages:
Acts xvi. 31, where Paul and Silas, in answer to the question of the jailer at Philippi, say: 'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shall be saved, and thy house.'
Rom. xii. 6: ' The analogy of faith' ( κατὰ τὴν ἀναλογίαν τῆς πίστεως ).
1 Cor. xv. 3: 'I delivered unto you among the first things that which I also received, that Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures, and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day, according to the Scriptures,' etc.
2 Tim. i. 13, 14: 'Hold fast the form of sound words [ ὑποθύπωσιν τῶν ὑγιαινόντων λόγων , a sketch or outline of the healing words] which thou hast heard from me, in faith and love, in Christ Jesus. That good thing which was committed unto thee [ τὴν παραθήκην , or παρακαταθήκην, the deposit] keep, by the , which dwelleth in us.' Comp. ver. 12, and 1 Tim. vi. 20 ( τὴν παραθήκην φύλαξον ).
Heb. v. 12: 'Ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of god' ( τὰ στοιχεῖα τῆς ἀρχῆς τῶν λογίων τοῦ θεοῦ ). Comp. vi. 1, 2.
1 John iv. 2: 'Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh [ ὁμολογεῖ Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν ἐν σαρκὶ ἐληλυθότα ] is of God.'
2 John 10: 'If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine [ ταύτην τὴν διδαχην , viz., the doctrine of Christ, ver. 9], receive him not into your house.'
Jude 3: 'Exhorting that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the ' ( τῇ ἅπαξ παραδοθείσῃ τοῖς ἁγίοις πίστει ).
