{"id":1369,"date":"2012-10-07T23:49:49","date_gmt":"2012-10-07T17:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/?p=1369"},"modified":"2024-03-21T21:16:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T02:16:34","slug":"romans-part-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/?p=1369","title":{"rendered":"Romans, Part 23"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not only<\/em> [do we rejoice in the hope of God\u2019s glory<\/em>],1<\/sup><\/a> but we also rejoice in sufferings<\/em> (\u03b8\u03bb\u1f77\u03c8\u03b5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd<\/a>, a form of \u03b8\u03bb\u03af\u03c8\u03b9\u03c2<\/a>),2<\/sup><\/a> Paul continued.\u00a0 I\u2019ve already written about the feedback loop<\/a> that fosters this apparent masochism in believers and won\u2019t do so again. \u00a0The word translated sufferings<\/em> in Romans 5:3 (NET) above was translated affliction<\/em> in 2 Corinthians 1:8 (NET): For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, regarding the affliction <\/em>(\u03b8\u03bb\u1f77\u03c8\u03b5\u03c9\u03c2<\/a>, another form of \u03b8\u03bb\u03af\u03c8\u03b9\u03c2<\/a>) that happened to us<\/a> in the province of Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of living <\/em>[Table<\/a>].<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know when Paul\u2019s \u03b8\u03bb\u1f77\u03c8\u03b5\u03c9\u03c2<\/a> (\u03b8\u03bb\u03af\u03c8\u03b9\u03c2<\/a>) began, perhaps as early as his first visit to Ephesus.\u00a0 After he left Corinth he made his way there and went into the synagogue and addressed<\/em>3<\/sup><\/a> the Jews<\/em>.\u00a0 When they asked him to stay longer,<\/em>4<\/sup><\/a> he would not consent, but<\/em>5<\/sup><\/a> said farewell<\/em>6<\/sup><\/a> to them<\/em>7<\/sup><\/a> and<\/em>8<\/sup><\/a> added<\/em>9<\/sup><\/a>, \u201cI<\/em>10<\/sup><\/a> will come back to you again if God wills.\u201d\u00a0 Then<\/em>11<\/sup><\/a> he set sail from Ephesus\u2026<\/em>12<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Paul greeted the church in Jerusalem briefly and went home to Antioch.\u00a0 Perhaps he was simply tired and needed a rest.\u00a0 But for Paul who wrote\u2014I could wish<\/a> that I myself were accursed \u2013 cut off from Christ \u2013 for the sake of my people, my fellow countrymen<\/em>13<\/sup><\/a>\u2014to turn his back on his fellow countrymen when they were eager to hear him again seems like something more troubling than exhaustion.<\/p>\n

