I will give them one heart and one way of life, to reverence me at all times, for their own good and the good of their children after them. Jeremiah 32:39 (J. A. Thompson translator) One way of life – God promises to give those who are chosen to enjoy His new covenant (see Jeremiah…
If the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, so is the whole lump, and if the root is holy, so are the branches. Romans 11:16 ESV Root – Nothing too unusual about this word, rhiza. Root of a plant. Foot of a mountain. Depths of the sea. By the time rabbinic Judaism developed in the…
That is why a wife ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels. 1 Corinthians 11:10 ESV Because of the angels – Sometimes when you have half a conversation in a letter from another culture and another time, you can barely figure out what the argument was all about. …
The people stood far off, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was. Exodus 20:21 ESV Far off – When God descends on His mountain, are you near or far off? You might say, “Well, we aren’t at Sinai, so how can I tell?” But if you knew that the idiomatic use…
for the one who gives him a greeting participates in his evil deeds 2 John 11 NASB Participates – We have koinonia fellowship with God’s chosen. That’s what it means to become a citizen of the Kingdom. But now John uses the same underlying verb to warn us of another kind of participation. By saying…
If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house, and do not give him a greeting. 2 John 10 NASB This teaching – John gets nasty. If someone comes to you with a message that doesn’t square with the truth of the Messiah, don’t let him…
I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.” Psalm 122:1 NASB Let us go – In a language without punctuation, emphasis is accomplished by word placement. Words that come first are more strongly emphasized than words that come last. So you won’t be surprised to find…
Any one who goes too far and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God; the one who abides in the teaching, he has both the Father and the Son. 2 John 9 NASB Goes too far – There is one standard of correct understanding of God’s demands on men. That…
Watch yourselves, that you might not lose what we have accomplished, but that you may receive a full reward. 2 John 8 NASB Watch yourselves – Are you paying attention? That’s what the Greek term blepo means here. We are to carefully guard, to look diligently at ourselves. But notice what John has in mind. …
For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist. 2 John 7 NASB Flesh – The Greek word translated “flesh” is sarx. It is quite clear that John believes Yeshua came en sarki, “in the flesh.” …
