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Are women allowed to wear any adornment/adorned clothes?

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What kind of mark did YHWH leave on Cain?

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1 Timothy 2:9 women adorment

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"You Search the Scriptures" - How has the democratization of access to the scriptures affected biblical hermeneutics? (John 5:33, 39)

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Was God tired while creating the universe?

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Since the Israelites had flocks and herds & a very large number of livestock in Chapter 12 of Exodus, why did they complain of hunger in Chapter 16?

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How can the Father, Son, and Spirit all be omnipotent? [migrated]

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Presuming Inerrancy, How Are Female Preachers Authorized to Speak in Church? - 1 Corinthians 14:34 [migrated]

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Luke 1:26-56 deleted from Aramaic scripture? [closed]

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If those that had seen Jesus had seen the Father, what did he mean when he said "you have neither heard His voice nor have you seen His appearance; "?

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What promise did Paul and New Testement believers receive that others did not?

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1 Timothy 3:16 – How can the relative pronoun in Greek - Ὃς - which means “who, which, that” etc., be translated as “He”?

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Genesis 21:25 and Genesis 26:18 are talking about the same water well?

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Most Holy Place

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What does "authority" mean in Colossians 2:10?

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Is John 5:1-17 a good example of Jesus healing a man with no faith?

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(Song of Solomon 2:15) "Catch the foxes for us, The little foxes" association with false/foolish prophets based on Ezekiel 13:3-4

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What is the true meaning of "śûaḥ" (meditate?) in Genesis 24:63?

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In Luke 11:50, why is 'this generation responsible for the murder of all God's prophets?'

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What is the only way to see God and live?

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Is this verse in Ezekiel 21:10 obscure due to difficulties in the Hebrew text? If so, how are those difficulties best explained

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In Rev. Ch.5:1-5 John is weeping much and only Jesus is worthy to open the book. If John wrote Revelation why could he not look at it?

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I (Jesus) also will keep you (Philadelphia Church) from the hour of testing.... Rev, 3:10. Keep from *what* exactly?

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Why was the Praetorium an unclean place?

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1 Cor 15:25 - Does Jesus stop reigning? What's the actual function and meaning of "until" in the context of this verse?

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Does John 3:36 mean that those preceding Jesus will “not see life” as a result? [closed]

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Did the patriarchs always get a son on their birthday? If not, we have to add months, say, about 7 years total difference when counting

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Why did Jesus define faith as a matter of the law? Matthew 23:23

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1 John 1:7—Does "fellowship with one another" require walking in the light?

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Why does Genesis 3:14 say that the snake would eat dust?

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Who is angry - Jesus or the Crowd? Mark 3:5

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How do we rule according to Genises 1:28, What do we do, how do we exercise this rule

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In Daniel 8:16, who is the man between the banks of Ulai?

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How do we know there should be commas in between the titles in Isaiah 9:6?

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What are the benefits and/or disadvantages of democratization of interpretative space of the scriptures? [closed]

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Why did Jesus say "your father" and not "our father" regarding Abraham?

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What was the deeper meaning of Mark 8:18?

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Can hermeneutics resolve whether angels have free will? [closed]

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Did God forsake Jesus while on the cross?

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Masoretic apparatus in Psalm 89 of the Stuttgartensia

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Are the 'resist not evil' teachings a response to Roman law?

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Psalm 50(51):4 when Thou art judged (referring to God)

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Jesus was taken by what type of spirit to the Desert?

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Lamentations 1:13: "he turned me back": how does that relate to the rest of the verse?

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What does it really mean to be a child of promise (Gal 4:28)?

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Why did the Pharisees connect baptism to the coming of Christ?

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Historical basis for 'evangelion' in specific military context?

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And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good,


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