by admin | Jun 26, 2018 | Jesus' Prayer, Section Four, To Make Holy
The next form of ἁγιάζω I want to consider is found in Jesus’ prayer to his Father: Set them apart (ἁγίασον, a form of ἁγιάζω) in the truth; your word is truth.[1] But I’m making a slow pilgrimage through his prayer because I believe I can know his holiness here. I...
by admin | Feb 20, 2018 | Atonement, Section Four, To Make Holy
I plan to begin a slow pilgrimage through kâphar, which will at a minimum include surveying kôpher and kippûr. The first occurrences of kâphar and kôpher according to Strong’s Concordance are found in, Make rooms in the ark, and cover (kâphar, וכפרת; Septuagint:...
by admin | Jan 14, 2018 | Jesus' Prayer, Section Four, To Make Holy
The next form of ἁγιάζω I’ll consider is found in Jesus’ prayer to his Father: Set them apart (ἁγίασον, a form of ἁγιάζω) in the truth; your word is truth.[1] But I plan to crawl through his prayer on my knees because I believe I can know his holiness here. I have...
by admin | Apr 9, 2017 | Chapter 15, Romans, Section Three
But I myself am fully convinced about you, my brothers and sisters, Paul continued, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another.[1] Though it may sound as if Paul commended Roman believers for their peculiar...
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...