Paul & the Early Church

Acts and the letters of Paul to the first churches.

• reap what you sow IDIOM Your actions produce their own inevitable consequences, good or bad.
• the root of all evil IDIOM The underlying source of much wrongdoing — most often applied to money.
• fight the good fight IDIOM To persevere with determination in a worthy and difficult struggle.
• a thorn in the side IDIOM A persistent source of irritation, trouble, or difficulty.
• road to Damascus IDIOM An important point in someone's life where a great change, or reversal, of ideas or beliefs occurs.
• the wages of sin IDIOM The inevitable painful consequences of wrongdoing.
• in the twinkling of an eye IDIOM In an instant; extremely quickly.
• the powers that be IDIOM The people or institutions holding authority, especially remote or unnamed ones.
• a labor of love IDIOM Work done for the joy of it or out of devotion, rather than for money or reward.
• the quick and the dead IDIOM The living and the dead; everyone, without exception.
• the letter and the spirit of the law IDIOM The distinction between a rule's exact wording and its underlying intention.