{"id":6369,"date":"2016-01-10T22:36:01","date_gmt":"2016-01-10T16:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/?p=6369"},"modified":"2023-05-15T15:38:49","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T20:38:49","slug":"romans-part-68","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/?p=6369","title":{"rendered":"Romans, Part 68"},"content":{"rendered":"

This will conclude my consideration of Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer<\/em>[1]<\/sup><\/a> as a description of love rather than as rules to obey.\u00a0 I\u2019ll continue with the aftermath of the war between Israel and Benjamin.<\/p>\n

So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God<\/em> (\u02bc\u0115l\u00f4h\u0131\u0302ym<\/a><\/em>, \u05d4\u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05dd) until evening, weeping loudly and uncontrollably<\/em>.[2]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 They had a foretaste of eternal life, not pie in the sky<\/a> by and by nor tears without end but an amazing opportunity to know<\/a> ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<\/em> intimately.\u00a0 The brotherhood had joined together to purge evil from Israel.\u00a0 The Benjaminites joined together to withstand them.\u00a0 The brotherhood prevailed, then they mourned the loss of so many of their brother Benjaminites.<\/p>\n

They said, \u201cWhy, O Lord<\/em> (ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<\/a><\/em>, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4) God <\/em>(\u02bc\u0115l\u00f4h\u0131\u0302ym<\/em>, \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9) of Israel, has this happened in Israel?\u201d<\/em>[3]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 They regretted <\/em>(n\u00e2cham<\/a><\/em>, \u05d5\u05d9\u05e0\u05d7\u05de\u05d5) what had happened to their brother Benjamin<\/em>. They acknowledged their part in it, saying, Today we cut off an entire tribe from Israel!<\/em>[4]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 The text acknowledged ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h\u2019s<\/em> complicity: And the people grieved<\/em> (n\u00e2cham<\/em>, \u05e0\u05d7\u05dd) for Benjamin, because the\u00a0Lord\u00a0<\/em>(ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h, <\/em>\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4) had made a void in the tribes of Israel<\/em>.[5]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 But they missed their moment to know Him.\u00a0 I know this because Phinehas didn\u2019t preach on the text: Then the Lord <\/em>(ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h, <\/em>\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4) relented<\/em> (n\u00e2cham<\/em>, \u05d5\u05d9\u05e0\u05d7\u05dd) over the evil<\/a><\/em> (ra\u02bd<\/a><\/em>, \u05d4\u05e8\u05e2\u05d4 [H7451]) that he had said he would do to his people<\/em>.[6]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Israel missed this eternal moment (as I’ve missed my own so often) because they treated it, not as a glorious insight and revelation to be savored but, as a problem to be solved.\u00a0 How can we find wives for those who are left?<\/em>[7]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Why was that a problem?\u00a0 The Israelites had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying, \u201cNot one of us will allow his daughter to marry a Benjaminite.\u201d<\/em>[8]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cAfter all, we took an oath in the Lord\u2019s name,\u201d<\/em> the victorious brotherhood admitted, \u201cnot to give them our daughters as wives.\u201d \u00a0So they asked, \u201cWho from all the Israelite tribes did not assemble before the Lord at Mizpah?\u201d<\/em>[9]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

The victorious brotherhood\u2019s focus was not on eternal life, knowing ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<\/em>, but on justifying themselves before ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<\/em>: This is what the Lord<\/em> (ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h, <\/em>\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4) has commanded <\/em>[Table<\/a>]: If a man makes a vow to the Lord or takes an oath of binding obligation on himself, he must not break his word, but must do whatever he has promised <\/em>[Table<\/a>].[10]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 They had made two thoughtless oaths<\/a> at Mizpah: They had made a solemn oath that whoever did not assemble before the Lord at Mizpah must certainly be executed<\/em>.[11]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 So from the beginning there was no real hope that the incident at Gibeah would be settled as a police matter: The Benjaminites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah<\/em>,[12]<\/sup><\/a> but apparently did not attend.<\/p>\n

