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1 Cor 15:24-28 Are translators translating the subjunctive? If not are we missing anything by leaving it untranslated?
Greek often uses the subjunctive in places where English would not. Several such examples can be seen in 1 Corinthians 15:24-28 of how the subjunctive is used after a temporal adverb (hotan, meaning ...
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Is being “in Christ” mysticism by Paul?
Depends on how you define the vague word "mysticism". If it means intimate connection with God, that is to say, when God's activities and your life become so intertwined, so intimately ...
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Is being “in Christ” mysticism by Paul?
Mysticism - belief that union with or absorption into the Deity or the
absolute, or the spiritual apprehension of knowledge inaccessible to
the intellect, may be attained through contemplation and
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Is the Benjamite Prophecy about Paul?
Genesis chapter 49 is the last words of Jacob to his sons. It prophesies what will happen to them in days to come (vv49:1).
After the Northern Kingdom was conquered by Assyria, the northern tribes ...
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Is the Benjamite Prophecy about Paul?
Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf; in the morning he shall devour the
prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil (Genesis 49:27).
People are free to interpret prophecies as they wish, but the wolf ...
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In Romans 1:16 why does Paul say "to the Jew first"?
The Jews (representative of Israel) have the covenant. The gospel is first for the covenanted people. Then the covenanted people are to be a light to the nations. God chose Israel to be His ...
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Does Paul seeing Jesus physically after his ascension Violate Matthew 24?
Contextual Interpretation We have here two different subject matters. When Jesus spoke in the Olivet Discourse, He was giving a warning about Christians being led astray by false prophets who claimed ...
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How can we understand Romans 4:19 in the light of different translations?
These words contain an apparent contradiction, since the the textual streams diverge here.
On the one hand, we have a very reliable set of manuscripts that omit "ⲟⲩ" (not). The list is a ...
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Does Paul seeing Jesus physically after his ascension Violate Matthew 24?
Jesus delivered more than one message to Paul:
On the Road to Damascus, Acts 9:3-6, 22:6-10, 26:12-18. In all these accounts, Jesus did not "appear" personally but Saul only saw a bright ...
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How can we understand Romans 4:19 in the light of different translations?
The KJV Greek source TR lacks adds the negative particle, likely to suit the sentence according to the scribe's misinterpretation or expectation. The older mss or the critical text says that Abraham ...
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Does Paul seeing Jesus physically after his ascension Violate Matthew 24?
No, Paul's experience with Jesus on the Damascus road does not violate the warning of Mt. 24:2326. The verses in question read:
Then if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ,’ or ‘There He ...
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Are there any reasonable non-traditional interpretations of Romans 13 and similar "submit to the authorities" passages?
New Testament admonitions to obey authorities have to be understood in the context rather than as absolute teachings applicable in all times and places. In the case of 1 Peter 2: the command to obey ...
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What does Paul mean by “appeared” in 1 Corinthians 15?
The “key” to understanding the death experience in scripture is, I believe, found in 1 Corinthians 15. Unfortunately, most people understand this passage as referring to resurrection:
[1Co 15:51-57 ...
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Are there any reasonable non-traditional interpretations of Romans 13 and similar "submit to the authorities" passages?
but that does not explain why Peter—and especially Paul—seem to think that government, and human ruling authorities in general, are there for good according to traditional interpretations. Since this ...
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What does Paul mean by “appeared” in 1 Corinthians 15?
re: "Had Paul encountered Jesus? It depends on how we interpret the following, if the man Paul described was himself.
2 Corinthians 12:2-7 NIV"
I don't see a thing at all in this verse that ...
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hilasterion as a mercy seat
The OP is correct that the words often translated "mercy seat" (meaning the lid for the Ark of the Covenant) means nothing of the kind. So, why do most English translations translate them ...
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