Yesterday we heard of Joseph's brothers on their first and
second trips to Egypt, and pick up the story in Joseph's palace
on the second trip.
https://www.bible.com/bible/116/gen.44
Job gives the 2nd chapter of his six chapter speech.
Translation notes:
13 [You say//0], “This is what the wicked will receive from God;
I also added ‘You say” to verses 16, 18, and 22.
https://www.bible.com/bible/116/job.27
Yesterday we heard of the resurrection of Jesus in the last chapter of Mark. Since Mark very likely wrote his gospel based on Peter's information, it seems fitting that we move to Peters two letters now. Evidently Peter spent the last decade of his life in Rome, where he was martyred around the year 64. Mark (whom Peter fondly refers to as ‘his son’ in chapter 5) was with him in Rome when this was written. Silas— whom we will hear of later in Acts, was Peter's secretary for writing this letter. Scholars do not doubt that this letter is from Peter.
Here are a couple of quotes from Constable’s Notes. Constable quotes Selwyn:
Along with [1Peter’s//its] [end times//eschatological] focus there is much emphasis on holiness (personal, social, and communal), hope, salvation, community, relationship to the world, the Trinity, and especially suffering.
despite its brevity—only 105 verses in all—[1Peter/it] is a microcosm of Christian faith and duty, the model of a pastoral charge, composed of divers materials and of many themes.”
One of my goals for the DBRP is to highlight places that show our
identity in Christ. For those who want to delve deeper, I encourage you to search out and mark every occurrence of these repeated words: suffering, hope, joy, grace, and glory.
Translation notes:
1This letter is from Peter, an apostle of [Christ Jesus*//Jesus Christ]. [and this change will be made everywhere.]
*Even though the Greek has the order as 'Jesus Christ' and that order sounds natural to our ears, it is not grammatical. This is shown if I put some other title and name in that order. If I say, “Obama President is going to Egypt next week,” then everyone will say that that ordering is unnatural. We never say, “Obama President” but “President Obama...” By using the grammatical order for “Christ Jesus” it makes it clear that a title is being used. The title of Christ, by the way, means the same as the same title
from the Hebrew language, Messiah. Both terms mean 'the anointed one'.
5 And through your [fully believing//faith]* in Christ, God
is protecting you by his power until you receive this
salvation, which is ready to be revealed on the last day for
all to see.
*As I have discussed in other footnotes before, the word 'faith' in English has developed many meanings, and because of that it makes the meaning unclear to use the word ‘faith’ in Bible translations in English. In Greek, 'faith' and 'believe' are just the verb and noun form of the same word.
7These trials will show prove that [you truly believe//your faith is genuine]. [Your believing//It] is being tested as
fire tests and purifies gold—though your [fully believing//faith] is far more precious than mere gold. So when [you continue strong in your believing in spite of many trials//your faith remains strong through many trials], it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when [Christ Jesus//Jesus Christ] is revealed to the whole world.
14 So you must live as God’s obedient children. Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. [Back then you didn’t know any better.//You didn’t know any better then.]
16 For [God says in//0] the Scriptures say, “You must be holy because I am holy.”
21 Through Christ you have come to trust in God. You believe that God raised Christ from the dead and gave him great glory. [The result is that you fully believe//And you have placed your faith] and hope in God. [moved to the front→ because he raised Christ from the dead and gave him great glory.]
25 But the word of the Lord remains forever.” And [included in the word of the Lord that remains forever //that word] is the Good News that was preached to you!.
https://www.bible.com/bible/116/1pe.1
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