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letter

Meaning of “letter”

Sense 1: A written message or epistle. Sense 2: A character of writing.

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37 occurrences35 verses13 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: 2 Samuel 11:14

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Romans 2:27
And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Romans 2:27 · retained source text

And shall not vncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfill the Law, iudge thee, who by the letter, and Circumcision, doest transgresse the Law?

Romans 2:29
But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
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1611 witness · Romans 2:29 · retained source text

But he is a Iew which is one inwardly, and Circumcision is, that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter, whose praise is not of men, but of God.

Romans 7:6
But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
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1611 witness · Romans 7:6 · retained source text

But now wee are deliuered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held, that we should serue in newnesse of spirit, and not in the oldnesse of the letter.

1611 marginal noteOr, being dead to that.

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