" (Romans 5:1-2) "But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me." (2 Corinthians 12:9) "For the grace of God has ...
The Kingdom of Heaven is a kingdom whose atomic structure consists of bridges between minds, and those are built from weakness and dependency not from strength and self-sufficiency (2 Corinthians 12:9-10, Zechariah 4:6, Matthew 11:28). In the Kingdom of Heaven, every human is a Christ...
drachme). The Corinthians stater depicted Athena on one side and Pegasus on the other. This made the population refer to these Corinthian coins asπωλοι(poloi), colts or foals, which in turn reminds ofJesustriumphal entry into Jerusalem seated on a colt (Matthew 21:5, Zechariah 9:9...
(2 Corinthians 12:31 ) But, for us, the God who made man is not made for us; He is made for us by His grace, as man is made for God. For our salvation requires our redemption; and, "God will help us, even through death, by His grace." Even so, when man dies, he cannot...
5. Maintain proper attitudes (Colossians 3:21; Ephesians 6:4; 1 Corinthians 13:4-7; 1 Peter 5:3; Ephesians 4:29; Proverbs 29:22). We can see here a much broader aspect to parenting at work alongside the suggestion of physical discipline. The bigger picture highlights a more...
worship of angels in the Colossian church (Col 2:18) in an attempt to avoid unorthodox practices. His reference to "angels" in 1 Corinthians 11:10 may have been a warning that such things observe humans at worship, and thus the Corinthians should avoid improper conduct or breaches of ...
2 Corinthians 6:17-18 17Therefore, “Come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.” 18And, “I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.” ...
Later the word was applied to diviners or soothsayers, regarded as inspired by Apollo. Since demons are the agents inspiring idolatry,1 Corinthians 10:20, the young woman inActs 16:16was possessed by a demon instigating the cult of Apollo, and thus had “a spirit of divination.” ...
”12What we now see around us is not the original perfection and harmony of God’s creation, but a fallen world. It is still a good world — that is how we are able to recognize the resulting disharmony, against the background of the goodness and natural order of creation — but ...
In 1 Corinthians 13, it states thatlove is patient, kind, does not envy or boast, is not proud or self-seeking, and keeps no record of wrongs. These attributes of love further reinforce the idea that love has thepower to cover a multitude of sins by promoting forgivenessand grace. ...