Admittedly, I have little to go on, but the message of Paul\u2019s letter to the Romans steers me toward the dilemma of the \u03c0\u1f79\u03c1\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9<\/a> (a form of \u03c0\u03cc\u03c1\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2<\/a>) and the Pharisees.\u00a0 The \u03c0\u1f79\u03c1\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9<\/a> were men who served<\/a> a pagan god, a demon<\/a>, sexually<\/a>, the vilest of the vile from a Pharisee\u2019s point of view.\u00a0 Yet the \u03c0\u1f79\u03c1\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u00a0were granted faith and repentance in Corinth14<\/sup><\/a> while so many Pharisees were not.\u00a0 Jesus said it (Matthew 21:28-32 NET).<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat do you think?\u00a0 A man had two sons.\u00a0 He went to the first and said, \u2018Son, go and work in the vineyard<\/a> today [Table<\/a>]<\/em>.\u2019 \u00a0The boy answered, \u2018I will not.\u2019\u00a0 But later he had a change of heart (\u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03bc\u03b5\u03bb\u03b7\u03b8\u03b5\u1f76\u03c2<\/a>, a form of \u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03bc\u03ad\u03bb\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9<\/a>) <\/em>and went. \u00a0The father went<\/a> to the other<\/a> son and said the same thing. \u00a0This boy answered, \u2018I will, sir,\u2019 but did not go. \u00a0Which of the two did his father\u2019s will?\u201d\u00a0 They said,15<\/sup><\/a> <\/em>\u201cThe first.\u201d \u00a0Jesus said to them, \u201cI tell you the truth, tax collectors and prostitutes (\u03c0\u1f79\u03c1\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9<\/a>, a form of \u03c0\u03cc\u03c1\u03bd\u03b7<\/a>) <\/em>will go ahead of you into the kingdom of God! [Table<\/a>]<\/em> \u00a0For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe (\u1f10\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u1f7b\u03c3\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5<\/a>, a form of \u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03cd\u03c9<\/a>) <\/em>him. \u00a0But the tax collectors and prostitutes (\u03c0\u1f79\u03c1\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9, a form of <\/em><\/em>\u03c0\u03cc\u03c1\u03bd\u03b7)<\/em> did believe (\u1f10\u03c0\u1f77\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c5\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd<\/a>, another form of \u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03cd\u03c9<\/a>)<\/em>. \u00a0\u00a0Although you saw (\u1f30\u03b4\u1f79\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2<\/a>, a form of \u03b5\u1f34\u03b4\u03c9<\/a>) <\/em>this, you did not<\/a> later change your minds (\u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u03b5\u03bc\u03b5\u03bb\u1f75\u03b8\u03b7\u03c4\u03b5<\/a>, another form of \u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03bc\u03ad\u03bb\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9<\/a>)<\/em> and believe (\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u1fe6\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9<\/a>, another form of \u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03cd\u03c9<\/a>)<\/em> him\u201d [Table<\/a>].<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But I think experiencing it was difficult for Paul.\u00a0 Rather than being flippant with the Jews at Ephesus, or using \u201cGod\u2019s will\u201d as an excuse, I suspect that Paul was sincerely concerned that God may not will that he return to Ephesus or anywhere else, that Paul despaired even of living<\/a><\/em> the only life he had known since his encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus.\u00a0 Of course, I can be wrong about this.\u00a0 The affliction happened to us<\/em> (plural) in the province of Asia, we<\/em> were burdened excessively, and we <\/em>despaired even of living.\u00a0 Paul seemed to be alone that first Sabbath day in Ephesus.\u00a0 If his affliction came later, then it is more difficult to pin down.\u00a0 Luke didn\u2019t mention it in Acts.<\/p>\n

Paul\u2019s affliction may have continued for a long time. \u00a0He may have referred to it (and its relation to his previous letter to the Corinthians) in Macedonia after returning home for an unspecified amount of time, strengthening the disciples in Galatia and Phyrgia, and then spending two years at Ephesus (2 Corinthians 7:5, 6 NET).<\/p>\n

For even when we came into Macedonia, our body had no rest at all, but we were troubled (\u03b8\u03bb\u03b9\u03b2\u1f79\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9<\/a>, a form of \u03b8\u03bb\u03af\u03b2\u03c9<\/a>) <\/em>in every way \u2013 struggles from the outside, fears from within. \u00a0But God, who encourages the downhearted, encouraged us by the arrival of Titus.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Far from being debilitating this affliction in the province of Asia was a very productive period for Paul (Acts 19:11, 12 NET):<\/p>\n

God was performing extraordinary miracles by Paul\u2019s hands, so that when even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his body were brought to the sick, their diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them.16<\/sup><\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Though this seems counterintuitive, the sense of it becomes more apparent when I heed Paul\u2019s own assessment of his affliction (2 Corinthians 1:9 NET):<\/p>\n

Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jesus said to Paul, My grace is enough for you, for my<\/a> power is made perfect<\/a> in weakness<\/em>.\u00a0 And Paul concluded, So then, I will boast most gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in me. \u00a0Therefore I am content with weaknesses, with insults, with troubles, with persecutions and<\/a> difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong<\/em>.17<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>Paul probably wrote his letter to the Romans during his two year stay at Ephesus in the province of Asia.\u00a0 And I assume that weaknesses, insults, troubles, persecutions and difficulties<\/em> along with struggles from the outside<\/em>, and fears from within<\/em> is what he meant by \u03b8\u03bb\u03af\u03c8\u03b9\u03c2: we also rejoice in sufferings <\/em>(\u03b8\u03bb\u1f77\u03c8\u03b5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd<\/a>, a form of \u03b8\u03bb\u03af\u03c8\u03b9\u03c2<\/a>), knowing that suffering<\/em> (\u03b8\u03bb\u1fd6\u03c8\u03b9\u03c2<\/a>) produces endurance, and endurance, character, and character, hope<\/em>.18<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

