by admin | Jun 11, 2024 | Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Keep Yourselves From Idols, Section Six
In another essay I began to consider the genders of Greek pronouns in Ephesians 2:8-10 (ESV): For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God [Table], not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his...
by admin | May 28, 2024 | Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Keep Yourselves From Idols, Section Six
I mentioned in another essay how difficult it is for me to recognize when I’m worshiping an idol. This essay will be somewhat exploratory because I suspect that there is an idol in here somewhere. I’m just not entirely sure where as I begin. In a Bible...
by admin | Mar 9, 2024 | Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Section Six
This is a continuation of my intent to become much more familiar with the Greek translation of יְהֹוָ֨ה (Yᵊhōvâ) and יֱהֹוִה֙ (yᵊhōvâ) in the Septuagint. I’ll begin with part of the Lord’s curse of the serpent to briefly consider another issue: Masoretic...
by admin | Feb 5, 2024 | Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Keep Yourselves From Idols, Section Six
I don’t worship statues, I thought, when I first encountered the end of John’s letter: Little children, keep yourselves1 from idols.2 It might be easier if I did, not necessarily the keeping part: Prostrating myself before some statue in some temple on a...
by admin | Nov 6, 2023 | Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Section Six
This is a continuation of my intent to become much more familiar with the Greek translation of יְהֹוָ֨ה (Yᵊhōvâ) and יֱהֹוִה֙ (yᵊhōvâ) in the Septuagint. Masoretic Text Septuagint Genesis 3:11 (Tanakh/KJV) Genesis 3:11 (NET) Genesis 3:11 (NETS) Genesis 3:11 (English...
by admin | Aug 18, 2023 | Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Section Six
This is a continuation of my intent to become much more familiar with the Greek translation of יְהֹוָ֨ה (Yᵊhōvâ) and יֱהֹוִה֙ (yᵊhōvâ) in the Septuagint. Masoretic Text Septuagint Genesis 3:1 (Tanakh) Genesis 3:1 (NET) Genesis 3:1 (NETS) Genesis 3:1 (English Elpenor)...