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I think Paul is talking about the future resurrection, but with a very real sense of that future resurrection being something inevitable - giving us certainty, purpose, and hope in the present time.
A few verses later we read about having been adopted as sons:
15 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received ...
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1Sa 9:2 And he had a son, whose name [was] Saul, a choice young man,
and a goodly: and [there was] not among the children of Israel a
goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward [he was] higher
than any of the people.
Php 3:5 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, [of] the
tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; ...
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Where the phrase is used
Here are several places where the apostle Paul uses this phrase, usually translated by the ESV as "The statement is trustworthy":
(1Tim 1:15 [GNT])
πιστὸς ὁ λόγος καὶ πάσης ἀποδοχῆς ἄξιος, ὅτι Χριστὸς Ἰησοῦς ἦλθεν εἰς τὸν κόσμον ἁμαρτωλοὺς σῶσαι· ὧν πρῶτός εἰμι ἐγώ,
(1Tim 3:1 [GNT])
Πιστὸς ὁ λόγος· εἴ τις ἐπισκοπῆς ὀρέγεται, καλοῦ ...
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One possibility is that it came out of the meeting in Jerusalem described in Galatians 2, where Paul writes:
and when James and Cephas and John, who were acknowledged pillars, recognized the grace that had been given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. ...
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I hate to dump a lengthy quote here, but I have a great scholarly resource available on the meaning of this word that gives TONS of extrabiblical quotations. Here are a bunch of places it occurs in other literature:
συνείδησις, εως, ἡ (συνεῖδον)
① awareness of information about someth., consciousness (Democr.,
Fgm. 297 σ. τῆς κακοπραγμοσύνης; ...
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The word used for broken in 1 Corinthians 11:24 is κλάω, which according to Strong's is used specifically the breaking of bread, while in John 19:36, συντρίβω (shatter, break in pieces) is used.
The Interpreter's Bible, when commenting on 1 Corinthians 11:24 says of the use of broken:
This may be an interpretive gloss, as most modern editors of the ...
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All excellent answers:
Why is this spirit giving seemingly positive witness to Paul's claims?
The same reason Balaam could only bless Israel even though he set out to curse them.
If it is true testimony, why does Paul eventually get annoyed (diaponeo) with the girl?
diaponeo - through the pain, grieved. Paul was pained by her condition. She is a ...
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In short, Paul sees his outreach to the Gentiles as a ministry to Israel (Romans 11:12-15). God promised Abraham that in his seed all the nations (Gentiles) of the world would be blessed (Genesis 22:18; Galatians 3:15). And Isaiah prophesied
In the last days the mountain of the Lord’s temple will be established
as the highest of the mountains; it ...
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An alternative explanation could just be rooted in practicality.
The pattern had already been established by the Antiochene church in Acts 11:27-30. Agabus predicted an imminent famine and the church in Antioch. There were many famines during Claudius's reign (41-54), the most severe of which occurred in Judea around 46-47.
Because of the imminent threat, ...
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1Co 11:24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take,
eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance
of me.
Sensus Plenior always argues from a position of faith that God has preserved his word and that apparent contradictions are riddles which have intended meaning.
This verse is used to show that Paul was ...
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The context of 2 Tim 3:1-9 speaks of people who were ostensible converts to Christianity, but whose deeds betray their spiritual folly. That is, Jannes and Jambres are mentioned in a context of believers who are hypocrites. Thus the context of 2 Tim 3:1-9 is not talking about unbelievers but of apostates, who make an ostensible claim to faith.
There is a ...
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τέλειος
The word Paul used that's translated "completeness" is:
teleios <5046>
1) brought to its end, finished
2) wanting nothing necessary to completeness
3) perfect
4) that which is perfect
4a) consummate human integrity and virtue
4b) of men
4b1) full grown, adult, of full age, mature
To as student of philosophy, as I believe ...
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Whether Paul anticipated that his letters would be collected together in the form we have them today we cannot know for sure (as he does not tell us). However I think it is clear that Paul believed that he was carried along by the Holy Spirit as he wrote his letters - this is indicated explicitly in 1 Corinthians 7:40
Yet in my judgment she is happier if ...
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Saul / Paul was indeed a unique and chosen vessel to carry the news of the resurrection of the dead to the powers that controled the civilized world at this crucial point in history.
He was a Roman, trained/taught by Gamaliel and well acquainted with the limitations of the Jews and their ties to the governing authorities. The Jews did not have authority to ...
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In Gen 1.1 'heavens' is a dual form of the word. God created two heavens and one earth. These are heavens 1 and 2 as listed above. They are created heavens.
The third heaven is referred to as the heaven of heavens:
2Ch 6:18 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth?
behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much
...
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Moses received the Old Covenant on Sinai, and was therefore the mediator of the Old Covenant to the Israelites.
Four hundred and thirty years earlier, Abraham had received the promise that “all nations will be blessed in you” (Gal 3:8 & Gen 12:3). This promise was later fulfilled through the New Covenant, when the Holy Spirit was poured out on the ...
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