The word translated knowing<\/em> above is \u03b5\u1f30\u03b4\u1f79\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2<\/a> (a form of \u03b5\u1f34\u03b4\u03c9<\/a>), to see<\/em>.\u00a0 Paul was an eyewitness to this transformation of suffering into endurance into character into hope.\u00a0 But again<\/a>, there is nothing intrinsic to suffering<\/em>\u00a0that in and of itself produces endurance<\/em>.\u00a0 Jesus spoke about the person who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy. \u00a0But he has no root <\/em>(\u03c1\u1f77\u03b6\u03b1\u03bd<\/a>, a form of \u1fe5\u03af\u03b6\u03b1<\/a>) in himself and does not endure; when trouble <\/em>(\u03b8\u03bb\u1f77\u03c8\u03b5\u03c9\u03c2<\/a>, another form of \u03b8\u03bb\u03af\u03c8\u03b9\u03c2<\/a>) or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away<\/em>.19<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Though the phrase he has no root in himself <\/em>might lead one to the conclusion that the solution is to have deep roots in oneself, the actual solution is to be strengthened with power through<\/em> [the Father\u2019s] Spirit<\/em><\/a> in the inner person <\/em>[Table<\/a>], that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted<\/em> (\u1f10\u03c1\u03c1\u03b9\u03b6\u03c9\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9<\/a>, a form of \u1fe5\u03b9\u03b6\u03cc\u03c9<\/a>) and grounded in love<\/a>, you may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth <\/em>[Table<\/a>], and thus to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled up<\/em> (\u03c0\u03bb\u03b7\u03c1\u03c9\u03b8\u1fc6\u03c4\u03b5<\/a>, a form of \u03c0\u03bb\u03b7\u03c1\u03cc\u03c9<\/a>) to all the fullness<\/em> (\u03c0\u03bb\u03ae\u03c1\u03c9\u03bc\u03b1<\/a>) of God<\/em>.20<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

And hope does not disappoint<\/em>, Paul continued in Romans, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us<\/em>.21<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 I think love<\/em> here is a kind of shorthand for all the aspects of the fruit of the Spirit, because it is not too difficult to see that joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness<\/a>, and self-control<\/em> [Table<\/a>]22<\/sup><\/a> would all contribute to turning suffering into endurance into character into hope.<\/p>\n

Now the question arises, how can one be strengthened with power through [the Father\u2019s] Spirit?\u00a0 For this reason I kneel before the Father<\/a> <\/em>[Table<\/a>], Paul wrote the Ephesians, from whom every family in heaven and on the earth is named. \u00a0I pray that according to the wealth<\/a> of his glory he may grant<\/a> you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person <\/em>[Table<\/a>]\u202623<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Or as Jesus said (Matthew 7:7-11 NET):<\/p>\n

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you. \u00a0For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. \u00a0Is there anyone among you who, if his son asks<\/a> for bread, will give him a stone? \u00a0Or if<\/a> he asks<\/a> for a fish, will give him a snake? [Table<\/a>]\u00a0<\/em>If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And Paul concluded (Romans 5:6-8 NET):<\/p>\n

