Malachi 1:1-2 AMP - 1 THE BURDEN or oracle (the thing to be lifted up) of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi [My messenger]. 2 "I have loved you,"...
Can all of us stir the Holy Spirit in this way? How?
For how Jesus teaches in the context of Luke 13:1-5, He tells us that we ought to repent with no thought of what nature of sin has been committed. But many...
When Saul was afflicted by an evil spirit, and his servants were looking for someone to play the lyre for him in order to soothe him, one of Saul's servants...
I know that grace is an undeserved gift. But what else is grace?
It says elsewhere that widows are free to marry, so in First Timothy 5:12 why are they condemned for desiring to marry?
The sun was not created until the fourth day, yet there was light on the first day (Genesis 1:3). What's up?
NCV Brothers and sisters, I know that I have not yet reached that goal, but there is one thing I always do. Forgetting the past and straining toward what is...
I observe that "if the dead rise not" is repeated 3 times in this chapter, 1 Corinthians 15. (vv. 16, 29, and 32). What would it be like "if the dead rise...
Are we not a little like him as we are now?
1 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the sons of Israel, and get from them a rod for each father’s household: twelve rods, from all their...
3:10Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you again and supply what is lacking in your faith.
3 The word of the Lord came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the Lord...
Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers. 3 John 1:2
Context: Deuteronomy 32:10 10 In a desert land he found him, in a barren and howling waste. He shielded him and cared for him; he guarded him as the apple of...
Paul writes in chapter 3:21-22 that everything belongs to Christians (the church) the world, life, death, the present, & the future. What is meant by...
1. What is the Scripture all about? 2. Who is saying those words? 3. What is he talking about? 4. What does he mean/imply?
1 John 1:8 8If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 1 John 1:10 10If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to...
Ezekiel 1:2-3, Ezekiel 3:15-17, Ezekiel 8:4-12. I do not see how 430 days can exist between the dates given - 7 days of astonishment, and any days of...
David Flees to Gath 10 And David rose and fled that day from Saul and went to (K)Achish the king of Gath. 11 And the servants of Achish said to him, “Is not...
1 Samuel 3:7 In-Context 7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD: The word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him. 8 A third time the LORD called, “...
What did God’s name mean to the Israelites? (3:14) 13 Then Moses said to God, “If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers...
13 But the Israelites did not drive out the people of Geshur and Maakah, so they continue to live among the Israelites to this day.
I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death. Philippians 3:10 (NIV)...
Why look for a virgin to warm the king? (1 Kings 1:2) 1 Now King David was old, advanced in age; and they covered him with clothes, but he could not keep...
What were the gods of Canaan? (1 Samuel 7:3–4) 3 And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the Lord with all your hearts,...
Strong's concordance indicates the original Greek word for child in this text is brephos and defined as: an unborn child, embryo, a foetus, a new-born child,...