by admin | Jun 25, 2012 | Saul and Barnabas, Section Two
After his encounter with the resurrected (and ascended) Jesus on the road to Damascus, after Ananias healed his blindness, after he was baptized and received the gift of the Holy Spirit, Saul (also known as Paul) stayed with the disciples in Damascus for several days,...
by admin | Jun 24, 2012 | Less Than Sin?, Section Two
I’ll continue the survey of Galatians to understand the relationship of sin (παράπτωμα) to sin (ἁμαρτία). Paul hinted at the attitude, activity and the content of the faith of those who were so quickly deserting (μετατίθεσθε, a form of μετατίθημι) the one who called...
by admin | Jun 22, 2012 | Section Two
I can’t tell if I perceive some confusion in the Apostle Paul’s thinking (literally writing, specifically 1 Corinthians 5:3) because I have been confused so often in my own thinking, or if I am recasting Paul in my own image because I have been confused so often in my...
by admin | Jun 22, 2012 | Section Two, Sexual Immorality
For a long time I thought I understood exactly what sexual immorality (πορνεία) in 1 Corinthians 5:1 (NET) [Table] meant. It is actually reported that sexual immorality (πορνεία) exists among you, the kind of immorality (πορνεία) that is not permitted even among the...
by admin | Jun 16, 2012 | Less Than Sin?, Section Two
Whether sin (παραπτώματι, a form of παράπτωμα)1 is less than sin (ἁμαρτιῶν, a form of ἁμαρτία),2 was something I had to consider before concluding that 1 Corinthians 5:1-13 and Galatians 6:1-5 were covering the same subject matter. I may not have ever connected the...
by admin | Jun 12, 2012 | Paul's Religious Mind, Section Two
Jesus said, Do not judge (κρίνετε, a form of κρίνω) so that you will not be judged (κριθῆτε, another form of κρίνω). For by the standard (κρίματι, a form of κρίμα) you judge (κρίνετε,a form of κρίνω) you will be judged (κριθήσεσθε, another form of κρίνω), and the...