Collection
Paul & the Early Church
Acts and the letters of Paul to the first churches.
- 01
reap what you sow (idiom)
Your actions produce their own inevitable consequences, good or bad.
- 02
the root of all evil (idiom)
The underlying source of much wrongdoing — most often applied to money.
- 03
fight the good fight (idiom)
To persevere with determination in a worthy and difficult struggle.
- 04
a thorn in the side (idiom)
A persistent source of irritation, trouble, or difficulty.
- 05
road to Damascus (idiom)
An important point in someone's life where a great change, or reversal, of ideas or beliefs occurs.
- 06
the wages of sin (idiom)
The inevitable painful consequences of wrongdoing.
- 07
in the twinkling of an eye (idiom)
In an instant; extremely quickly.
- 08
the powers that be (idiom)
The people or institutions holding authority, especially remote or unnamed ones.
- 09
a labor of love (idiom)
Work done for the joy of it or out of devotion, rather than for money or reward.
- 10
the quick and the dead (idiom)
The living and the dead; everyone, without exception.
- 11
the letter and the spirit of the law (idiom)
The distinction between a rule's exact wording and its underlying intention.