(4) it is not a purpose formed because he sees anything in the individuals as a ground for his choice, but for some reason which he has not explained, and which in the Scripture is simply called purpose and good pleasure; Ephesians 1:5. (5) if it existed in this case, it does in...
One view is that it is equivalent to τὰ ἔργατοῦ νόμου, which is an expression frequently used elsewhere (Romans 3:27, 28; Romans 9:32; Galatians 2:16; Galatians 3:2, 5, 10); and the singular number has been explained as collective, as in 1 Corinthians 3:13...
First, I don’t wholly accept your premise: Arabic did expand at the expense of North African Romance. Second, I agree that the fact that Arabic *mostly* replaced related languages is unlikely to be coincidental. But it can be explained without appealing to the alleged similarity between Arabi...
Robert Gundry, in his study of Pauline anthropology, explained that “‘inner man’ should not be equated with ‘new man’ (Eph. 2:15, 4:24; Col. 3:10) and ‘outer man’ should not be equated with ‘old man’ (Rom. 6:6; Eph 4:22; Col. 3:9)43…“The ‘outer man’ is ...
God's eternal plan, promised to Abraham, has always been to bring redemption to both the Jew and the Gentile (Gen. 12:3). Paul has explained the "mystery" of the present Jewish opposition and God's present openness to the Gentiles through the olive tree allegory. All members of the Ro...
old brother, Doug, came into her room.4Then Doug went back into the hallway and stood there looking straight up at the hall light for quite a while. Little brothers can be very strange, but this was really much too strange. Cait"s father appeared and explained that Doug was sleepwalking...
[3] Separated unto God's good news--This expression is explained further in Gal 1:15 : "God separated me from my mother's womb and called me through His grace, to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the nations." In like manner were born Moses, who Stephen says ...
evidence showing that countercultural practices can be effective and welcomed, and related evidence showing that adaptation is not always beneficial. Finally, we develop potential theoretical explanations for such “surprising” findings, demonstrating that they can be explained and utilized for refining ...
This is why the elect must look for the Abomination to occur, rather than counting 1260 days from the covenant of Dan 9:27. This should be explained under Tribulation Shortened. Day one of the Tribulation occurs when the Antichrist confirms a covenant (or agreement) with Israel and others ...
“Men’s horizontal eating position was a symbol of dominance over women. Roman women established the right to eat with their husbands at a much later stage in the history of ancient Rome; it was their first social conquest and victory against sexual discrimination,” Jori explained. ...