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Justified Through Faith
Attention all Greek scholars! Figure this one out for me! Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, (Rom. 5:1, NIV) Therefore, since we have been made righteous through his faithfulness combined with our faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. (Rom. 5:1, CEB) Therefore, since we have been declared righteous…
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Common English Bible and Romans 5:1
I have enjoyed our New Testament reading this summer in the Common English Bible. Yet, I still find a couple of awkward phrases. (Every translation provides that, however.) Rom. 5:1 in the CEB is interesting: Therefore, since we have been made righteous through his faithfulness combined with our faith,[a] we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. The footnote…
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BIG improvements on the NET Bible website!
I utilize the NET Bible site with some regularity. Today’s visit was eye opening. They’ve changed the format and added some nice features. I am still tooling around, but notice I can put in notes if I want, and post to Facebook, etc. I am still struggling with how to use the concordance, but this is a nice improvement!
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Make Every Effort…
2 Peter 1:5ff I have challenged my church to take one of the characteristics listed in 2 Peter 1:5-7 and meditate on it each day this next week. We don’t have to do one a day. If it takes two days, or a week, it’s okay. The goal is to see what happens when we “make every effort” to add…