And I, before I realized that I had the timing of events reversed<\/a>, would have laid all that happened next on Jephthah<\/a>.\u00a0 I thought he was the brotherhood\u2019s inspiration<\/a>, a kind of butterfly effect<\/a>, rather than someone overwhelmed by a massive wave of popular precedent.\u00a0 That popular precedent might have become, if not the image of knowing ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<\/em>, <\/em>the image and meaning of obeying Him, if not for the precious words appended to its retelling: Each man did what he considered to be right<\/em>.[13]<\/sup><\/a> \u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Now it just so happened no one from Jabesh Gilead had come to the gathering. \u00a0When they took roll call, they noticed none of the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead were there<\/em>.[14]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Jabesh Gilead was east of the Jordan River in the land that Phineas had insinuated might be tainted<\/a>.\u00a0 I\u2019ve written elsewhere<\/a> about the cost of acknowledging a thoughtless oath.\u00a0 But the victorious brotherhood had \u201cgood\u201d reason not to confess the thoughtless oath that \u201cjustified\u201d exterminating the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead, namely, their other thoughtless oath not to give their daughters as wives to the surviving Benjaminites (Judges 21:10, 11a NET):<\/p>\n

So the assembly sent 12,000 capable warriors against Jabesh Gilead.\u00a0 They commanded them, \u201cGo and kill with your swords the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead, including the women and little children (<\/em>\u1e6daph<\/a>, \u05d5\u05d4\u05d8\u05e3; Septuagint<\/a>: the translators seem to have edited out the part about killing children)<\/em>. \u00a0Do this: exterminate every male, as well as every woman who has had sexual relations with a male.\u00a0 But spare the lives of any virgins.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young girls <\/em>(na\u02bd\u0103r\u00e2h<\/a><\/em>, \u05e0\u05e2\u05e8\u05d4; Septuagint<\/a>: \u03bd\u03b5\u1f71\u03bd\u03b9\u03b4\u03b1\u03c2<\/a>) who were virgins<\/em> (be<\/sup>th\u00fbl\u00e2h<\/a><\/em>, \u05d1\u05ea\u05d5\u05dc\u05d4; Septuagint: \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b8\u1f73\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2<\/a>)\u2026[15]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 The Benjaminites returned at that time, and the Israelites gave to them the women they had spared from Jabesh Gilead. \u00a0But there were not enough to go around<\/em>.[16]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

So, they commanded the Benjaminites, \u201cGo hide in the vineyards, and keep your eyes open.\u00a0 When you see the daughters of Shiloh coming out to dance in the celebration, jump out from the vineyards. \u00a0Each one of you, catch yourself a wife from among the daughters of Shiloh and then go home to the land of Benjamin<\/em>.[17]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 The Benjaminites did as instructed. \u00a0They abducted two hundred of the dancing girls to be their wives<\/em>.[18]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Then the brotherhood disbanded<\/a>, after having become as great a menace (to more women) as the children of Belial<\/a><\/em> they exterminated.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no one<\/a> righteous, not even one<\/em>, Paul gathered the judgments<\/a> of ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<\/em> on the wicked and unbelieving scattered primarily throughout the Psalms of David (also Isaiah) and applied them to all, \u201cthere is no one who understands, there is no one who seeks God.\u00a0 All have turned away, together they have become worthless; there is no one who shows kindness, not even one<\/a><\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir throats are open graves, they deceive with their tongues<\/a><\/em> (See Septuagint comparison below), the poison of asps is under their lips<\/a>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cTheir mouths are full of cursing<\/a> and bitterness.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cTheir feet are swift to shed blood, ruin and misery are in their paths<\/a>, and the way of peace<\/a> they have not known<\/em> (See Septuagint comparison below).\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no fear<\/a> of God before their eyes.\u201d<\/em>[19]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

How can I rejoice<\/em> (\u03c7\u03b1\u1f77\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2, a form of \u03c7\u03b1\u03af\u03c1\u03c9<\/a>) in hope<\/em> here?\u00a0 And I don\u2019t mean simply in the face of ancient history.\u00a0 For all our laws, all our police and all our courts, our \u201cjustice\u201d is ultimately as puerile as theirs was.\u00a0 It seems more like a time to endure <\/em>(\u1f51\u03c0\u03bf\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2, a form of \u1f51\u03c0\u03bf\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03c9<\/a>) in suffering<\/em> than to rejoice in hope<\/em>, but that is my point.<\/p>\n

