by admin | Aug 5, 2017 | My Deeds, Section Four
In another essay I contrasted 1 Corinthians 5:9-13 and Revelation 2:26-29. I’ve wanted to return to the latter for a while. Here is a table representing my unstudied view of the relationship of its clauses in English. Revelation 2:26-29 (NET) And to the one who...
by admin | Nov 6, 2012 | Chapter 8, Romans, Section Two
So then, brothers and sisters, we are under obligation (ὀφειλέται, a form of ὀφειλέτης), not to the flesh (σαρκὶ, a form of σάρξ), to live according to the flesh (σάρκα, another form of σάρξ), Paul continued, (for if you live according to the flesh [σάρκα, another...
by admin | Jul 3, 2012 | Less Than Sin?, Section Two
To approach the issue of whether such πορνεία as is not so much as named among the Gentiles1 is of greater consequence than the παραπτώματι (a form of παράπτωμα) addressed in Galatians 6:1 I want to consider Romans 7. But first I want to remind myself of that most...