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Was Swords into plowshares a known saying?
I was reading the passage in Joel 3:10 and thinking about how it contrasts with Isaiah 2:4 and Micah 4:3.
Obviously Joel is talking about a different thing (judgement Vs final restoration) from the ...
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What, if any, is the signficance of how Romans 10:17 is worded?
Romans 10:17
"So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." (NKJV)
"So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ."" (NASB)
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Is Deut 21:1-9 the original source of the phrase " to wash one's hands .."?
Deut 21:1-9( NIV) reads:
If someone is found slain, lying in a field in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who the killer was, 2 your elders and judges shall go ...
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Are “your hearts” poetically portrayed as musical instruments in Ephesians 5:19?
Paul states the following in Ephesians 5:18–19 (NKJV, emphasis added):
And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and ...
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Which translation of Isaiah 53:5 is most faithful to the original?
We read in Isaiah 53:5 (KJV).
He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Many versions, ...
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What do scholars have to say on the root of Verse 20 of Job 19?
We read in Job 19:19-20(NIV):
All my intimate friends detest me;
those I love have turned against me . I am nothing but skin and bones;
I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.
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