单词 | babe in christ |
释义 | > as lemmasbabe in Christ babe in Christ n. a new convert to Christianity. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > preaching > conversion > [noun] > one who has undergone > new > collectively babe in Christ1526 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Cor. iii. 1 As vnto carnall, even as it were vnto babes in Christ. 1619 F. Rous Arte of Happines iii. 266 Being now at least babes in Christ, wee must desire and sucke the sincere Milke of the Word, that wee may grow thereby. 1738 S. Tipping Scriptural Doctr. Regeneration Stated 20 in Serm. preached before Univ. Oxf. We are most properly then new born and regenerated, when the Change is wrought, when we become Babes in Christ, when we begin our spiritual Life. 1824 Amer. Baptist Mag. new ser. Jan. 241/2 Let our recipe be honestly followed, and the babe in Christ shall be nourished up into sound doctrine. 1903 A. S. Johnson Holy Spirit & Human Mind xvi. 352 The first converts to Christ were considered and designated babes in Christ. 2004 D. Anderson Multicultural Ministry iii. vi. 97 After a person has converted, he or she is identified as a new believer, also known as a babe in Christ. < as lemmas |
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