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- Genesis 27:29c ● Gen 27:29c . . Cursed be they who curse you, blessed they who bless you. That the blessing upon Jacob was definitely the same as the blessing given to Abraham and Isaac is clear from the words spoken here in the final part. First, Isaac conferred the material aspects of...

- 454) 1Pet 2:1-3 . .Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking; as newborn infants, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby. Oftentimes it's a good idea to read the Bible with a dictionary at hand because words like malice...

- 453b) 1Pet 1:22b . . See that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently The Greek word translated "love" in that passage is agapao (ag-ap-ah'-o) which is actually a very easy love to practice because it doesn't consist of things like affection and/or sentiment; which are components of...

- 453a) 1Pet 1:22a . . Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit The grammatical tense of the words "have purified" is past rather than future. In other words, the souls of the Christians to whom Peter penned his epistle were already purified before it arrived...

- Genesis 27:26-29b ● Gen 27:26-27 . .Then his father Isaac said to him: Come close and kiss me, my son. And he went up and kissed him. And he smelled his clothes and he blessed him, saying, Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of the fields that the Lord has blessed. Esau probably always...

- 450) 1Pet 1:13 . . Gird up your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. The koiné Greek word for "gird up" is anazonnumi (an-ad-zone'-noo-mee) which means: to gird afresh; viz: re-gird. Webster's...

- 448) Jas 5:16 . . Confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The word "sins" is an arbitrary editorial insertion rather than a translation; viz: it isn't in the Greek manuscripts so somebody penciled it in. So we could safely re-translate that...

- Genesis 27:14-25 ● Gen 27:14-15 . . He got them and brought them to his mother, and his mother prepared a dish such as his father liked. Rebecca then took the best clothes of her older son Esau, which were there in the house, and had her younger son Jacob put them on; The word for "house" is...

- 445) Jas 5:13a . . Is anyone among you undergoing hardship? Let him pray. Though Jesus' followers weren't experiencing difficulty while he was getting ready for his destiny on the cross (Luke 22:39-46) he no doubt knew that they were soon to undergo a stress test that would cause them to do...

- Genesis 27:5-13 ● Gen 27:5a . . Rebecca had been listening as Isaac spoke to his son Esau. We might ask: Why was Rebecca so concerned anyway? Didn't God decree the firstborn's rights to Jacob? Then Jacob will get them anyway; won't he? Yes. Jacob would eventually end up with the firstborn's...

- 444) Jas 5:12 . . Above all, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath; but let your yes be yes, and your no be no; so that you may not fall under judgment. Does this mean Christians shouldn’t even take an oath in court to tell the truth? No, it doesn’t...

- The Jehovah's Witnesses make the very same claim for themselves; so do the Baptists; and each accuses the other two of falsehood. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (a.k.a. CCC) is the final authority for Rome's followers in all matters pertaining to faith and practice. In other words...

- For the most part; the Bible is an easy read; but its application is not so easy. Rome claims itself the only reliable guide for that. CCC 85 . .The task of giving an authentic interpretation of the Word of God, whether in its written form or in the form of Tradition, has been entrusted to...

- Genesis 27:1c-4 ● Gen 27:1c-2 . . he called his older son Esau and said to him; My son. He answered; Here I am. And he said; I am old now, and I do not know how soon I may die. It's common for older men to feel that not only is their time running out, but also their luck. I've dodged several...

- Genesis 27:1a-1b ● Gen 27:1a . .When Isaac was old Just precisely how old Isaac was at this time, is difficult to tell. But I think we can come close enough for government work. Jacob spent 20 years with Laban. (Gen 31:41a) Joseph was born during that time. (Gen 30:22-24) At just about...

- 443) Jas 5:10 . . For an example of suffering and patience, brethren; take the prophets who spoke in The Lord's name. In rock music, role models are called influences. But whatever your preference, role models and/or influences are handy for providing a pattern for the kinds of people we...

- Genesis 26:31-35 ● Gen 26:31-32 . . Early in the morning, they exchanged oaths. Isaac then bade them farewell, and they departed from him in peace. That same day Isaac's servants came and told him about the well they had dug, and said to him: We have found water! Ah, yes. It is always so...

- It's easy to assume that only really bad people are in hell. But according to Matt 7:23-27, John 3:3-8, John 3:14-20, John 3:36, and Rev 20:11-15, anybody can be there; both the good, the bad, and the not so bad-- bikers, bakers, lawyers, welders, actors and actresses, housewives, bankers...

- 441) Jas 5:7-8 . . Persevere, therefore, brethren, until the coming of The Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it, until it gets the early and late rains. You too be patient; be strong, for the coming of The Lord is at hand. The koiné...

- Genesis 26:26-30 ● Gen 26:26 . . And Abimelech came to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his councilor and Phicol chief of his troops. Well, well, well; look what the cat dragged in. There were a whole lot more than just those three men; you can bet on that. Phicol is the Army chief of staff...