Sunday, August 23, 2015

2015DBRP_236 1Chron3 Pro14b Eph4a


So far we have traced Jakob/Israel’s descendants into the time of David, and today’s reading picks up with David himself.

https://www.bible.com/bible/116/1ch.3.nlt

Here is a quote from today’s group of proverbs:

20 The poor are despised even by their neighbors,

while the rich have many “friends.”

Translation note:

5An honest witness does not lie;

a false witness breathes [out] lies.

https://www.bible.com/bible/116/pro.14

We concluded the ethereal and theological part at the end of chapter 3 with Paul’s incredible prayer for his readers— for us. And now we enter the practical part of his letter.

Translation notes:

5 [We all worship//There is] one Lord, [we all fully believe in Christ/one faith], [we all have been baptized as his followers/one baptism],

In Indonesia ‘one baptism’ has been misunderstood by people on both sides of the main baptism debate. One side say, “One baptism means you should only be baptized once (so if you were baptized as a baby, don’t get baptized again anywhere else!)” The other side says, “One baptism means there is only one way to be baptized, and that is by immersion.” Both sides miss the point, because this passage is about things that unify us, not divide us.

6and [we all serve the same//one] God and Father, who is over all and in all and living through all.

17With the Lord’s authority I say this: Live no longer as the [non-Jewish pagans/Gentiles] do, for they are hopelessly confused.

32Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God [has forgiven you because of your being joined to Christ./through Christ has forgiven you.]

https://www.bible.com/bible/116/eph.4


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