COMMENTARY:
: 1 I commend unto you Phoebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea. (1249 “servant”[diakonos] means minister, deacon, one who exercises the commands of another, waiter, one who serves without necessarily having the office of a deacon, helper, deaconess, agent, assistant, or a messenger.)
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COMMENTARY:
: 2 Let every one of us please his neighbor for his good to edification. (700 “please” [aresko] means win favor, found approval, be acceptable to, to set up a positive relation, to be agreeable, or to accommodate one’s self to the opinions, desires or interests of others.)
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COMMENTARY:
: 9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. (326 “revived” [anazao] means be alive again, recover life, regain strength and vigor, or return to life.)
DEVOTION: Jesus Christ wanted to be Lord of both the living and … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1 Let every soul be subject to the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. (5021 “ordained” [tasso] means appoint, to put in order, to assign a place, designate, set aside, arrange, or put in place.)
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COMMENTARY:
: 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. (3050 “reasonable” [logikos] means pertaining to reason or logic, true to real nature, thoughtful, pertaining to being genuine, or rational.)
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COMMENTARY:
: 25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in. (4457 “blindness” [porosis] means stubbornness, dullness, obstinacy, a covering with a callous, stupidity, hardness, … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. (2205 “zeal” [zelos] means heat, earnest concern, eager rivalry, fervent mind, jealous over, excitement of mind, ardour in embracing, or fervour of spirit.)
DEVOTION: Paul is dealing with the difference between legalist Jews and Christians. … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh. (331 “accursed” [anathema] means an oath, solemn, a votive offering, anything devoted to destruction, anything devoted to evil, or excommunicated.)
DEVOTION: Paul loved his fellow Jew. He loved them so much that if … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit. (2631 “condemnation” [katakrima] means penalty, judgment, decision resulting from an investigation, adverse sentence or doom.)
DEVOTION: Before salvation every individual is headed for the lake of fire. They are … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in oldness of the letter. (2538 “newness” [kainotes] means freshness, new in nature, in a new state of life which the Holy Spirit places us so as to … Read More