And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. Matthew 6:12 NIV Debts – The Greek term translated “debts” in Matthew’s version of the Lord’s Prayer is not a word that means “sins.” It’s opheílēmata, from the root opheílō. “Etymologically obscure, this word means ‘to owe someone something,’ e.g. loans, debts, sums,…
But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. I certainly will require your lifeblood; from every animal I will require it. And from every person, from every man as his brother I will require the life of a person. Whoever sheds human blood, by man his blood shall be shed, for in the image of God He made mankind. Genesis…
How then can mankind be righteous with God? Or how can anyone who is born of woman be pure? If even the moon has no brightness and the stars are not pure in His sight, Job 25:4-5 NASB Righteous – Perhaps Moses was delusional. Or maybe just egotistical. He certainly seems to have been affected by some mental mistake when he…
How then can mankind be righteous with God? Or how can anyone who is born of woman be pure? If even the moon has no brightness and the stars are not pure in His sight, Job 25:4-5 NASB Righteous – Before we try to answer Job’s rhetorical question, we need to know the standard he employs. That is the Hebrew term…
For His wrath lasts but a moment; life results from His favor; in the evening, weeping may tarry, but in the morning there is joyful singing. Psalm 30:6 Hebrew Bible Chabad A moment – No vowels. Remember that. The absence of vowels leads to some interesting, and important, alternatives. Note the Hebrew (pointed) translation from…
For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. Romans 8:29 ESV The LORD has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble. Proverbs 16:4 ESV Predestined – It shouldn’t be…
For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord will take me up. Psalm 27:10 NASB Will take me up – One of the greatest tragedies of life is to be forsaken by your parents. Not orphaned but abandoned. Recovery from that circumstance is extremely difficult, if even possible. Parental abandonment is life threatening, not just…
Forty years I loathed a generation and I said, “A people of straying hearts are they and they did not know My ways”; so I swore in My anger, “They shall never come to My resting place!” Psalm 95:10-11 translation Jack Riemer Loathed – God is love, right? God loves everyone, right? God doesn’t want…
For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand. Today, [c]if you will hear His voice, Psalm 95:7 NASB Today, – Since the original has no punctuation, how exactly are we to read this verse. Look closely at the NASB translation and compare it to the Chabad translation:…
Your kingdom come. Your will be done, Matthew 6:10 NASB Your will be done – “I’ll be there tomorrow G_d willing.” He replied, “Insha’Allah, ‘by the will of God.’” “Instead, you ought to say, ‘If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.’” Judaism, Islam, Christianity—all use the expression “the…
