References and Abbreviations

by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson

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Adamson

 James Adamson, The Epistle of James (New International Commentary on the New Testament; Eerdmans, 1976)
BDAG

 Walter Bauer and Frederick William Danker, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Third Edition; based on previous English editions by W.F. Arndt, F.W. Gingrich, and F.W. Danker; University of Chicago Press, 1957, 1979, 2000).
ESV

 English Standard Version (Crossway, 2001)
ISBE

 Geoffrey W. Bromiley (general editor), The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (Eerdmans, 1979-1988; fully revised from the 1915 edition)
KJV

 King James Version (1611)
Merriam-Webster

 Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Tenth Edition; Merriam-Webster, 1993)
Metzger

 Bruce M. Metzger, A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament (United Bible Societies, 1971)
NASB

 New American Standard Bible (The Lockman Foundation, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971)
NIDNTT

 Colin Brown (general editor), The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology (Zondervan, 1975-1978; translated with additions and revisions from Theologisches Begriffslexikon zum Neuen Testament, 1967-1971, three volume edition)
NIV

 New International Version (International Bible Society, 1973, 1978)
NRSV

 New Revised Standard Version Bible (Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA, 1989)
RSV

 Revised Standard Version of the Bible (Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA, 1946, 1952)
TDNT

 Gerhard Kittel and Gerhard Friedrich (editors), Geoffrey W. Bromiley (translator and editor), Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (Eerdmans, 1964-1976; translated from Theologisches Wörterbuch zum Neuen Testament, ten volume edition)
Thayer

 Joseph Henry Thayer, Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (Associated Publishers and Authors, n.d., reprinted from 1889 edition)

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