Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
I have come across a theological assertion that Philippians 2:6 should be understood thus:
Who, being in the form of a God, thought it not robbery to be
equal with God
What is the hermeneutical justification for adding or not adding the …
In John 1:2, what is the accurate translation of “οὗτος”?
John 1:2 (DRB):
The same was in the beginning with God.
John 1:2 (GNT):
oὗτος ἦν ἐν ἀρχῇ πρὸς τὸν Θεόν.
I looked about 30 translations: Arabic and English …
In Koine, I believe "logos" is a masculine noun. Pronouns for "logos" such as Οὗτος are likewise masculine and rendered "he", etc. in English translations. Linguistically though, if the context suggested that …
It seems strange to me as a young Christian for a few reasons. When God wills the death of a man, he often strengthens the hand of their enemies, sometimes sends angels to cut them down, occassionaly he kills directly through terrible mira…
Matthew 13:55-56a (ESV)
Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? And are not all his sisters with us?
SBLGNT
οὐχ οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ τοῦ τέκτονος υἱ…
30:5 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex כָּל־אִמְרַ֣ת אֱלֹ֣והַּ
צְרוּפָ֑ה מָגֵ֥ן ה֝֗וּא לַֽחֹסִ֥ים בֹּֽו׃
(Proverbs 30:5)
New American Standard Bible 1995
5 Every word of God
is tested; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him…
Background
I realise that the word παρασκευή has a wider range then just a reference to a day, for example Eph 6:15 is not a reference to a specific day however it is the understanding of this term in regards to a specific day that I wish…
The Greek word θεότητος is translated differently in English Bibles:
Colossians 2:9
New Living Translation For in Christ lives all the fullness of God
in a human body.
New American Standard Bible For in Him all the fullne…
In Enoch XX.2 (20.2) Uriel is said to be a saint angel over the kosmoi and the tartaroi. Codex Panopolitanus Enoch XX.2
By analogy to other facts in 20.3-6 these should be some kind of a collective or society, whether of people or spirits …
Tyndale Bible, Geneva Bible, King James Bible, and Douay Rheims Bible (all from the same era) prefer to use the word "devils" (or an earlier variation such as "deuils"). The English word "demons" was never us…
Can the Holy Spirit, the Person, be a "medium" (be filled with) and an "agent" (gave the utterance) at the same time?
English translations added "the" and capitalized the first letter "S" arbitrarily…
In Enoch XX.2 (20.2) Uriel is said to be a saint angel over the kosmoi and the tartaroi. Codex Panopolitanus Enoch XX.2
By analogy to other facts in 20.3-6 these should be some kind of a collective or society, whether of people or spirits …