The timbers were fetched for the cross to be quickly prepared and on it christ, who was willing, to be placed for us, and on the tree a fruit borne with which it was sure to save us (and) from which came the fruit through which we were lost because adam took the first bite of ...
against those who have been paying attention to fables and endless genealogies. These things present questions as if they were greater than the edification that is of God, which is in faith. New American Bible or to concern themselves with myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations...
Pastorally: To anticipate an objection: the true “seed of Abraham” must believe: yes. But my Baptist brothers mean a self-conscious expression of someone over about 4 years of age. Before that they are not the “seed” or “descendants” or “children” – this is all despite the actu...
if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.Berean Literal Bibleif indeed you continue in the faith, established and ...
2For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting about it to the Macedonians, telling them that since last year you in Achaia were ready to give; and your enthusiasm has stirred most of them to action. 3But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you ...
19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. 21 In him the whole building is joined together ...
The Church is beautiful! How foolish we have been so often in our lives! We have failed to see the beauty of the Church. When we were bored and disappointed by her humble appearance, by her low estate, like the mother of the Lord. We allowed ourselves to become distant from her, draw...
Did the apostles ever make a statue of the Lord so that the first Christians could use it in their worship? There is in the Bible neither commandment nor teaching nor apostolic example to support this practice. The teaching of the apostles of Jesus on the subject of idols was very simple ...
使徒行传 15:1–3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) 1 Some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers: “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom prescribed by Moses, you cannot be saved!” 2 But after Paul and Barnabas had engaged them in serious arg...
Anticipating the persecution his disciples will face, Jesus rehearses the mission, method, and credentials that they, as apostles, must take on: [A]nd ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them. And the gospel must first be published among all ...