The same love which endures <\/em>(\u1f51\u03c0\u03bf\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9, another form of \u1f51\u03c0\u03bf\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03c9) all things<\/em>,[20]<\/sup><\/a> does not rejoice<\/em> (\u03c7\u03b1\u1f77\u03c1\u03b5\u03b9, another form of \u03c7\u03b1\u03af\u03c1\u03c9) in iniquity<\/em> (\u1f00\u03b4\u03b9\u03ba\u1f77\u1fb3, a form of \u1f00\u03b4\u03b9\u03ba\u03af\u03b1<\/a>), but rejoices<\/em> (\u03c3\u03c5\u03b3\u03c7\u03b1\u1f77\u03c1\u03b5\u03b9, a form of \u03c3\u03c5\u03b3\u03c7\u03b1\u03af\u03c1\u03c9<\/a>) in the truth <\/em>(\u1f00\u03bb\u03b7\u03b8\u03b5\u1f77\u1fb3, a form of \u1f00\u03bb\u03ae\u03b8\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1<\/a>);[21]<\/sup><\/a> love is the true justice which does no wrong to a neighbor <\/em>in the first place; it is the fulfillment of the law<\/em>,[22]<\/sup><\/a> rather than some vain effort to stuff the toothpaste back in the tube after injustice<\/a><\/em> (\u1f00\u03b4\u03b9\u03ba\u1f77\u1fb3, a form of \u1f00\u03b4\u03b9\u03ba\u03af\u03b1) has prevailed.\u00a0 And this love without hypocrisy<\/a><\/em>, The love unfeigned<\/a><\/em>, is what I think Paul continued to describe: Rejoice in hope <\/em>(\u1f10\u03bb\u03c0\u1f77\u03b4\u03b9, a form of \u1f10\u03bb\u03c0\u03af\u03c2<\/a>), endure <\/em>(\u1f51\u03c0\u03bf\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2, a form of \u1f51\u03c0\u03bf\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03c9) in suffering<\/em> (\u03b8\u03bb\u1f77\u03c8\u03b5\u03b9, a form of \u03b8\u03bb\u03af\u03c8\u03b9\u03c2<\/a>), persist in prayer<\/em>.[23]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>Now may the God of hope<\/em> (\u1f10\u03bb\u03c0\u1f77\u03b4\u03bf\u03c2, another form of \u1f10\u03bb\u03c0\u03af\u03c2) fill <\/em>(\u03c0\u03bb\u03b7\u03c1\u1f7d\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9, a form of \u03c0\u03bb\u03b7\u03c1\u03cc\u03c9<\/a>) you with all joy<\/em> (\u03c7\u03b1\u03c1\u1fb6\u03c2, a form of \u03c7\u03b1\u03c1\u03ac<\/a>) and peace<\/em> (\u03b5\u1f30\u03c1\u1f75\u03bd\u03b7\u03c2, a form of \u03b5\u1f30\u03c1\u03ae\u03bd\u03b7<\/a>) as you believe in him<\/em>, Paul wrote his benediction to the Romans, so that you may abound in hope<\/em> (\u1f10\u03bb\u03c0\u1f77\u03b4\u03b9, a form of \u1f10\u03bb\u03c0\u03af\u03c2) by the power<\/em> (\u03b4\u03c5\u03bd\u1f71\u03bc\u03b5\u03b9, a form of \u03b4\u03cd\u03bd\u03b1\u03bc\u03b9\u03c2<\/a>) of the Holy Spirit<\/em>.[24]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 And by his power and the continuous infusion of his joy <\/em>(\u03c7\u03b1\u03c1\u1f70) and his peace <\/em>(\u03b5\u1f30\u03c1\u1f75\u03bd\u03b7) [not to mention the other aspects of the fruit of the Spirit[25]<\/sup><\/a>], the apostles, after they had been beaten<\/a>, left the council rejoicing<\/em> <\/em>(\u03c7\u03b1\u1f77\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2, a form of \u03c7\u03b1\u03af\u03c1\u03c9) because they had been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name<\/a><\/em><\/em>[26]<\/sup><\/a> (e.g., \u1f38\u03b7\u03c3\u03bf\u1fe6, a form of \u1f38\u03b7\u03c3\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c2<\/a>, understood as ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<\/em>).<\/p>\n

