I thank my God always, making mention of you in my prayers, Philemon 1:4 NASB Making mention – Translated in this way, it might seem that Paul briefly speaks of these people. “Making mention” is sort of like reviewing a list, saying a sentence or two and moving on to the next item on the…
“In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.” Matthew 7:12 NASB Treat – There’s a footnote attached to the translation of the Greek poiéō in this NASB version. It reads, “Lit[erally] you, too, do so for them.” That’s the way most of us learned this verse. …
And his master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this age are more shrewd in relation to their own kind than the sons of light. Luke 16:8 NASB Shrewdly – This has to be one of the strangest of all parables. Is Yeshua really praising a man who deliberately…
Little children, let no one deceive you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous, the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. 1 John 3:7-8a NASB Practices – Rudolph Bultmann was one of the most important Christian theologians of the last…
And He could do no miracle there except He laid His hands upon a few sick people and healed them. Mark 6:5 NASB Could do no – Do miracles depend on our faith? If we don’t believe, does our unbelief hinder God’s ability to perform? Was Yeshua hampered because people in His hometown didn’t acknowledge…
“Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” Acts 16:30 Do – “The ordinary believer is not necessarily someone who has made a major decision, but rather someone who continues the tradition of his ancestors, perhaps by merely drifting or wandering about. . . . The moral argument against such a person is that he…
