by admin | Mar 7, 2018 | My Deeds, Section Four
There is a table representing my unstudied view of the relationship of the clauses of Revelation 2:26-29. I’m considering the clause, who continues in my deeds until the end, because it tugs the hardest at me to return to my own works. I’ve begun to try to...
by admin | Jan 10, 2016 | Chapter 12, Love, Rejoice in hope, Romans, Section Three
This will conclude my consideration of Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer[1] as a description of love rather than as rules to obey. I’ll continue with the aftermath of the war between Israel and Benjamin. So the people came to Bethel and sat...
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 | 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...
by admin | Oct 4, 2012 | Chapter 4, Romans, Section Two
Against hope (ἐλπίδα, a form of ἐλπίς) Abraham believed (ἐπίστευσεν, a form of πιστεύω) in hope (ἐλπίδι, another form of ἐλπίς),1 Paul continued. At ninety-nine-years old Abraham had plenty of empirical proof that his wife Sarah could not have a child. He had no...