by admin | Apr 21, 2014 | Numbers, Section Three, The Fear of the Lord
Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, who were Reubenites, took men and rebelled against Moses, along with some of the Israelites, 250 leaders of the community, chosen from the...
by admin | Apr 18, 2014 | Chapter 12, Love, Romans, Section Three
So how can I view, Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good,[1] and what follows as a definition of love rather than as rules? I’ve constructed the following table to help. The Fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5:22, 23 (NET) Goodness (ἀγαθωσύνη) …for you were at one...
by admin | Mar 16, 2014 | Numbers, Section Three, The Fear of the Lord
The Lord spoke to Moses: “Send out men to investigate the land of Canaan…”[1] To quote Dickens, “This must be distinctly understood, or nothing wonderful can come of the story I am going to relate.”[2] The Lord wasn’t surprised by what happened. He knew it from the...
by admin | Mar 16, 2014 | Chapter 12, Love, Romans, Section Three
Love must be without hypocrisy.[1] A note in the NET explained that must be “is understood in the Greek text” Ἡ ἀγάπη ἀνυπόκριτος. I am inclined to see it more as a subject heading: The love unfeigned,[2] as Robert Young[3] translated it. I think Paul’s thinking...
by admin | Feb 6, 2014 | Numbers, Section Three, The Fear of the Lord
Why then were you not afraid (yârêʼ)[1] to speak against my servant Moses?[2] Jehovah asked Miriam and Aaron. The rabbis who translated the Septuagint chose ἐφοβήθητε[3] here. Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married (for he...
by admin | Feb 6, 2014 | Chapter 12, Love, Romans, Section Three
Love must be without hypocrisy,[1] Paul continued. Actually, he wrote, Ἡ ἀγάπη ἀνυπόκριτος. Paul wrote a lot about ἀγάπη.[2] Love (ἀγάπη) does no wrong to a neighbor. Therefore love (ἀγάπη) is the fulfillment of the law.[3] What do you want? He asked the...