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CONTROVERSY

kon'-tro-ver-si (ribh, "strife," "contention"; homologoumenos, "confessedly," "without controversy"): Used frequently of disputes among men (as Dt 17:8) and then transferred to the justice of God as directed against the sins of men. Thus we read of Yahweh's controversy with the nations (Jer 25:31); with the inhabitants of the land (Hos 4:1); with His people (Mic 6:2). "Without controversy" (1 Tim 3:16), a positive rather than a negative expression, "by common consent," or better, "as unanimously confessed," introducing a quotation from a hymn or rhythmical confession of the early church.
H. E. Jacobs
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Definition for 'controversy'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". bible-history.com - ISBE; 1915.

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