The word for "families" or "clans" occurs five times in Genesis 10 (also see Ephesians 3:15) and denotes the most rudimentary human organizational structure. Multiple families would synchronize into speaking one language. That language would cover a specific territory and that territory would deter...
Creator and bring out the intended divine nature of man, that Christ typically puts an end to all authority and dominion (1 Corinthians 15:24) and that paradise starts where people love their enemies and their neighbors as themselves, with a love that surpasses all knowledge (Ephesians 3:19)...
A substitute for prostration was kneeling, a common attitude in worship, frequently mentioned in Old Testament and New Testament (eg 1 Kings 8:54; Ezra 9:5; Psalms 95:6; Isaiah 45:23; Luke 22:41, Christ in Gethsemane; Acts 7:60; Ephesians 3:14). The same attitude was sometimes adopt...
Ephesians 2:4-5 4But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. Read ChapterAll Versions Deuteronomy 10:12-13 ...
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ‘Honor your father and mother’—which is the first commandment with a promise— ‘so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth’” (Ephesians 6:1-3). ...
— Ephesians 4:32, NIV How You Can Show Compassion There are endless ways to show compassion for others. For example, having compassion may mean seeing someone grieving a loss and moving to share a hug or make them a meal. It may mean seeing someone who’s hurt and stopping to lend a...
But FORNICATION, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks." (Ephesians 5:1-4) What Is Fornication? The following text is from...
God is love. We can rest peacefully, knowing we can trust in who God is, and His love for us. Paul wrote to the Ephesians,“For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us for adoption to sonship through ...
I am deeply loved—God gave up His only Son for me (John 3:16). I am pure – made clean by the forgiveness and redemption of a Savior (Ephesians 1:7-8). This also means you have several benefits as the child of God based on Romans 8:15-17, ...