In Romans 1:5 Paul explains why he was separated to the gospel, and why he preached. He says that he preached this gospel “for obedience to the faith among all nations for His name.” There are numerous ways this phrase “obedience to the faith” can be understood. The best option i...
What is a gospel? In many ways the question echoes the one posed by Jesus in the gnostic Gospel of Thomas: Make me a comparison, tell me what I am like. Peter and Matthew both take the question at its face value. They look for points of comparison in the two intersecting cultural wor...
Charles. Elcock
The first, which is irrelevant to my argument here, is that all human beings, independent of their cognitive status or location in time, space, or life cycle, have the same (extreme) value in virtue of being a human being.[6] The second takeaway is that humans are infinitely valuable. ...
What is a "Gospel?" Before we get ahead of ourselves, we should talk about what the word “Gospel” actually means. The word itself comes from a Greek word euangelion, which literally means “good news.” In the New Testament, it refers to the announcement that Jesus has brought the rei...
In theNew King James Version(NKJV) of the New Testament, an electronic search reveals the term "gospel" 100 times. TheDouay-Rheims Biblehas the term "gospel" about 101 times. The term "gospel" in English is mainly translated from two Greek termseuaggelizo(Strong's2098) andeuaggelion(Str...
Gospel of Mark Mark, the first of the gospels, portrays Jesus as the Son of God, who was sacrificed for our sins. This particular gospel was written some 40 years following Jesus’ first preaching. Mark was written in Greek for a gentile audience (Gentile – none Jewish Individuals or nati...
The word gospel reflects the Greek word for “good news” or “momentous news.” For first century Christians Gospel always referred to the message about Jesus.
Gospel of Luke:Written between 80 and 110 CE, the Gospel of Luke is one of the four accounts of the life of Jesus included in the canonical New Testament. It is one of the Synoptic Gospels alongside Mark and Matthew.Answer and Explanation: ...
When I got the NIV in Bible college, I then got the NIV Greek-English New Testament. Then I got the NIV Hebrew-English Old Testament, as each section was published. Then they modified the Bible encyclopedias, Bible dictionaries, Bible atlases, all to go with that version. But a year ...