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Jesus said to the Pharisees in Matthew 15:5-6, YLT: [YLT] 5 but ye say, Whoever may say to father or mother, An offering is whatever thou mayest be profited by me; 6 and he may not honour his father ...
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Hebrews 2:10-11 In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through suffering. For both the One ...
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(1 Corinthians 7:8) "To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain single, as I am" (1 Corinthians 7:32-34) "The unmarried man is anxious about the things of ...
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If Cain and his brothers married their sisters, and Abraham did with his half sister, and more so with the rest of the family lineage, then wouldn't everyone else who was born from that family line be ...
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Isaiah 58:7 New American Standard Bible 1995 7 (a) “Is it not to divide your bread [a]with the hungry (b) And bring the homeless poor into the house; (c) When you see the naked, to cover him; (d) ...
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I will try and keep this short and to the point. I have learned through hermeneutics and apologetics that I firmly believe Homosexuality is a sin according to what the scriptures tell us. My wife ...
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It is the start of Jesus ministry and clearly Jesus' family have not yet become his followers in the same way as his new disciples. However, he has obviously made an impact on his local community by ...
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I have wondererd what Jesus wanted to mean with the following (John 13:34): A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. (...
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In Matthew 1:16 Joseph is said to be the son of Jacob. "Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary" In Luke 3:23 Joseph is said to be the son of Heli. "Joseph, which was the son of Heli&...
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Before Jesus died on the cross, we have in John 19:26: When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman, here is your son,” But Mary had other ...
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Nehemiah 3 lists the builders who were responsible for repairing different parts of Jerusalem's wall. Sometimes the text makes explicit reference to a group of builders, e.g.: Eliashib the high ...
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I might be indicating the obvious, but I suppose I say this because I myself come from an ethnic group with an Eastern cultural background, therefore, I am somewhat familiar with close affinities ...
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Based on the text, what is the context of 1 Timothy 2? Some say it's the home/family, others say it's the church, and yet others say it's "everywhere" (cf. v. 8). Knowing the answer would ...
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Genesis 3:20 KJV [20] And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
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Paul M. Conner, O.P., Celibate Love p. 23 (PDF p. 27), claims: In Hebrew the terms "sister" and "bride" do not always have literal application. Often they are interchangeable. ...
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