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. ● Rom 5:10 . .We shall be [protected] by his life. Folks unified with Christ are not only reckoned joint principals with him in his crucifixion but also joint principals with him in his resurrection. (Rom 6:3-11) In a nutshell: Jesus went to the cross laden with sin but came back from the...

. 508) 1Pet 4:8 . . Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love hides a large number of sins. A person easily provoked is not a loving person. One Saturday morning I and another man at church were moving some furniture from one place to another inside the main building...

. 507) 1Pet 4:7 . . The culmination of all things is approaching; therefore be serious, and watchful in your prayers. I think we can safely apply some of the parable of the ten virgins to this passage. (Matt 25:1-13) The big mistake made by the five foolish virgins was abandoning their watch...

. 506) 1Pet 4:1-2 . .Therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same purpose, because he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, so as to live the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. The Greek...

. 505) 1Pet 3:15b . . Be ready always to give an answer to every man that asks you a reason of the hope that is in you. The only requirement there is to always be ready; we are not required to always give an answer. In point of fact the Lord restricts our responses to sincere folks rather than...

. There may be, might be, some consolation relative to the lake of fire depicted by Rev 20:11-15. The reason that I suspect so is because not only will people's resurrected bodies be destroyed in the lake, but also their souls. "Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the...

. 504) 1Pet 3:15a . . Dedicate your hearts to The Lord God A word not commonly heard in Christian circles is loyalty; variously defined by Webster's as allegiance, faithfulness, and fidelity. This goes much further than just merely believing in God; it includes following His instructions...

Eternal life is one of Christianity's benefits that deserve a very high priority because folks lacking it are also lacking unification with God's son. ● 1John 5:11-12 . . God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His son. He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of...

. When Jesus' flesh and blood are properly consumed, they endow the diners with eternal life. ● John 6:53-54 . . I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, Note the...

. ● 2Tim 3:16 . . All scripture is given by inspiration of God. Unfortunately the scriptures given by God no longer exist. There are numerous English versions of the Bible in our day, too many to count. Well; they can't possibly all be inspired. So when someone asks "Do you believe the Bible...

. 503) 1Pet 3:14b . . And do not fear their intimidation, nor be shaken, Peer pressure, mob rule, cultural influences, group-think, censoring, ostracism, changing customs, and political powers are always at work seeking to manipulate Christians and tone down their moral values. This is...

Some of the folks in the audience there that day thought Jesus meant for them to literally dine upon his actual flesh and blood. But then he asked them how they would if he wasn't accessible, like if he was up in heaven and they down on earth as it is today? Well; it turns out that Jesus was...

. 502) 1Pet 3:14a . . If you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. The Greek word translated "blessed" means fortunate. The righteousness spoken of here is likely relative to a moral code in agreement with Christian standards-- which are more or less set in concrete...

. When the dead stand to face justice per Rev 20:11-15, they won't be disembodied, rather, they'll be physical due to the process of restoring their remains to life, i.e. resurrected. ● Dan 12:2 . . And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and...

. 501) 1Pet 3:10-11 . . Let him who means to love life and see good days refrain his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking guile. And let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it. Webster's defines "guile" as duplicity which is defined as: contradictory...

. Re: There For Him To my knowledge, no women touched Jesus crucified body till later on after his remains were restored to life. _

. 500) 1Pet 3:8b-9 . . Have compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous; not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing, but contrariwise: benevolence. "compassion" is from a Greek word that basically means having a fellow feeling; viz: empathy, i.e. mutual...

. 499) 1Pet 3:8a . . Finally, all of you be of one mind, Peter’s not talking about the nerve center of a Borg-hive collective. The Greek word translated "one mind" basically means harmonious; and this is the only place in the entire New Testament where that word appears. Webster’s defines...

. 498) 1Pet 3:7b . . Give honor unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, The Greek word translated "honor" basically means a value, i.e. money paid. The word for "weaker" basically means: having no strength, i.e. fragile. And the word for "vessel" basically indicates anything from a soup...

. 497) 1Pet 3:7a . . You husbands, dwell with your wives according to knowledge The Greek word translated "knowledge" basically means knowing (as information) in other words: facts and/or ideas acquired by study, education, training, investigation, observation, research, and/or experience...