Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15 ESV To God – How often have you heard this verse used as a proof text for the need for Bible study? Certainly the goal is…
Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress! Incline your ear to me; Answer me speedily in the day when I call! Psalm 102:2 ESV My distress – How often have you cried out to YHWH in this way? You and I speak the same words that David spoke. Life…
in the same way, you wives, be submissive to your husbands so that 1 Peter 3:1 NASB In the same way – The opening word here is homoios. It means to be in perfect likeness. This is a very important word in the NT. It is used to describe the perfect likeness in substance between…
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus, 2 Timothy 1:1 NASB Promise of life – Paul’s second letter opening makes some changes. They are worth noting. First we see that Paul is still an apostle but now this is by the will…
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our savior, and of Christ Jesus, who is our hope; 1 Timothy 1:1 NASB God our savior – In the Greek text (Nestle-Arland 27th Edition), this verse reads kat’ epitagen theos soteros hemon. That is properly translated “according to the command of God…
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our savior, and of Christ Jesus, who is our hope; 1 Timothy 1:1 NASB According to the commandment of – In the Greek text, this phrase is the translation of kat’ epitagen. It means a bit more than something God wants. The preposition…
How long will all of you attack a man to batter him, like a leaning wall, a tottering fence? Psalm 62:3 ESV A man – Ah, so we are confronted with the problem of evil. God is in charge, but men suffer horribly. God is sovereign but men still murder. God has control but the…
How long will all of you attack a man to batter him, like a leaning wall, a tottering fence? Psalm 62:3 ESV Attack – The Hebrew word tehotetu is a hapax legomenon, i.e., this is its only occurrence in the Tanakh. What does it mean? Take a guess. NIV – assault. NASB – assail. ESV…
How long will you attack a man to batter him, like a leaning wall, a tottering fence? Psalm 62:3 ESV How long – Three thousand years and counting. That’s how long. Does that seem possible? Does it seem reasonable? David asks the perrenial human question. How long do we have to wait, Lord? Lifetime after…
He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken. Psalm 62:2 ESV Greatly shaken – David would have liked Isaiah. They often think the same way. Isaiah 24:19-20 uses this same Hebrew word, mot, to describe the kingdoms of the earth as if they were drunken men, reeling…
