Definition and Usage:
The term "enfolding" is not directly found in most traditional translations of the Bible, including the Berean Standard Bible . However, the concept of enfolding can be understood as the act of wrapping, embracing, or encompassing something or someone. In a biblical context, it often relates to God's protective and loving nature, as well as His encompassing presence in the lives of believers.

Biblical Context:
While the specific word "enfolding" may not appear, the imagery and concept are prevalent throughout Scripture. The Bible frequently uses metaphors of protection, care, and divine presence that align with the idea of enfolding.

Key Themes and References:

1. God's Protective Embrace:
· Psalm 91:4 : "He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart." This verse illustrates God's protective nature, akin to a bird enfolding its young under its wings, providing safety and security.

2. Divine Presence:
· Psalm 139:5 : "You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me." The psalmist speaks of God's encompassing presence, suggesting an enfolding that surrounds and supports the believer.

3. Love and Compassion:
· Isaiah 40:11 : "He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart; He gently leads those that have young." This passage portrays God as a shepherd who enfolds His flock with love and care, emphasizing His compassion and nurturing nature.

4. Spiritual Security:
· John 10:28-29 : "I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand. My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand." Jesus speaks of the security and assurance believers have, being enfolded in the hands of both the Son and the Father.

5. Unity in Christ:
· Ephesians 1:10 : "as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ." The concept of enfolding is reflected in the unity and gathering of all things in Christ, highlighting the comprehensive nature of God's redemptive plan.

Theological Implications:
The concept of enfolding in Scripture underscores the intimate and personal relationship God desires with His people. It reflects His omnipresence, omnipotence, and omnibenevolence, assuring believers of His constant care and involvement in their lives. The imagery of enfolding conveys a sense of peace, security, and belonging, central to the Christian experience of faith.

Practical Application:
Believers are encouraged to find comfort and strength in the knowledge that they are enfolded in God's love and protection. This assurance can inspire trust and reliance on God in times of trouble, fostering a deeper relationship with Him. The concept also calls Christians to emulate God's enfolding love by extending care and compassion to others, reflecting His character in their interactions.

In one of the Few Remaining Streets of Rome which the Vandal Hand ...
... The central one looks more like a cathedral shrine than the embrasure of a window,
for above it angels' heads look out from the enfolding curves of their own ...
//christianbookshelf.org/corelli/the master-christian/xvii in one of the.htm

Phial the Second, on the Sea of the Bestial World.
... Or, the antichristian sea is the circumference of the pontifical jurisdiction or
dominion, enclosing and enfolding Christian nations, as the sea does the earth ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/mede/a key to the apocalypse/phial the second on the.htm

To Messer Ristoro Canigiani
... by very beautiful meditations, in which she presents the love of friends and family
as sanctified and glorified by its relation to the all- enfolding Love from ...
/.../benincasa/letters of catherine benincasa/to messer ristoro canigiani.htm

The Life Side of Death.
... significant. They are found lying as they were when enfolding that body,
as though He had in rising risen up through them. Clearly ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks about jesus/the life side of death.htm

Sleepers at Noonday
... For on all sides, pressing in upon us, enfolding us like an atmosphere, penetrating
into all the material, underlying all which is visible, all of which has ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture ephesians peter/sleepers at noonday.htm

Orthodoxy Sunday.
... And the One Faith, the True Faith,. Goes forth from East to West,. Enfolding, in
its beauty,. The earth as with a vest. They rise, the sleepless watchmen. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/neale/hymns of the eastern church/orthodoxy sunday.htm

Gideon's Fleece
... Gideon's prayer was wrapped, as it were, in an enfolding promise, for it is preceded
and followed by the quotation of words of the Angel of the Lord who had ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/gideons fleece.htm

Of the Highest Degree of the Most Interior Life
... This inward call is an inundation of the essential brightness, and this essential
brightness, enfolding us in an abysmal love, causes us to be lost to ourselves ...
/.../john/the adornment of the spritual marriage/chapter lxiv of the highest.htm

An Examination of the Question Where the Ruling Principle is to be ...
... on anatomical researches) the statement that the cerebral membrane (according to
the theory of those who take such a physiological view), enfolding in itself ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/xii an examination of the.htm

That the Resurrection is Looked for as a Consequence, not So Much ...
... to the figure of the sphere-shaped body, and behind it; while the sun, exceeding
the earth by a size many times as great as its own, enfolding it round about ...
/.../gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/xxi that the resurrection is.htm

Enfolding (1 Occurrence)
...Enfolding (1 Occurrence). Acts 20:10 But Paul descending fell upon him, and enfolding
him in his arms, said, Be not troubled, for his life is in him. (DBY). ...
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Underneath (19 Occurrences)
... Underneath all phenomena and all the chances and changes of life and time there
is unchanging law, everlasting principle, an all-enfolding power, an all ...
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Grasp (20 Occurrences)
... to struggle; to strive. 4. (n.) A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure
by embrace, or enfolding in the arms. 5. (n.) Reach of ...
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Wrap (9 Occurrences)
... up. 4. (vt) To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide; hence, to involve,
as an effect or consequence; to be followed by. 5 ...
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Enfolded (1 Occurrence)

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Enfolds (1 Occurrence)

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Descending (23 Occurrences)
... (WEB ASV DBY RSV). Acts 20:10 But Paul descending fell upon him, and enfolding him
in his arms, said, Be not troubled, for his life is in him. (DBY). ...
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Jerusalem (782 Occurrences)
... inhabitants of Jerusalem. 2. The Valleys: Within the enfolding hills the city's
proper site is demarked by two main valleys. That on the ...
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