1: the winning or revival of personal commitments to Christ

2: militant or crusading zeal—evan•ge•lis•tic \-ˌvan-jə-ˈlis-tik\ adjective—evan•ge•lis•ti•cal•ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being †alone. 18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith ||without thy works, and I will nshew thee omy faith by my works. 19 pThou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: qthe devils also rbelieve, and tremble. 20 But wilt thou know, O svain man, that faith twithout works is dead?

11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. 12 But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. 13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. 14 And the LORD said unto Moses, oWrite this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for pI will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. 15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it ||Jehovah-nissi: 16 For he said, ||Because †the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.

11. Held up his hand: usually a military signal for beginning battle or for the advance. Presumably ‘lowered his hand’ could then be a signal for retreat. Otherwise the uplifted hand may be the sign of an oath (cf. Gen. 14:22, and this chapter, verse 16) to put Amalek under the sacred ‘ban’ or ‘curse’, that meant utter destruction. However, the usual explanation (that it refers to prayer) may well be correct. In this case, to lower the hands would be to cease to pray, and thus to cease to depend on God for help.

10 And awhen he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power ||against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.

Go not into ithe way of the Gentiles, and into any city of kthe Samaritans enter ye not: 6 lBut go rather to the mlost sheep of the house of Israel.

18 And tbe not drunk with wine, wherein is uexcess; but vbe filled with the Spirit; 19 Speaking to yourselves win xpsalms and yhymns and spiritual yysongs, singing and zmaking melody in your heart to the Lord; 20 aGiving thanks always for all things unto bGod and the Father cin the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; 21 dSubmitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

He has implied in verse 19 that the enthusiasm that the Spirit inspires is not to be expressed individualistically, but in fellowship. He has seen the dangers of individualism in a Christian community, and in 1 Corinthians 14:26–33 he corrects this (cf. also Phil. 2:1ff. and 4:2). He knew from experience that the secret of maintaining joyful fellowship in the community was the order and discipline that come from the willing submission of one person to another (cf. Eph. 4:2–3). Pride of position and the authoritarian spirit are destructive of fellowship.

6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou qstir up rthe gift of God, swhich is in thee tby the putting on of my hands. 7 For God hath not given us uthe spirit of fear; but vof power, and of love, and wof a sound mind.