For while we were still<\/a> helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly [Table<\/a>]<\/em>.\u00a0 (For rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person perhaps someone might possibly dare to die.) \u00a0But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Addendum<\/b>: March 21, 2024<\/span>
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When they reached Ephesus, Paul left Priscilla and Aquila behind there, but he himself went into the synagogue and addressed the Jews.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nAnd he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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\u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u1f75\u03bd\u03c4\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd<\/a> <\/b>\u03b4\u1f72 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u1f1c\u03c6\u03b5\u03c3\u03bf\u03bd, \u03ba\u03b1\u03ba\u03b5\u1f77\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2<\/a> \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u1f73\u03bb\u03b9\u03c0\u03b5\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6, \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f78\u03c2 \u03b4\u1f72 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c3\u03b5\u03bb\u03b8\u1f7c\u03bd \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b1\u03b3\u03c9\u03b3\u1f74\u03bd \u03b4\u03b9\u03b5\u03bb\u1f73\u03be\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf<\/a> <\/b>\u03c4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 \u1f38\u03bf\u03c5\u03b4\u03b1\u1f77\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd\u03c4\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd<\/a> \u03b4\u03b5 \u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b5\u03c6\u03b5\u03c3\u03bf\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03ba\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5\u03bb\u03b9\u03c0\u03b5\u03bd \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b4\u03b5 \u03b5\u03b9\u03c3\u03b5\u03bb\u03b8\u03c9\u03bd \u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b1\u03b3\u03c9\u03b3\u03b7\u03bd \u03b4\u03b9\u03b5\u03bb\u03b5\u03c7\u03b8\u03b7<\/a> \u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b9\u03bf\u03c5\u03b4\u03b1\u03b9\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd\u03c4\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd \u03b4\u03b5 \u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b5\u03c6\u03b5\u03c3\u03bf\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9<\/a> \u03b5\u03ba\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2<\/a> <\/b>\u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5\u03bb\u03b9\u03c0\u03b5\u03bd \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b4\u03b5 \u03b5\u03b9\u03c3\u03b5\u03bb\u03b8\u03c9\u03bd \u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b1\u03b3\u03c9\u03b3\u03b7\u03bd \u03b4\u03b9\u03b5\u03bb\u03b5\u03c7\u03b8\u03b7 \u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b9\u03bf\u03c5\u03b4\u03b1\u03b9\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
When they asked him to stay longer, he would not consent,<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nWhen they desired him to tarry longer time with them<\/b>, he consented not;<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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\u1f10\u03c1\u03c9\u03c4\u1f7d\u03bd\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03b4\u1f72 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c0\u03bb\u03b5\u1f77\u03bf\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c7\u03c1\u1f79\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u03bc\u03b5\u1fd6\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bf\u1f50\u03ba \u1f10\u03c0\u1f73\u03bd\u03b5\u03c5\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03b5\u03c1\u03c9\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03b4\u03b5 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03b5\u03c0\u03b9 \u03c0\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c7\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u03bc\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1<\/a> \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2<\/a> <\/b>\u03bf\u03c5\u03ba \u03b5\u03c0\u03b5\u03bd\u03b5\u03c5\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03b5\u03c1\u03c9\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03b4\u03b5 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03b5\u03c0\u03b9 \u03c0\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c7\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u03bc\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 <\/b>\u03bf\u03c5\u03ba \u03b5\u03c0\u03b5\u03bd\u03b5\u03c5\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
but said farewell to them and added, \u201cI will come back to you again if God wills.\u201d Then he set sail from Ephesus,<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nBut bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem<\/strong>: but<\/strong> I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Acts 18:21 (Byzantine Majority Text)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1f70<\/a> \u1f00\u03c0\u03bf\u03c4\u03b1\u03be\u1f71\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2<\/a> \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76<\/a> <\/b>\u03b5\u1f30\u03c0\u1f7d\u03bd\u0387 \u03c0\u1f71\u03bb\u03b9\u03bd \u1f00\u03bd\u03b1\u03ba\u1f71\u03bc\u03c8\u03c9 \u03c0\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2 \u1f51\u03bc\u1fb6\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b8\u1f73\u03bb\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2, \u1f00\u03bd\u1f75\u03c7\u03b8\u03b7 \u1f00\u03c0\u1f78 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u1f18\u03c6\u1f73\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb<\/a> \u03b1\u03c0\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03be\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf<\/a> \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2<\/a> <\/b>\u03b5\u03b9\u03c0\u03c9\u03bd \u03b4\u03b5\u03b9<\/a> \u03bc\u03b5<\/a> \u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03c9\u03c2<\/a> \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd<\/a> \u03b5\u03bf\u03c1\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd<\/a> \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd<\/a> \u03b5\u03c1\u03c7\u03bf\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03b7\u03bd<\/a> \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9<\/a> \u03b5\u03b9\u03c2<\/a> \u03b9\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03bf\u03bb\u03c5\u03bc\u03b1<\/a> <\/b>\u03c0\u03b1\u03bb\u03b9\u03bd \u03b4\u03b5<\/a><\/b> \u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03ba\u03b1\u03bc\u03c8\u03c9 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c5\u03bc\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bb\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9<\/a> <\/b>\u03b1\u03bd\u03b7\u03c7\u03b8\u03b7 \u03b1\u03c0\u03bf \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b5\u03c6\u03b5\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb \u03b1\u03c0\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03be\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 <\/b>\u03b5\u03b9\u03c0\u03c9\u03bd \u03b4\u03b5\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b5 \u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03c9\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03b5\u03bf\u03c1\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03b5\u03c1\u03c7\u03bf\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03b7\u03bd \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b9\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03bf\u03bb\u03c5\u03bc\u03b1 <\/b>\u03c0\u03b1\u03bb\u03b9\u03bd \u03b4\u03b5<\/b> \u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03ba\u03b1\u03bc\u03c8\u03c9 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c5\u03bc\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bb\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b1\u03bd\u03b7\u03c7\u03b8\u03b7 \u03b1\u03c0\u03bf \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b5\u03c6\u03b5\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Acts 19:12 (NET)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Acts 19:12 (KJV)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

