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Worship in Corinth

That is why a wife ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.  1 Corinthians 11:10 ESV Because of the angels – Sometimes when you have half a conversation in a letter from another culture and another time, you can barely figure out what the argument was all about. …
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Koinos with the Devil

 for the one who gives him a greeting participates in his evil deeds  2 John 11 NASB Participates – We have koinonia fellowship with God’s chosen.  That’s what it means to become a citizen of the Kingdom.  But now John uses the same underlying verb to warn us of another kind of participation.  By saying…
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Unsociable Etiquette

If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house, and do not give him a greeting.  2 John 10  NASB This teaching – John gets nasty.  If someone comes to you with a message that doesn’t square with the truth of the Messiah, don’t let him…
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Waiting for the Day

I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”  Psalm 122:1  NASB Let us go – In a language without punctuation, emphasis is accomplished by word placement.  Words that come first are more strongly emphasized than words that come last.  So you won’t be surprised to find…
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The Progressives

Any one who goes too far and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God; the one who abides in the teaching, he has both the Father and the Son.  2 John 9  NASB Goes too far – There is one standard of correct understanding of God’s demands on men.  That…
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