Looking Back

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.  Romans 15:4 NASB In earlier times – Ah, the problems on syntax. English does not work like Greek. In Greek we have one word, proegraphe, that requires five English…

New Testament Commentary

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

For whatever things were written before were written for our instruction, that through patience and encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.  Romans 15:4 Whatever – First word emphasis.  Once again we see Paul rearrange the vocabulary in order to highlight a thought.  Here the first word is “whatever” (hosa), a word that we…