“Even if I thought there was hope for me, . . .” Ruth 1:12 JPS Hope – What is your definition of “hope”? Two questions might help you determine if your idea of hope comes from biblical sources or from the culture of Greek philosophy. The first question is this: “Is your idea of hope…
But Naomi replied, “Turn back, my daughters! Why should you go with me? Have I more sons in my body who might be husbands for you?” Ruth 1:11 Turn back – Once again we encounter the verb shuv in this story. One commentator points out that shuv in Jeremiah has seventeen different nuances. We should…
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my rock and my Redeemer. Psalm 19:14 NASB Words – Adin Steinsaltz makes the following comment in his book, Simple Words: “Because we know these words for such a long time, because we seem to know…
They broke into weeping and said to her, “No, we will return with you to your people.” Ruth 1:9-10 JPS Return – Literally this verse reads, “No, it is with you that we return to your people.” Eskenazi points out that the focus of the women’s concern is Naomi, not their personal plight nor their…
For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. Jude 4 Crept in unnoticed – Now how is this possible? How can it be that some slip…
Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. Jude 3 The saints – It all begins with the date of this letter. For some…
See how great a love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. 1 John 3:1 NASB For this reason – Did you notice that John claims the world…
And as for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for any one to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him. 1 John…
He was despised and forsaken of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and like one from whom men hide their face He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Isaiah 53:3 NASB Despised and forsaken – In Messiah Journal, Special Supplement of 2011[1], Steven Lancaster and James Monson examine the Isaiah…
To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours: 1 Corinthians 1:2 NASB Church – Slow down! Take your time reading each word of…
