by admin | Aug 9, 2012 | Paul's OT Quotes, Section Two, Septuagint Quotations
Paul Blue Letter Bible (Septuagint) NET Bible (Greek parallel text) He will reward each one according to his works: Romans 2:6 (NET) σὺ ἀποδώσεις ἑκάστῳ κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ Psalm 62:12 Table ος αποδωσει εκαστω κατα τα εργα αυτου Romans 2:6 ὃς ἀποδίδωσιν ἑκάστῳ κατὰ τὰ...
by admin | Aug 8, 2012 | Chapter 2, Romans, Section Two
The warning Paul gave those with stubborn and unrepentant hearts breaks quite naturally into two columns. He will reward each one according to his works: Romans 2:6 (NET) …eternal life to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality…...
by admin | Aug 7, 2012 | David's Forgiveness, Forgiveness, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?
I have some sympathy for Jephthah. I could be Jephthah. I have that same drive to be right, or righteous, that at times owes as much or more to my ego than my faith in the righteousness that comes from God. I have that same philosophical, or legalistic, bent of...
by admin | Aug 6, 2012 | Chapter 2, Romans, Section Two
Paul continued writing to those who do not know that God’s kindness leads you to repentance (μετάνοιαν, a form of μετάνοια).1 But because of your stubbornness (σκληρότητα, a form of σκληρότης) and your unrepentant (ἀμετανόητον, a form of ἀμετανόητος) heart, you are...
by admin | Aug 4, 2012 | Chapter 2, Romans, Section Two
What follows Paul’s history of sin is not the wholesale condemnation one might expect. In my opinion Paul learned something profound and difficult from his experience in Corinth, his judgment of the Corinthians in general, his specific judgment of the man who was...