Treasury of Scripture Peter said to him, Lord, why cannot I follow you now? I will lay down my life for your sake. why. John 21:15 So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon,sonof Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowes...
(ἵνα),that one should lay down his life for his friends. Meyer and Lange endeavor to maintain even here the telic force ofἵνα, "The love to you is of so consummate a character, that its object and purpose is seen in my laying down my life for my friends;" and ...
13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. GOD'S WORD Translation(GW) 13The greatest love you can show is to give your life for your friends. Holman Christian Standard Bible(CSB) 13No one has greater love than this, that someone would lay do...
Cora is a comic caricature of self-righteous women spouting scripture. She can not always be taken seriously because of her religious prejudices. She tells the reader about the way people perceived Darl, "I always said Darl was different from those others. I always said he was the only one...
Daily Scripture Readings and Meditations: Jesus Said: “It Is I – Do Not Be Afraid” Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word – John 6:16-21 – 16 When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, 17 got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was now ...
and it would have veered the conversation back on topic in my opinion. White’s concern that God is delimited is only a concern if God was not the originator of that limitation. In other words, I thought Craig missed an opportunity to throw White a bone while also doubling down on middle...
“The entire body of the faithful, anointed as they are by the Holy One, cannot err in matters of belief. They manifest this special property by means of the whole people’s supernatural discernment in matters of faith when ‘from the bishops down to the last of the lay faithful’ they ...
t usually attend. They were eating their meal so I sat down with my plate of food and we reconnected. I asked them how long they had been parishioners and they replied they’d been there about nine years. I said, “You must know a lot of folks here, then.” They looked at each ...
1 Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled[a] among us, 2 just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word. 3 With this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything ...
The type of world we now live in suggests two things about effective ministry in the 21st century–ministry must be swift and decisive.Two words define the first part of the 21st century – speed and flexibility. The top down, command and control, committee structure of the last 50 years ...