Tag: bible
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First John 1:1-2: Prologue
Prologue 1:1 What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we looked at intently and our hands touched, concerning the Word, the source of life – 1:2 This Life was revealed. We have seen it. And so, we testify to it and proclaim to you this…
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First John: Prologue Overview
Prologue 1:1 What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we looked at intently and our hands touched, concerning the Word, the source of life – 1:2 This Life was revealed. We have seen it. And so, we testify to it and proclaim to you this…
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First John: Book Structure and Outline
This post continues a long series that comments on the New Testament book of First John. In this post I comment on some of the major elements of the structure and present an outline of the book. As noted in the previous post, First John was written to address a crisis that was disrupting the…
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First John: Book Background
This post begins a long series that comments on the New Testament book of First John. Let’s begin this series by looking at background information on First John. Who wrote First John? The author of First John does not name himself anywhere in the book even though the modern title of the book includes the…
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Three Final Sounds
Lesson 11: This post is the eleventh and last in a series that explains how to pronounce the Koine Greek alphabet and Greek words. Each post explains three Greek letters and provides example words that contain only the letters covered to that point. This post explains the vowel digraphs οι and ου, and another sound…
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The Way
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6) Phrase FocusI am the way, and the truth, and the life.ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ὁδὸς καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια καὶ ἡ ζωήegō eimi hē hodos kai hē alētheia kai hē zōē<Hear It> In the previous two posts I commented on the…
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