“Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist,” (Ephesians 6:14). What It Means: Some translations use a phrase like: “having girded your loins with truth” (NASB). The loin is an uncommon term in modern vernacular. It refers to the lower back but includes ...
The name “Apollyon” is the Greek for “Abaddon” meaning “Destroyer.”We see this name mentioned in Revelation 9:“They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer)” (Revelation 9:11)....
CambridgeDictionary defines fornication as "the action of having sex with someone who you are not married to." Bible Meaning of Fornication From theKing James Dictionary, Fornication is defined as Sexual immorality: "Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; and walk in love, as Chri...
This word appears twice in Ephesians 5:25: “Husbands, love [agape] your wives, just as Christ also loved [agape] the church and gave Himself for her.” Agape is the love husbands are commanded to have for their wives, and it is the love Christ has for His bride, the church. It i...
And if your people should say to you, Will you not show us what is the meaning of these sticks?Peshitta Holy Bible TranslatedAnd when the children of your people have said to you, ‘Show us what these are’ OT TranslationsJPS Tanakh 1917And when the children of thy people shall speak ...
But if there is a God, then there may be some higher purpose, some ultimate destiny, some true meaning for your life. Maybe your actions do matter. If there is a God, then perhaps God has left a record for us to understand what is expected. We in theContinuingChurch of GodBible: Su...
Ephesians 5:20 (KJ21)“giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,”Robin Robinson Bohlin November 23, 2023.This day has been set aside to give thanks. Many have focused their attention on the food, the fellowship and the football....
Revelation 5:5-6 (NASB)“and one of the elders *said to me, ‘Stop weeping; behold, the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so as to open the book and its seven seals.’ And I saw between the throne (with the four living creatures) and the ...
Iniquity and sin are spoken of as a mystery for several reasons. Firstly, iniquity is a mystery because it involves a spiritual battle.Ephesians 6:12states, “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of...
And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.New Living TranslationSome of you were once like that. But you were cleansed; you were made holy; you were made right ...