In John 12:40,41 John quotes a verse from Isaiah chapter 6 in which Isaiah records the voice of the Lord, and John says of this, "Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus' glory and spoke about him." What John was alluding to was what Isaiah saw just prior to this in chapter 6, ...
And as Paul noted in the previous chapter, he says,"Join with others in following my example, brothers, and take note of those who live according to the pattern we gave you."Php 3:17And"my brethren, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of suffering ...
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Identify the call in the opening of the final chapter in Philippians 4:1 “Therefore, my beloved brethren whom I long to see, my joy and crown, in this way stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.” Can you see the call? Paul had one thing he was driving home to the congregation – ...
Down a little further in the same chapter the jubilation and praise shifts from focusing on God’s victorious entrance to the results of His arrival: 5 And all shall be smitten with fear, And the Watchers shall quake, And great fear and trembling shall seize them unto the ends of the ear...
“Therefore, my brothers, you whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, that is how you should stand firm in the Lord, dear friends! 2 I plead with Euodia and I plead with Syntyche to agree with each other in the Lord. 3 Yes, and I ask you, loyal yokefellow, help these wo...
Contending for the faith of the good news of Christ (1:27d) Courage in the face of opponents (1:28a.)Paul examines unity and humility further in chapter 2. One of his emphases here is "contending" (NIV) or "striving" (KJV, NRSV), Greek synathleō, "contend or struggle along with...