wrote while imprisoned focused on the unification of the church‚ and encouraged followers to be steadfast in their mission to spread the gospel. He addressed the topic of slavery when writing to his friend‚ Philemon‚ who was angry about his slave‚ Onesimus‚ running away. Pauls asked Philemon to not only spare the life of Onesimus‚ but to also count him as a brother in Christ Jesus. In his later letters‚ Paul spoke about that fact that the church should be prepared to face persecution‚ and should
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Humaier is discussing whether or not God created evil. He deals with Scripture and other peoples arguments on this subject. Humaier begins his article by sharing the story of Satan tempting Jesus. He follows the story with a short presentation of the Gospel. He then moves to Scripture dealing with human beings. The first passage he deals with is Ecclesiastes chapter 15. Humans were created to live in paradise‚ yet through fee will‚ they decided not to obey the commandments set before them which
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Rapids‚ MI: Baker Academic‚ 1985. Jamieson‚ Robert. Fausset‚ A. R. and Brown‚ David. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (Oak Harbor‚ WA: Logos Research Systems‚ Inc.‚ 1997)‚ Eph 2:7. Martin‚ Ralph P. Ephesians‚ Colossians‚ and Philemon. Atlanta: Westminster John Knox Press‚ 1991. O ’Brien‚ Peter T. The Letter to the Hebrews. Grand Rapids‚ MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company‚ 2010. Peabody‚ MA: Hendrickson Publishers‚ 1995. Snodgrass‚ Klyne Ephesians. Grand Rapids‚ Mich.: Zondervan
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The New Testament Summaries Book of Matthew- The Book of Matthew is of gospel genre. Matthew begins with the genealogy of Jesus. Matthew retells of Jesus’ birth and quotes Isaiah 7:14 regarding the prophecy of the virgin birth. Book of Mark- The Book of Mark is gospel genre. Mark begins with two quotes from the Old Testament regarding the coming of Jesus: Malachi 3:1 and Isaiah 4:3. Mark tells of Jesus being baptized by John. After the baptism‚ Jesus is sent to the desert for 40 days and was
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Suit’ by Can Themba is centred on a man called Philemon who discovers that his long term wife Matilda has cheated on him‚ despite his personal opinion that they were happily married. After he discovers her infidelity he makes her carry around her lover’s suit with her everywhere that she goes. He also forces her wife to treat the suit as if it was a person visiting their home. Due to his humiliation and cruelty towards his wife she eventually dies of a broken heart. This story is often used in
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(2) Ephesians turns out not to be a personal epistle. Its content of is much more general and much less personal as compared to first and Second Timothy‚ and Titus which were specifically and directed personally to Timothy and Titus. Philemon was written to Philemon addressing the issue of his runaway slave‚ Onesimus. Philippians deals with the personal affairs of Paul (chapter 1)‚ Timothy‚ and Epaphroditus (chapter 2)‚ and Euodia and Syntyche (chapter 4). (3) Ephesians is not a “problem-solving
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Bible Etymology It comes from the Greek word “ta biblia” (plural) “biblos” (singular) which means “scrolls” or books. - Is a partial record of the religious history of the real history of the Israelites and the effect of Jesus to those who experienced him. - Since Sacred Tradition; Bible were written in papyrus and were rolled together forming scrolls. - Other names: Holy Scripture or Word of God - Book of History • History of Israelites‚ chosen people • History of
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the book of Revelations where everything comes full circle back to the Garden of Eden. 4. Which NT books are called “Scripture” in the NT? Luke‚ Galatians‚ 1 & 2 Corinthians‚ Romans‚ 1 & 2 Thessalonians‚ Ephesians‚ Colossians‚ Philippians‚ and Philemon 5. What is formal equivalence? What is dynamic equivalence? Formal equivalence: is the translation word for word. This form of translation caused some issue due to the grammatical structure of languages being different‚ thereby making the
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Different groups expressed their views on public discussion hold in Victoria Park. A group of homosexual men declared that they have the same contribution to the society as others. The existed law infringes on their human right. On the other hand‚ Dr. Philemon Choi who opposed decriminalization was afraid of the impacts of decriminalization such as the increase of male prostitution although he agreed to lower the penalties. Besides‚ the Law Reform Commission had also discussed on this topic for 8 years
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letters‚ one finds that the letters to the Churches in Corinth and Galatia attempt to address conflict and false teaching; Philippians‚ Ephesians and Colossians are written as letters of encouragemen;‚ and the letters written to Timothy‚ Titus‚ and Philemon serve as mutual encouragement and requests for prayer. “Paul’s overriding concern is the edification of the community‚ and much of his energy is spent restoring unity to the church” (Rosner‚ 2003‚ p.217). His understanding of what it means to be
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