so that when even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his body were brought to the sick, their diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nSo that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Acts 19:12 (NET Parallel Greek)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Acts 19:12 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Acts 19:12 (Byzantine Majority Text)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u1f65\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u1f00\u03c3\u03b8\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03c2 \u1f00\u03c0\u03bf\u03c6\u1f73\u03c1\u03b5\u03c3\u03b8\u03b1\u03b9 \u1f00\u03c0\u1f78 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c7\u03c1\u03c9\u03c4\u1f78\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5\u03b4\u1f71\u03c1\u03b9\u03b1 \u1f22 \u03c3\u03b9\u03bc\u03b9\u03ba\u1f77\u03bd\u03b8\u03b9\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f00\u03c0\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u1f71\u03c3\u03c3\u03b5\u03c3\u03b8\u03b1\u03b9 \u1f00\u03c0\u1fbf \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03c4\u1f70\u03c2 \u03bd\u1f79\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2, \u03c4\u1f71 \u03c4\u03b5 \u03c0\u03bd\u03b5\u1f7b\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1 \u03c4\u1f70 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bd\u03b7\u03c1\u1f70 \u1f10\u03ba\u03c0\u03bf\u03c1\u03b5\u1f7b\u03b5\u03c3\u03b8\u03b1\u03b9<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03c9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b5\u03c0\u03b9 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03b1\u03c3\u03b8\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03c2 \u03b5\u03c0\u03b9\u03c6\u03b5\u03c1\u03b5\u03c3\u03b8\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u03c0\u03bf \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c7\u03c1\u03c9\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5\u03b4\u03b1\u03c1\u03b9\u03b1 \u03b7 \u03c3\u03b9\u03bc\u03b9\u03ba\u03b9\u03bd\u03b8\u03b9\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u03c0\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03b1\u03c3\u03c3\u03b5\u03c3\u03b8\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u03c0 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03c4\u03b1\u03c2 \u03bd\u03bf\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b5 \u03c0\u03bd\u03b5\u03c5\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bd\u03b7\u03c1\u03b1 \u03b5\u03be\u03b5\u03c1\u03c7\u03b5\u03c3\u03b8\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u03c0<\/a> \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03c9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b5\u03c0\u03b9 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03b1\u03c3\u03b8\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03c2 \u03b5\u03c0\u03b9\u03c6\u03b5\u03c1\u03b5\u03c3\u03b8\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u03c0\u03bf \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c7\u03c1\u03c9\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5\u03b4\u03b1\u03c1\u03b9\u03b1 \u03b7 \u03c3\u03b9\u03bc\u03b9\u03ba\u03b9\u03bd\u03b8\u03b9\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u03c0\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03b1\u03c3\u03c3\u03b5\u03c3\u03b8\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u03c0 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03c4\u03b1\u03c2 \u03bd\u03bf\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b5 \u03c0\u03bd\u03b5\u03c5\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bd\u03b7\u03c1\u03b1 \u03b5\u03be\u03b5\u03c1\u03c7\u03b5\u03c3\u03b8\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u03c0 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Romans, Part 24\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to Romans, Part 86<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to Atonement, Part 8<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
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1<\/sup><\/a> Romans 5:2b (NET)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2<\/sup><\/a> Romans 5:3a (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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3<\/sup><\/a> The NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and NA28<\/sup><\/a> had \u03b4\u03b9\u03b5\u03bb\u1f73\u03be\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf<\/a> here in the middle voice<\/a>, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had \u03b4\u03b9\u03b5\u03bb\u03b5\u03c7\u03b8\u03b7<\/a> (KJV: and reasoned with<\/em>) in the passive voice<\/a>. According to the Koine Greek Lexicon<\/a> online the meaning of both the middle and passive voices is: \u201cto hold a discussion, to hold a conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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4<\/sup><\/a> The Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1<\/a> \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2<\/a> (KJV: with them<\/em>) here. The NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and NA28<\/sup><\/a> did not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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5<\/sup><\/a> The NET parallel Greek<\/a> text had \u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1f70<\/a> here, where the NA28<\/sup><\/a>, Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had \u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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6<\/sup><\/a> The NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and NA28<\/sup><\/a> had the participle \u1f00\u03c0\u03bf\u03c4\u03b1\u03be\u1f71\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2<\/a> here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had \u03b1\u03c0\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03be\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf<\/a> (KJV: bade<\/em>…farewell<\/em>). Both are in the middle voice<\/a>. According to the Koine Greek Lexicon<\/a> online the middle voice means: \u201cto renounce, give up; to say goodbye, bid farewell, forsake, take leave, send away.