You have removed all the wicked of the earth like impurities; therefore I love Your testimonies. Psalm 119:119 NASB All the wicked – Well, I certainly wish this were true. Perhaps some day it will be, but right now this statement seems as fictitious as you could imagine. I can’t think of any period in any culture in human…
Wash, become pure, remove your evil acts from My eyes. Cease doing evil. Learn to do good . . . Isaiah 1:16-17a Robert Alter Cease – Yesterday we learned that God rejects all religious acts if the underlying principle of compassion for others is missing in society. Oh, perhaps you need to read that sentence…
Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away. 1 Corinthians 13:8 NASB Gifts of prophecy – Read this verse in a few other translations. You will immediately notice that the NASB adds…
Keeping away from strife is an honor for a man, but any fool will quarrel. Proverbs 20:3 NASB Keeping away – What does it mean to “keep away” from strife? Does it mean to turn the other cheek? Does it mean to walk away? Does it mean to never press for the truth? When you…
Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil, Isaiah 1:16 ESV Cease – If removing evil was the same as not doing it anymore, then it would not be necessary to have two verbs connected to this idea. But there are two verbs here. …
“You will say this word to them, ‘Let my eyes flow down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people has been crushed with a mighty blow, with a sorely infected wound.’” Jeremiah 14:17 NASB Not cease – Does God cry? Does He cry over His…
