Allowable
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (a.) Praiseworthy; laudable.

2. (a.) Proper to be, or capable of being, allowed; permissible; admissible; not forbidden; not unlawful or improper; as, a certain degree of freedom is allowable among friends.

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Whether it is Allowable for a Menstruous Wife to Ask for the ...
... OF THE THINGS ANNEXED TO MARRIAGE, AND FIRST OF THE PAYMENT OF THE MARRIAGE DEBT
(TEN ARTICLES) Whether it is allowable for a menstruous wife to ask for the ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether it is allowable for.htm

It is Never Allowable to Tell a Lie; but Lies Differ Very Much in ...
... Chapter 18."It is Never Allowable to Tell a Lie; But Lies Differ Very Much
in Guilt, According to the Intention and the Subject. ...
/.../augustine/the enchiridion/chapter 18 it is never allowable.htm

A Lie is not Allowable, Even to Save Another from Injury.
... Chapter 22."A Lie is Not Allowable, Even to Save Another from Injury.
But every lie must be called a sin, because not only when ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/the enchiridion/chapter 22 a lie is not.htm

Whether Husband and Wife May be Reconciled after Being Divorced?
... Objection 2: Further, if it were allowable for them to be reconciled, the husband
would seem bound to receive his wife, especially after she has repented. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether husband and wife may.htm

Upon Our Lord's SermonOn the Mount
... heard of men. For vain and earthly designs are no more allowable in our
employments than in our alms and devotions. They are not ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 28 upon our lords.htm

On Councils
... But in things which belong to the good order and eutaxian the discipline of the
church, it is allowable for the members attentively to consider the present ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 2/disputation lviii on councils.htm

The Enchiridion
... Chapter 18.--It is Never Allowable to Tell a Lie; But Lies Differ Very
Much in Guilt, According to the Intention and the Subject. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/the enchiridion/

Article xxii (X): of Both Kinds in the Lord's Supper.
... testament? But if it is not allowable to annul man's testament, much less
will it be allowable to annul the testament of Christ. ...
/.../melanchthon/the apology of the augsburg confession/part 27 article xxii x .htm

He Infers from what He Has Said that the virgin Mary Gave Birth to ...
... For the power of God is not limited in regard to His own Person, as if what was
allowable to Him in the case of all others, was not allowable in His own case ...
/.../cassian/the seven books of john cassian /chapter ii he infers from.htm

A Natural Figure of Speech must not be Literally Pressed.
... Well, then, if it be allowable for this man to take the whole from a part in the
passage, "And man became a living soul," [2383] as if the spirit also was ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 28 a natural figure of.htm

Thesaurus
Allowable (6 Occurrences)
... be, or capable of being, allowed; permissible; admissible; not forbidden; not unlawful
or improper; as, a certain degree of freedom is allowable among friends. ...
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Profitable (34 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 6:12 Everything is allowable to me, but not everything is profitable.
Everything is allowable to me, but to nothing will I become a slave. ...
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Poll-tax (4 Occurrences)
... NAS). Matthew 22:17 Give us your judgement therefore: is it allowable for
us to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?" (WEY NAS). Matthew ...
/p/poll-tax.htm - 7k

Profit (143 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 6:12 Everything is allowable to me, but not everything is profitable.
Everything is allowable to me, but to nothing will I become a slave. ...
/p/profit.htm - 35k

Allowance (11 Occurrences)

/a/allowance.htm - 12k

Slave (148 Occurrences)
... A chance to rise was allowable in some instances, eg Eliezer, a foreign slave in
a Hebrew household, and Joseph, a Hebrew slave in a foreign household. ...
/s/slave.htm - 54k

Nazarite (8 Occurrences)
... But it seems to have been allowable for persons at a distance to cut the hair, which
was to be brought up to Jerusalem, where the ceremony was completed. ...
/n/nazarite.htm - 13k

Journey (214 Occurrences)
... sojourn in the wilderness. Hence, it must have been allowable to travel
thus far to attend the worship of the tabernacle. We do not ...
/j/journey.htm - 42k

Judgement (68 Occurrences)
... WEY). Matthew 22:17 Give us your judgement therefore: is it allowable for
us to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?" (WEY). Matthew ...
/j/judgement.htm - 26k

Wolf (4 Occurrences)
... While there are local varieties which some consider to be distinct species, it is
allowable to regard all the wolves of both North America, Europe, and ...
/w/wolf.htm - 13k

Resources
Is it biblically allowable for a pastor to be gay? | GotQuestions.org

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Allowable: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance
Allowable (6 Occurrences)

Matthew 22:17
Give us your judgement therefore: is it allowable for us to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?"
(WEY)

Mark 12:14
So they came to Him. "Rabbi," they said, "we know that you are a truthful man and you do not fear any one; for you do not recognize human distinctions, but teach God's way truly. Is it allowable to pay poll-tax to Caesar, or not?
(WEY)

Luke 14:3
This led Jesus to ask the lawyers and Pharisees, "Is it allowable to cure people on the Sabbath?"
(WEY)

Luke 20:22
Is it allowable to pay a tax to Caesar, or not?"
(WEY)

1 Corinthians 6:12
Everything is allowable to me, but not everything is profitable. Everything is allowable to me, but to nothing will I become a slave.
(WEY)

1 Corinthians 10:23
Everything is allowable, but not everything is profitable. Everything is allowable, but everything does not build others up.
(WEY)

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