So is this \u03c7\u03b1\u03c1\u1f70 from the Holy Spirit like some kind of drug<\/a> that overcomes reality?\u00a0 On the contrary, it is an aspect of the truth (\u1f00\u03bb\u1f75\u03b8\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1) that overcomes the injustice (\u1f00\u03b4\u03b9\u03ba\u1f77\u1fb3, a form of \u1f00\u03b4\u03b9\u03ba\u03af\u03b1) that masquerades as reality.\u00a0 Set them apart in the truth <\/em>(\u1f00\u03bb\u03b7\u03b8\u03b5\u1f77\u1fb3, a form of \u1f00\u03bb\u03ae\u03b8\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1), Jesus prayed to his Father, your word is truth<\/em> (\u1f00\u03bb\u1f75\u03b8\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1).[27]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 We understand in some sense that we are not to focus on the manmade muck we see around us.\u00a0 We are keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith<\/a><\/em> instead. \u00a0For the joy <\/em>(\u03c7\u03b1\u03c1\u1fb6\u03c2, a form of \u03c7\u03b1\u03c1\u03ac) set out for him he endured<\/em> (\u1f51\u03c0\u1f73\u03bc\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd\u03b5\u03bd, another form of \u1f51\u03c0\u03bf\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03c9) the cross<\/em>\u2026[28]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 And the one who endures<\/em> (\u1f51\u03c0\u03bf\u03bc\u03b5\u1f77\u03bd\u03b1\u03c2, another form of \u1f51\u03c0\u03bf\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03c9) to the end <\/em>(\u03c4\u1f73\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2<\/a>) will be saved<\/em>.[29]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

As I considered all this I read an article in MSN News online:[30]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

An Islamic State Jihadist killed his mother in a public square in the Syrian city of Raqa<\/a> who begged him to leave the organization, a monitor said Friday.\u00a0 Ali Saqr, 20, had reported his mother, Lina, to IS authorities in Raqa because \u201cshe tried to persuade him to leave IS and flee the city,\u201d the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.\u00a0 Authorities subsequently arrested the woman and accused her of apostasy, the monitoring group said.\u00a0 On Wednesday, she was shot to death by her son \u201cin front of hundreds of people close to the mail service building in Raqa city,\u201d the Observatory added.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ali Saqr is a comtemporary example of Jephthah or any of the brotherhood who judged<\/a> and condemned<\/a> the Benjaminites in Gibeah.\u00a0 He cannot go home to consider what he has done.\u00a0 He has been judged and condemned<\/a> by Superpowers who care nothing for him.\u00a0 If the entry to hell is marked by the words\u2014Abandon all hope, ye who enter here<\/a>\u2014then the entry to our synagogues and churches should read\u2014ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<\/em> relented over the evil that he had said he would do to his people<\/em>\u2014and the churches can add his most profound words\u2014Follow Me<\/em>!<\/p>\n

Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith<\/a>, we have peace<\/a> with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have also obtained access by faith<\/a> into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice<\/em> (\u03ba\u03b1\u03c5\u03c7\u1f7d\u03bc\u03b5\u03b8\u03b1, a form of \u03ba\u03b1\u03c5\u03c7\u03ac\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9<\/a>) in the hope<\/em> (\u1f10\u03bb\u03c0\u1f77\u03b4\u03b9, a form of \u1f10\u03bb\u03c0\u03af\u03c2) of God\u2019s glory. \u00a0Not only this, but we also rejoice<\/em> (\u03ba\u03b1\u03c5\u03c7\u1f7d\u03bc\u03b5\u03b8\u03b1, a form of \u03ba\u03b1\u03c5\u03c7\u03ac\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9) in sufferings<\/em> (\u03b8\u03bb\u1f77\u03c8\u03b5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd, another form of \u03b8\u03bb\u03af\u03c8\u03b9\u03c2), knowing that suffering<\/em> (\u03b8\u03bb\u1fd6\u03c8\u03b9\u03c2, another form of \u03b8\u03bb\u03af\u03c8\u03b9\u03c2) produces endurance<\/em> (\u1f51\u03c0\u03bf\u03bc\u03bf\u03bd\u1f74\u03bd, a form of \u1f51\u03c0\u03bf\u03bc\u03bf\u03bd\u03ae<\/a>), and endurance<\/em> (\u1f51\u03c0\u03bf\u03bc\u03bf\u03bd\u1f74), character, and character, hope<\/em> (\u1f10\u03bb\u03c0\u1f77\u03b4\u03b1, another form of \u1f10\u03bb\u03c0\u03af\u03c2) . \u00a0And hope<\/em> (\u1f10\u03bb\u03c0\u1f76\u03c2) does not disappoint, because the love<\/a> of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us<\/em>.[31]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cRepent<\/em>,\u201d Peter said, \u201cand each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your<\/a> sins<\/a>, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. \u00a0For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.\u201d \u00a0With many other words he testified<\/a> and exhorted them saying, \u201cSave yourselves from this perverse generation!\u201d \u00a0So those who accepted<\/a> his message were baptized, and that<\/a> day about three thousand people were added. \u00a0They were devoting themselves to the apostles\u2019 teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer<\/em>.[32]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

It seems fitting to end this essay with Paul\u2019s instruction to Timothy on prayer (1 Timothy 2:1-6 NET):<\/p>\n

First of all, then, I urge that requests, prayers, intercessions, and thanks be offered on behalf of all people, even for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. \u00a0Such prayer for all is good and welcomed before God our Savior, since he wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. \u00a0For there is one God and one intermediary between God and humanity, Christ Jesus, himself human, who gave himself as a ransom for all, revealing God\u2019s purpose at his appointed time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Below are two tables comparing Old Testament quotations in Paul\u2019s letter to the Romans to the Septuagint<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Romans 3:13 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Romans 3:13 (Greek Text)<\/td>\n\n

Psalms 5:9b; 140:3b (Septuagint)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Their throats are open graves<\/em><\/strong>, <\/em><\/p>\n

they deceive with their tongues<\/em><\/strong>,<\/em><\/td>\n

\u03c4\u1f71\u03c6\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f00\u03bd\u03b5\u1ff3\u03b3\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f41 \u03bb\u1f71\u03c1\u03c5\u03b3\u03be \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd, \u03c4\u03b1\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03b3\u03bb\u1f7d\u03c3\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f10\u03b4\u03bf\u03bb\u03b9\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd,<\/td>\n\u03c4\u1f71\u03c6\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f00\u03bd\u03b5\u1ff3\u03b3\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f41 \u03bb\u1f71\u03c1\u03c5\u03b3\u03be \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03c4\u03b1\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03b3\u03bb\u1f7d\u03c3\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f10\u03b4\u03bf\u03bb\u03b9\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
the poison of asps is under their lips<\/em><\/strong>.<\/em><\/td>\n\u1f30\u1f78\u03c2 \u1f00\u03c3\u03c0\u1f77\u03b4\u03c9\u03bd \u1f51\u03c0\u1f78 \u03c4\u1f70 \u03c7\u03b5\u1f77\u03bb\u03b7 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd<\/td>\n\u1f30\u1f78\u03c2 \u1f00\u03c3\u03c0\u1f77\u03b4\u03c9\u03bd \u1f51\u03c0\u1f78 \u03c4\u1f70 \u03c7\u03b5\u1f77\u03bb\u03b7 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03b4\u03b9\u1f71\u03c8\u03b1\u03bb\u03bc\u03b1<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Romans 3:15-17 (NET)<\/td>\nRomans 3:15-17 (Greek Text)<\/td>\n\n

