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PHall | November 11, 2015
NASB – They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us. HCSB – They went out from us, but they did not […]
PHall | November 11, 2015
Does John have a sarcastic sense of humor? Does John use a pun to antagonize the antagonists? The opposition who left the orthodox denied the fleshly reality of Jesus. The Docetists could be called “The Seemists” because they taught it only seemed or appeared that Jesus had flesh. Christ was only a spirit. John says, […]
PHall | November 11, 2015
There is debate about the existence, purpose, and interpretive qualities of chiasms yet I still think they serve beyond being a neat organizational outline. Maybe they can even help in controversial texts such as 1 Cor.14:34-35: A – As in all the churches of the saints, B – The women are to keep silent in […]
PHall | October 20, 2015
There was a special inner chamber the High Priest entered once a year with his special robes which he laid down (Lev.16:23), and contained the Ark of the Covenant covered with the Mercy Seat surrounded on each end by Cherubim. There was a special inner chamber our High Priest entered once, where He lay aside […]
PHall | October 20, 2015
NASB (17) The world is passing away, and [also] its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever. HCSB (17) And the world with its lust is passing away, but the one who does God’s will remains forever. ESV (17) And the world is passing away along with its desires, but […]
PHall | October 19, 2015
NASB (16) For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. HCSB (16) For everything that belongs to the world — the lust of the flesh, the lust of the […]
PHall | October 19, 2015
NASB (7) Beloved, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard. HCSB (7) Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old command that you have had from the […]
PHall | October 19, 2015
NASB (6) the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked. HCSB (6) The one who says he remains in Him should walk just as He walked. ESV (6) whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he […]
PHall | October 19, 2015
1 John 1:10 NASB (10) If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us. HCSB (10) If we say, “We don’t have any sin,” we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us. ESV (10) If we say we have not […]
PHall | October 19, 2015
One reason Biblical research is needed, and scholars and historians are important, is to fill in the blanks. Not blanks of truth, but blanks caused by our being removed 2000 years another culture. Just as 2 millennium ago the common title Super Bowl might mean a big or important round dish; today we need these […]