For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord (9:2). To deny Paul’s apostleship, as some at... This is my defense to those who sit in judgment on me (1Cor 9:3) This is my defense to those who sit in judgment on...
22Shall we thus provoke the Lord to jealousyandangerandindignation? Are we stronger than He [that we should defy Him]? 23All things are legitimate [permissible—and we are free to do anything we please], but not all things are helpful (expedient, profitable, and wholesome). All things are...
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5.Verses taken out of context: Also, a large number of perceived discrepancies are the result of taking a Bible verse out of context. Many are also due to the prejudice of the critic. Many of these contradictions are “much ado about nothing.” 6.“Compression” of the narrative: If eve...
From verse 17, we see that "killing" was a crime requiring capital punishment. "Killing" here is defined above. But note that notallkilling is wrong. In the immediately preceding verse 16, there were times (such as in civil judgments) in which "killing" was commanded and sanctioned. Blasp...
Old things are passed away, all things have become new. No longer is there darkness or possibility of death. Life has sprung up and death is dead. These are thy great sweet words to us in Christ. They are words of strength and beauty; they fall upon us like the dew, yet sometimes ...
16:5. It was Theodore Beza who, in considering the Greek, decided to come up with his own reading for that verse; and his novel reading found its way into the KJV. Hence, in the case of Rev. 16:5, which has no Greek manuscript support whatsoever (and which is contradicted by the ...
If You do these things, show Yourself to the world.” 5 For not even His brothers were believing in Him. Verse five reminds us there is a stark difference between crowd popularity and real belief. We can give away $100 bills to all new attenders here at church, but that doesn’t...
Abortion is practiced all around the world. It is practiced both in developed, as well as developing, countries.What is an abortion? What are the different types of abortion? When does human life begin? What exactly are a woman's biblical rights to chose? Do the Bible and early religious...
So, just to get a sense of what Eugene Peterson has done, below are two psalms, a verse from Romans, a verse from John, and one from Colossians. We’ll compareThe Messageversions with those from theKJV. First, Psalm 1:1: Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ...