Put me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, jealousy is as severe as Sheol; its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the LORD. Song of Solomon 8:6 Ownership Seal – In one of the finest love poems from the…
and grant her honor as a fellow-heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered. 1 Peter 3:7 Diagnosis Confirmed Not Be Hindered – Peter concludes this verse with a thought that should cause every Christian man to sit up. He says that just as there is a purpose (“likewise”),…
You husbands, likewise, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with a weaker vessel, since she is a woman; and grant her honor as a fellow-heir of the grace of life; 1 Peter 3:7 Life Together Fellow-heir – No one wants a marriage that doesn’t work. When we walk down the aisle, when…
You husbands, likewise, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with a weaker vessel, since she is a woman; and grant her honor as a fellow-heir of the grace of life; 1 Peter 3:7 Open Door Invitation Grant Her Honor – The word for “grant” is aponemontes. It means “to assign, to bestow…
You husbands, likewise, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with a weaker vessel, since she is a woman; and grant her honor as a fellow-heir of the grace of life; 1 Peter 3:7 Not What It Seems Weaker Vessel – God establishes the marriage covenant as a living human witness to the…
“Likewise, you husbands, dwelling together with your wives according to knowledge,” 1 Peter 3:7 According To Knowledge – “Likewise” establishes the purpose. “Dwelling together” establishes the goal. The verb “dwelling together” is sunoikein. The LXX translates the Hebrew yada with this verb in reference to sexual intercourse within marriage. This is a fully-intimate marriage relationship. In…
“Likewise, you husbands, dwelling together with your wives according to knowledge,” 1 Peter 3:7 Bridges Likewise – It is unfortunate that Christianity has been slandered with the idea that wives are the submissive slaves of their husbands. Only sloppy exegesis and political correctness could have distorted the concept of submission in this way. Any careful scholarly…
And He said, “What is the Kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?” Luke 13:18 And To What – If there were ever a phrase that shows us that Jesus is thinking and speaking like a Jewish rabbi of the first century, this is it! “And to what may it be…
Thus says the LORD, “Keep justice and do righteousness.” Isaiah 56:1 Do Righteousness – Another verb, another noun. Isaiah continues his summary of God’s instructions for life with two more insights. The verb is ‘asah. It describes an activity that is focused on accomplishing a designated purpose. If this were a Greek word, we would…
Thus says the LORD, “Keep justice and do righteousness.” Isaiah 56:1 Keep Justice – One of the marks of Torah scholarship was the ability of the rabbi to summarize all the Law in a comprehensive and dense saying. The scribes posed this challenge to Yeshua when they asked for His summation of all the commandments…
