by admin | May 18, 2018 | Section Four, To Make Holy
I tend to use the word believers for ἐκκλησία primarily because the word church had become a not-for-profit corporation managed and operated by believers. It helps me study the Bible as if it pertains to me, rather than as a search for bylaws and provisions for the...
by admin | May 14, 2018 | Chapter 15, Romans, Section Four
Paul wrote believers in Rome (Romans 15:28, 29 NET): Therefore after I have completed this [contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem[1]] and have safely delivered this bounty to them, I will set out for Spain by way of you, and I know that when I come...
by admin | May 2, 2018 | Father, Forgive Them, Section Four
I have attempted to cleanse Jesus’ words of the crime/punishment motif I think the translators of the NET and NASB superimposed upon them, so that his mercy—planning the offspring of vipers’ escape from being condemned to hell—shines through (Matthew 23:33-35 NET;...
by admin | Mar 31, 2018 | Father, Forgive Them, Section Four
Jesus said (Matthew 23:33-36 NASB): You serpents, you brood of vipers, how will you escape the sentence of hell? “Therefore (Διὰ τοῦτο; See: Table1 below), behold, I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of...
by admin | Mar 7, 2018 | My Deeds, Section Four
There is a table representing my unstudied view of the relationship of the clauses of Revelation 2:26-29. I’m considering the clause, who continues in my deeds until the end, because it tugs the hardest at me to return to my own works. I’ve begun to try to...