“I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all people will know that you are My disciples: if you have love for one another.” John 13:34-35 NASB New – Yeshua says, in the Greek text, “I am giving you a new commandment.” But…
The Lord’s acts of mercy indeed do not end, for His compassions do not fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 NASB Acts of mercy – This is one of those cases where we must see the Hebrew in order to understand the impact of the verse. “Acts of mercy” just doesn’t cut it. We…
and to put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth. Ephesians 4:24 NASB Put on the new self – Paul is an orthodox Jewish thinker. Among other things, that means his theology is rooted in the Tanakh, interpreted by the rabbinic traditions. When he writes, even…
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2 NASB Renewing of your mind – When Paul calls his readers to renew their minds, what does he mean? Does…
