Disconcertingly, "crime" is as often used in English renderings as is "punishment." On the basis of a close analysis of the verses about Cain and Abel, I offer a translation that splits the difference between "crime" and "punishment." Avon turns out to mean...
45“He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’ 46“Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.” Read ChapterAll Versions ...
1 John 4:18“There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.” Psalm 23:4 “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with ...
5But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. 6We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity...
Since many practitioners and students base their opinions of capital punishment on their religious beliefs and/or the Bible, knowledge of the Bible's content on these issues is of value for teachers of criminal justice. People often cite specific verses of the Bible to justify a particular ...
Additional Bible Verses about Children “For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light.” (Ephesians 5:8) “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” (Proverbs 22:6) ...
The Bible has about 30,000 verses in it. Most church-goers are familiar with only a handful of those verses. Even those who try to read through the Bible every year, or every three years, find their eyes glazing over when reading most of the Bible. This is because the Bible is ...
accident were subject to capital punishment. In the case of sheer accident without negligence, God established a network of cities of refuge which made merciful provision to spare the life of the killer. With that important background, let's look at passages speaking about victims of crime. ...
Dec. 17, 2015 A gruesome photograph of a shredded hand doesn't depict a "new punishment for reading the Bible" ... Read More Religious Replicates Written by: Dan Evon Sept. 24, 2015 Read More Did HarperCollins Remove 45 Complete Verses from the NIV Bible? Written by: Dan Evon...
16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. Read Chapter All Versions 1 John 4:18 18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one...