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. Ed committed a number of unspeakable crimes, but nevertheless guys in his situation are not beyond redemption. ● John 3:16-17 . . For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son...

. ● Eph 6:4 . . Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of The Lord. Too often the first half of that verse is omitted and the focus swung entirely upon the second. Well; let's break ranks and include the first half for a change because a...

. ● 1Tim 5:2b . . Speak to the younger women as sisters, in all purity. Men should especially avoid speaking to the young women in church as if they've met in a beer joint or a bowling alley. There are some forms of language, and figures of speech, that no sensible man would ever use around his...

. ● 1Tim 5:2a . . Speak to the older women as mothers, Honoring one's mother means giving her the respect that her age and her maternal position deserve. It means watching your language, and it means keeping a civil tongue in your head. It means speaking to her as a grown-up instead of a child...

. ● 1Tim 5:1b . .Speak to the younger men as you would to your own kindred. In this case, the kindred would be sort of like a man's younger siblings; viz: his kid brothers. Young boys look up to their big brothers; who by all rights should be setting the example as role models that a growing...

. Jesus has the rank of firstborn among the Christians in God's family circle. "For those God foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of His son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren." (Rom 8:29) The "many brethren" are heirs within God's family circle. "Now...

. 194) Eph 5:25-27 . . Husbands love your wives, etc. The English word translated "love" in that passage is conjugated from the Greek verb agapao which is a very easy kind of love to practice because it's more about benevolence than affection: agapao-- unlike phileo --doesn't require that we...

. ● 1Tim 5:1a . . When speaking to an older man, appeal to him respectfully as though he were your own father. Those instructions weren't given to a child, rather, to a grown Christian man in charge of managing a whole church. So I gather that if a man in Timothy's position is required to treat...

. Christian men have a pot-holed path to navigate. On the one hand they have to be strong without being bullies, and on the other they have to be tender without being sissies; for example: ● 1Pet 3:7a . . Give honor unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel. NOTE: Although husbands are senior...

. ● 1Pet 3:6 . . . Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; and you have become her daughters if you do what is right without being frightened by any fear. Sarah's submission to Abraham was voluntary, i.e. she was neither coerced nor intimidated. Abraham didn't have to break Sarah's spirit by...

. 193) Eph 5:23-24 . . For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. Christians, no less, have tried to circumvent those...

. ● Titus 2:3-5 . . Instruct the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Then they can train the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind...

. ● Eph 5:33b . . The wife must respect her husband. The Greek verb for respect essentially refers to "fright" and is used just that way in numerous places throughout the New Testament. Some translate it "reverence" defined by Webster's as honor or respect; felt or shown; which means that...

. Here's a new word for your vocabulary: Womxn. You know what that is? It's the latest desperate attempt by progressive women to avoid identifying themselves with men in every way possible. I suppose they'll next revise the spelling of their gender to look like this: femxle. ● Col 3:18 ...

. ● 1Cor 11:7-10 . . For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man. For this cause...

. ● 1Cor 11:6a . . If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off; It's tempting to construe these rules as demeaning to women; but we're getting at something fundamental here that goes all the way back to the first few chapters of Genesis. Women, by nature, are far more...

. ● 1Cor 11:4-5a . . Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered disrespects his head. And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered disrespects her head. The man's head is Christ (1Cor 11:13a) and the woman's head is Adam (1Cor 11:13b) Christian women aren't...

. ● 1Cor 11:3 . . But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. It never seems to fail that somebody will actually attempt to refute Paul's statement by quoting Paul. To wit: "You are all sons of God...

The position of the firstborn is very notable throughout the Bible, beginning with Adam and finding its ultimate supremacy with Christ. FAQ: How is Christ in the position of the supreme firstborn when so many of his ancestors came before him? Shouldn't he be the junior and they the senior...

. I've encountered a number of folks during my +/- 27 years on the internet who sincerely believe Jesus' glorified body consists of spirit material instead of solid material. But the Bible says Jesus will be capable of dining upon ordinary foods and beverages in the kingdom of God right along...