Isaiah 59:7a, 7c, 8a\u00a0 (Septuagint)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Their feet are swift to shed blood<\/em><\/strong>,<\/em><\/td>\n\u1f40\u03be\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03bf\u1f31 \u03c0\u1f79\u03b4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f10\u03ba\u03c7\u1f73\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u1f37\u03bc\u03b1,<\/td>\n\u03bf\u1f31 \u03b4\u1f72 \u03c0\u1f79\u03b4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bd\u03b7\u03c1\u1f77\u03b1\u03bd \u03c4\u03c1\u1f73\u03c7\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03c4\u03b1\u03c7\u03b9\u03bd\u03bf\u1f76 \u1f10\u03ba\u03c7\u1f73\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u1f37\u03bc\u03b1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ruin and misery are in their paths<\/em><\/strong>,<\/em><\/td>\n\u03c3\u1f7b\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03b9\u03bc\u03bc\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u03b1\u03bb\u03b1\u03b9\u03c0\u03c9\u03c1\u1f77\u03b1 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u03b1\u1fd6\u03c2 \u1f41\u03b4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd,<\/td>\n\u03c3\u1f7b\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03b9\u03bc\u03bc\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u03b1\u03bb\u03b1\u03b9\u03c0\u03c9\u03c1\u1f77\u03b1 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u03b1\u1fd6\u03c2 \u1f41\u03b4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
and the way of peace they have not known<\/em><\/strong>.<\/em><\/td>\n\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f41\u03b4\u1f78\u03bd \u03b5\u1f30\u03c1\u1f75\u03bd\u03b7\u03c2 \u03bf\u1f50\u03ba \u1f14\u03b3\u03bd\u03c9\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd (a form of \u03b3\u03b9\u03bd\u03ce\u03c3\u03ba\u03c9<\/a>).<\/td>\n\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f41\u03b4\u1f78\u03bd \u03b5\u1f30\u03c1\u1f75\u03bd\u03b7\u03c2 \u03bf\u1f50\u03ba \u03bf\u1f34\u03b4\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd (a form of \u03b5\u1f34\u03b4\u03c9<\/a>).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Romans, Part 69<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to Paul’s Religious Mind Revisited, Part 3<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to To Make Holy, Part 1<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

<\/a>[1]<\/sup> Romans 12:12 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[2]<\/sup> Judges 21:2 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[3]<\/sup> Judges 21:3a (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[4]<\/sup> Judges 21:6 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[5]<\/sup> Judges 21:15 (NKJV)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[6]<\/sup> Exodus 32:14 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[7]<\/sup> Judges 21:7a (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[8]<\/sup> Judges 21:1 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[9]<\/sup> Judges 21:7b, 8a (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[10]<\/sup> Numbers 30:1b, 2 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[11]<\/sup> Judges 21:5b (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[12]<\/sup> Judges 20:3a (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[13]<\/sup> Judges 21:25b (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[14]<\/sup> Judges 21:8b, 9 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[15]<\/sup> Judges 21:12a (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[16]<\/sup> Judges 21:14 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[17]<\/sup> Judges 21:20, 21 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[18]<\/sup> Judges 21:23a (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[19]<\/sup> Romans 3:10b-18 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[20]<\/sup> 1 Corinthians 13:7d (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[21]<\/sup> 1 Corinthians 13:6 (NKJV)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[22]<\/sup> Romans 13:10 (NET)<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>[23]<\/sup> Romans 12:12 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[24]<\/sup> Romans 15:13 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[25]<\/sup> Galatians 5:22, 23 (NET)<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>[26]<\/sup> Acts 5:41 (NET) Table<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>[27]<\/sup> John 17:17 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[28]<\/sup> Hebrews 12:2a (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[29]<\/sup> Mark 13:13b (NET)\u00a0 I assume that this endurance is achieved by the patience <\/em>(\u03bc\u03b1\u03ba\u03c1\u03bf\u03b8\u03c5\u03bc\u1f77\u03b1<\/a>) that is another aspect of the fruit of the Spirit<\/a> not some act of will or human effort.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[30]<\/sup> \u201cSyria jihadist ‘kills mother’ after she asked him to leave IS<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/a>[31]<\/sup> Romans 5:1-5 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[32]<\/sup> Acts 2:38-42 (NET) Table1<\/a>; Table2<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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