Today’s Word
Spiritual Direction
because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints; Philemon 1:5 NASB Toward – prós is a complicated Greek preposition. Its meaning changes with the case. If it expresses possession, it is a genitive and generally means “before.” If it is a dative,…
What Is Remembered
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…
Get It Right!
—also to Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier—and to the church that meets in your home: Philemon 1:2 NIV Church – But of course it wasn’t a church! The word is ekklēsía, an assembly. In particular, a non-religious assembly. Not a synagoge—a religious assembly. By now we all know why Paul chooses this non-religious…
Dear Sir:
To Philemon our dear friend and fellow worker—also to Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier—and to the church that meets in your home: Philemon 1:1b-2 NIV Fellow worker/fellow soldier – Philemon and Archippus aren’t just ordinary believers in Paul’s thinking. They are syn-plus the noun, that is synergō and synstratiōtēs, a combination that demonstrates…
Lockdown
Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon our dear friend and fellow worker Philemon 1:1 NIV Prisoner – Who is responsible? That’s the underlying question here. Is Paul’s imprisonment due to the Romans? The Jews? The opposition to The Way? The puppet governor of Judea? Paul doesn’t seem to think so. As far…
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