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What skills are involved in exhorting and convincing the gainsayers?
In Titus 1:9 we read "Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers."
I'd like to learn from both ...
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Why the added 'rise up' in Mark 3:26
Mark 3:24-26 says:
And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
And if Satan rise up against himself, and ...
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Why did the Elders tell King Ahab not to agree to Ben-Haddad, King of Syria second command?
1 Kings 20:4
And the king of Israel answered and said, “My lord, O king, just as you say, I and all that I have are yours.”
1 Kings 20:7-8
7 So the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, ...
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What is the 'form' of teaching ('pattern of 2 Tim 1:13) in Romans 6:17?
Is this a catechism - a set construction of teaching? Why not just say ... 'the teachings which you were committed'?
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In Proverbs 1:8 is it "mother's law" or "mother's instruction"?
Could the word ‘torah’ be more universal in use as law/teaching/instruction or could this use in proverbs mean that the mother also taught the Law?
I guess what I am trying to ascertain is whether ...
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"Unbiased" Intro to Old Testament [closed]
I teach Intro to Old Testament at a community college. I am looking for something that may be a unicorn.But, I am going to ask anyway. Does anyone know of an Intro to Old Testament that does not ...
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What does it mean that a "false teacher" has been "bought" in 2 Pet 2:1?
In 2 Peter 2:1, the author warns believers about false teachers, saying:
But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly ...
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Woman behavior according to 1 Timothy 2.9-15 - historical context
I am meditating in the pastoral letters of Paul, trying to understand deeply his advice. However due to my lack of historical context knowledge, I couldn't really understand what he really meant on 1 ...
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What is the correct interpretation of Matthew 7:6?
6“Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you. ESV
Popular interpretations of this verse do not seem to fit well ...
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How do you reconcile I Tim 2 saying that a woman is not to teach a man and the account of Priscilla and Aquila teaching Apollos who was a man?
How do you reconcile 1 Tim 2 which says that a woman is not to teach a man and Acts 18:24-28 which is account of Priscilla and Aquila teaching a man, Apollos?
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"How did Jesus' "teaching with authority" differ from the Scribes?"
In Matt. 7:28-29 the author inserts a narrative remark,"And it came to pass, when He had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at His doctrine: for He taught them as having authority, and ...
