Elliot's Commentary states, related to the KJV rendering "For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor":Becometh.—Instead of this translation, it is better to render, in his kingdom he was even poor; but there is ambiguity in the ...
to stop worrying about the world and its demands; if, having pledged ourselves to Jesus, we could just forget about the things that used to obsess us. But answering the call is never this easy. The cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, the pull of desire and hunger and ...
1 Thessalonians 5:17 tells us to "pray continually" (NIV), "without ceasing" (KJV and NAS), "at all times" (Message). Throughout this website we've compared Bible study to eating - which brings about nourishment and growth to our spirit. Let's think of prayer as "breathing."...