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2.24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone (NET Bible) ὁρᾶτε ὅτι ἐξ ἔργων δικαιοῦται ἄνθρωπος καὶ οὐκ ἐκ πίστεως μόνον. Lets start with a corrected translation first before looking at one of the details You see that a man is justified by works, and not only...

You have probably heard that the Judgment seat of Christ takes its meaning from the Olympic Games. The scholars say that the Judges would sit on a raised platform and hand out rewards for the winners of the contests. I checked 30 commentaries by noted and not so noted scholars to find out just...

GJohn 1.18 θεὸν οὐδεὶς ἑώρακεν πώποτε· μονογενὴς θεὸς ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κόλπον τοῦ πατρὸς ἐκεῖνος ἐξηγήσατο. No one has ever seen God. The only one, himself God, who is in closest fellowship with the Father, has made God known. There is a textual variant here that has made this a very...

Without any introduction, here are the words the Apostle John chose to begin his gospel: EN ARCHi HN hO LOGOS KAI hO LOGOS HN PROS TON QEON KAI QEOS HN hO LOGOS Roughly translated: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” John realized the staggering...

The Text-Critical Case Against Biblical Inspiration seems to imply that if we have anything less than full certainty about the text of the Bible, then we can't have confidence in it or its inspired origin. But this is to ask of history more than it can ever supply. What we should expect from...

1.1 Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος en archi hn o logos in beginning was the Word This is just a brief statement about the verb used here. It is the verb EIMI. It is in the Imperfect Tense. And en archi simply refers to the a beginning. Which beginning is contextually developed. Here the beginning is of the...

When the Caliph Othman fixed a text of the Qur'an and destroyed all the old copies which differed from his standard, he provided for the uniformity of subsequent manuscripts at the cost of their historical foundation. A classical text which rests finally on a single archetype is that which is...

KJV Ezek. 39.2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel... NIV Ezek. 39.2 I will turn you around and drag you along. I will bring you from the far north and send you...

1.21 over and far above every ruler, everyone delegated into a position of authority, every mighty one, and every sovereign dictator, as well as anyone of any reputation, not only in this epoch of human (Church Age) history, but also in the next one (Millennium) to come 1.22 and He has...

Why scribes copied NT manuscripts different from other scribes. 1. Is the text produced by a “pastor personality” who will transcribe the text into the vernacular of his people, smoothing out the reading kind of like the Message or the Living Translation does in English? This personality is...

1.18 your innate capacity to perceive and understand spiritual truth is now in a permanent enlightened state, as a result of this, you may now acquire (come to possess) a fully formed vision of the nature of our hope (final destiny) as it relates to His divine invitation, as well as what the...

Heb 2:3, 4 how shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation? This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard him. God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various miracles, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his...

1 John 3.6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. I argued earlier that the one abiding "in him" can not sin because he is walking in the light. Being "in him" is being in fellowship. The second half of this verse also is a bit tricky. The...

1.14 Who (Spirit in his sealing ministry) is the initial release of this inheritance, a down payment, as it were, denoting God’s ownership (and future intention), and this initial release or first installment of the Holy Spirit remains ours until the long-awaited redemption of His property is at...

1:11 and because of our permanent position IN CHRIST we also have been appointed as God’s inheritance, or perhaps, we have been appointed an inheritance (by God) which was foreordained in accordance with His predetermined plan (his decree), a plan/decree which originated from the One who sets in...

1 John 3.6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. There it is, those who abide in him do not sin. Can this be true of us? Most translations add something close to "whosoever abides in him does not CONTINUE to sin." I've been sinning for...

Here is a passage taken from Gen 3. Here God states the consequences of the sins of Satan, Adam, and Eve. 14 So the LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, “Cursed are you above all livestock and all wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the...

It is very possible we have it all wrong. Perhaps Jesus was not born in the Inn. Here is Luke's use of words that might be of interest. Lets first take a look at The Good Samaritan story by Luke: But the expert, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” Jesus replied...

1.9 also by divinely disclosing to us new as well as more fully revealed truths, spiritual truths (pertaining to the Church Age) not previously made known (in the Old Testament), truths which pertain to His sovereign will, purpose, and design, all of this is in keeping with His benevolent...

1.5 [in accordance with His unconditional, principle-based love,] He also pre-designed/predestined us to be adopted into his family this adoption is ours by virtue of our association with Jesus Christ, and all this issued forth in accordance with the pleasure God derived from His sovereign will...