1. Some carry the sense thus: "To know the love of Christ, which passeth, or surpasseth, the knowledge of all other things." There is an excellency, an usefulness in the knowledge of Christ's love, which is not to be found in the knowledge of any thing else. A man may know,...
“in Christ you shall not make false idols…in Christ you shall not covet your neighbor’s goods” etc. Christ likewise fulfilled all the ceremonial precepts. The purpose of the ceremonial precepts was to prefigure and act as a foreshadowing of the mystery of Christ. All of the sacrifices...
“As many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.” (Gal. 3:27) He baptized into His death that “He might present the Church to Himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.” (Eph. 5:27) We ar...
In these articles, we consider many questions that relate to the book that “was sent down before.” Should it be forbidden for Muslims? Hasn’t it been corrupted by the Jews and Christians? If not, what proof is there that it has been well preserved? Besides, if the earlier revelations...
For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.Berean Literal BibleFor we are His workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.King ...
In the first centuries, Sunday, being made a festival in honor of Christ's resurrection, received attention as a day of religious services and recreation, but seventh-day Sabbath rest (based on the Jewish Shabbat, because the earliest Christians were all Jews) was still observed by "almost al...
But I thought that I should comfort the eyes of Christ if I gave command in His presence to kill those who had spilled so much innocent blood, and I spoke thus: ‘O dear Lord, let it seem to Thee that these men are those Jews who nailed Thee to the cross, for these are not ...
5I received God’s grace because of what Jesus did so that I could bring glory to him. He made me an apostle to all those who aren’t Jews. I must invite them to have faith in God and obey him. 罗马书 1:2–5 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95) ...
Then the band of soldiers, with its commander and the officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him. / They brought Him first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year. / Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it would be better ...