by admin | Nov 22, 2015 | Chapter 12, Love, Rejoice in hope, Romans, Section Three
I am considering Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer[1] as a description of love rather than as rules to obey. In a previous essay I wrote, “Dear God, I hope she was dead,” of the Levite’s concubine as she was sprawled out on the doorstep of the...
by admin | Oct 28, 2015 | Chapter 12, Love, Rejoice in hope, Romans, Section Three
I am considering Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer,[1] as a description of love rather than as rules to obey. The story of the Levite and his concubine in the book of Judges qualifies as ἀδικίᾳ that love is not glad about. In the previous essay...
by admin | Oct 1, 2015 | Chapter 12, Love, Rejoice in hope, Romans, Section Three
As I continue to consider Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer,[1] as a description of love rather than as rules to obey, I want to look at some more truth that love rejoices in along with some more ἀδικία that it does not. What Luke called a...
by admin | Sep 21, 2015 | Chapter 12, Love, Rejoice in hope, Romans, Section Three
I’m continuing to look at Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer,[1] as a description of love rather than as rules to obey. I’m still focusing on the injustice (ἀδικίᾳ, a form of ἀδικία) love is not glad (or, does not rejoice)[2] about. Two...
by admin | Sep 8, 2015 | Chapter 12, Love, Rejoice in hope, Romans, Section Three
Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer.[1] I want to look at this as a description of love rather than as rules to obey. To begin I’ve made the following table. The Fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5:22, 23 (NET) Joy (χαρὰ) I have told you these things...
by admin | Sep 3, 2015 | Chapter 12, Do not lag in zeal, Love, Romans, Section Three
The most obvious translation of Do not lag in zeal[1] (τῇ σπουδῇ μὴ ὀκνηροί) is something like “this haste not slothful.” Thus we urged Titus, Paul wrote the Corinthians, that, just as he had previously begun this work, so also he should complete this act of kindness...