meaning "this world age", i.e. in this flesh age) under the sway, or influence, of the prince of the power of the air, who is Satan. It is his spirit, Satan's spirit, that works in the sons (Gk.huios) of disobedience.
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But this explanation, founded on the encyclical character of the Epistle, loses its value if the Church of Ephesus is numbered among those addressed; for, during his three years' sojourn in this city, the Apostle had had frequent intercourse with the neighboring Christian communities, and in ...
No. We do have at least some control over our actions, or "free will" has no meaning whatsoever. But we are weak and break God's holy standards of conduct and righteousness.In a court of law, is a person pronounced "not guilty" because he was ignorant of the law? No. If he was...
Bur this explanation, founded on the encyclical character of the Epistle, loses its value if the Church of Ephesus is numbered among those addressed; for, during his three years' sojourn in this city, the Apostle had had frequent intercourse with the neighbouring Christian communities, and in ...
1 你们死在过犯罪恶之中,他叫你们活过 来.2 那时,你们在其中行事为人,随从今 世的风俗,顺服空中掌权者的首领,就是 现今在悖逆之子心中运行的邪灵.3 我们从 前也都在他们中间,放纵肉体的私欲, 随着肉体和心中所喜好的去行,本为可怒 之子,和别人一样. GRACE 恩典 4 But because of his great love for ...
1 Corinthians chapter 7 is full of statements that show that men and women, husbands and wives, have equal rights and responsibilities. They have the same status, and1 Corinthians 7:14applies equally to Christian husbands and to Christian wives. (Elsewhere inthe New Testament, we also read tha...