Today’s Word
Triple Play
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy. James 3:17 NASB Pure – James, Paul and John agree. They each use this rather rare Greek word for the same thing – moral purity. Paul uses it in 1 Timothy 5:22. John uses…
The Order of Righteousness
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy. James 3:17 NASB From above – First let’s straighten out John 3:3. James uses the same word here (anothen) that we find in John 3:3. But the Christian evangelical world chooses to translate anothen…
God’s Children
who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. John 1:13 ESV Blood – Pretend you are a Jewish reader of John’s gospel living at the end of the first century. You would find striking parallels between John’s opening verses and the…
Involuntary Sin
And he said to the woman, “Indeed, has God said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden?’” Genesis 3:1 NASB Has God said – It’s time to re-read the serpent’s statement. In Hebrew it begins with af ki-amar Elohim. As David Fohrman points out, this is not a question, in spite of…
Situational Legislation
Of old I have known from Your testimonies that You have founded them forever. Psalm 119:152 NASB Founded – Why don’t you pick up your Bible and read this verse? KJV, ESV, RSV and NKJV retain “testimonies.” NLT uses “laws.” NIV translates “statutes.” Since the psalmist claims that these are established forever, it would be…
A Firm Foundation
“They will not take from you even a stone for the corner nor a stone for foundations, but you will be desolate forever,” declares the LORD. Jeremiah 51:26 NASB A stone for the corner – God does not build on the foundation of Babylon. Through Jeremiah, God tells us that no stone (lemosedot – actually…
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