Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says, ‘Sacrifice and offering Thou hast not desired, but a body Thou hast prepared for Me;’” Hebrews 10:5 NASB Body – New Testament authors often rearrange God’s word from the Tanakh in order to make some point in their own writings. Sometimes they offer rather creative translations…
By now you have struggled through the implications of Matthew 10:28, Yeshua’s supposed endorsement of the “body-soul” dualism that we have been exploring for the last 4 days. Perhaps we haven’t solved the riddle of the translation, but we have at least learned these few things: 1. The “body-soul” or “body-mind-soul” or “body-spirit-soul” concepts found…
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Matthew 10:28 ESV Soul – Greek dualism proposes that Man consists of at least two parts: body (soma) and soul (psyche). According to Greek philosophical thinking following Plato, the…
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Matthew 10:28 ESV Body – In this verse, the translator of Yeshua’s comment uses the Greek word soma. We might expect soma to be the substitute for basar (Hebrew:…
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Matthew 10:28 ESV Destroy – [WARNING: This a long because the subject is complicated.] Does Yeshua teach the destruction of the soul? If He does, doesn’t this stand in…
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Matthew 10:28 ESV Destroy – It is my intention, over the next several days, to deal with the concept of body and soul. We can begin with this verse…
Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality, . . Galatians 5:19 Impurity – The Greek is akatharsia. This word comes from kathairo (we derive the English “catharsis”). Here Paul makes it a negative, so the meaning is “not cleansed”. The background of katharos is ritual cleansing. It is not…
and do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2 And – How many times have you heard this verse? Dozens, I’ll bet, but we often miss the…
because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able {to do so,} Romans 8:7 The Mind Set On The Flesh – How are you doing in your fight for sinless perfection? Are you winning the battle…
And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service and to building up the body of Christ. Ephesians 4:11-12 Equipping – Why did the Lord provide the Body with all of these gifted…