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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7<\/sup><\/a> The Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2<\/a> (KJV: them<\/em>) here. The NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and NA28<\/sup><\/a> did not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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8<\/sup><\/a> The NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and NA28<\/sup><\/a> had \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76<\/a> here. The Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> did not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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9<\/sup><\/a> The Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had \u03b4\u03b5\u03b9<\/a> \u03bc\u03b5<\/a> \u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03c9\u03c2<\/a> \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd<\/a> \u03b5\u03bf\u03c1\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd<\/a> \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd<\/a> \u03b5\u03c1\u03c7\u03bf\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03b7\u03bd<\/a> \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9<\/a> \u03b5\u03b9\u03c2<\/a> \u03b9\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03bf\u03bb\u03c5\u03bc\u03b1<\/a> (KJV: I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem:<\/em>) here. The NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and NA28<\/sup><\/a> did not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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10<\/sup><\/a> The Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had \u03b4\u03b5<\/a> (KJV: but<\/em>) at the beginning of this clause. The NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and NA28<\/sup><\/a> did not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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11<\/sup><\/a> The Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> had \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9<\/a> (KJV: And<\/em>) here. The NET parallel Greek<\/a> text, NA28<\/sup><\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> did not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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12<\/sup><\/a> Acts 18:19b-21 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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13<\/sup><\/a> Romans 9:3 (NET)<\/a> Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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14<\/sup><\/a> 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 (NET)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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15<\/sup><\/a> The Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03c9<\/a> (KJV: unto him<\/em>) here.\u00a0 The NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and NA28<\/sup><\/a> did not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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16<\/sup><\/a> The Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had \u03b1\u03c0<\/a> \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd<\/a> here.\u00a0 The NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and NA28<\/sup><\/a> did not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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17<\/sup><\/a> 2 Corinthians 12:9, 10 (NET) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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18<\/sup><\/a> Romans 5:3, 4 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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19<\/sup><\/a> Matthew 13:20, 21 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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20<\/sup><\/a> Ephesians 3:16b-19 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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21<\/sup><\/a> Romans 5:5 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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22<\/sup><\/a> Galatians 5:22, 23 (NET)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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23<\/sup><\/a> Ephesians 3:14-16 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Not only [do we rejoice in the hope of God\u2019s glory],1 but we also rejoice in sufferings (\u03b8\u03bb\u1f77\u03c8\u03b5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd, a form of \u03b8\u03bb\u03af\u03c8\u03b9\u03c2),2 Paul continued.\u00a0 I\u2019ve already written about the feedback loop that fosters this apparent masochism in believers and won\u2019t … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[715,20,6],"tags":[315,679,680,677,674,678,684,682,415,681,676,685,673,591,683,686,675],"class_list":["post-1369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-5","category-romans","category-section-two","tag-2-corinthians-18","tag-2-corinthians-19","tag-2-corinthians-129-10","tag-2-corinthians-75-6","tag-acts-1819-21","tag-acts-1911-12","tag-ephesians-314-16","tag-ephesians-316-19","tag-galatians-522-23","tag-matthew-1320-21","tag-matthew-2128-32","tag-matthew-77-11","tag-romans-53","tag-romans-53-4","tag-romans-55","tag-romans-56-8","tag-romans-93"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1369"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23148,"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1369\/revisions\/23148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}