The Tongue Is a Fire 1 Not many [of you] should become teachers [serving in an official teaching capacity], my brothers and sisters, for you know that we [who are teachers] willbe judged by a higher standard [because we have assumed greater accountability and more condemnation if we teach incorrectly]. 2 For we all stumbleandsin […]
Monthly Archives: August 2017
JAMES 4
Things to Avoid 1 What leads to [the unending]quarrels and conflicts among you? Do they not come from your [hedonistic] desires that wage war in your [bodily] members [fighting for control over you]? 2 You are jealousandcovet [what others have] andyour lust goes unfulfilled; so youmurder. You are envious and cannot obtain [the object of […]
JAMES 5
Misuse of Riches 1 Come [quickly] now, you rich [who lack true faith and hoard and misuse your resources], weep and howl over the miseries [the woes, the judgments] that are coming upon you. 2 Your wealth has rottedandis ruined and your [fine] clothes have become moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded, and […]
HEBREWS 1
God’s Final Word in His Son 1 God, having spoken to the fathers long ago in [the voices and writings of] the prophets in many separate revelations [each of which set forth a portion of the truth], and in many ways, 2 has in these last days spoken [with finality] to us in [the person […]
HEBREWS 2
Give Heed 1 For this reason [that is, because of God’s final revelation in His Son Jesus and because of Jesus’ superiority to the angels] we must pay much closer attention than ever to the things that we have heard, so that we do not [in any way] drift away from truth. 2 For if […]
HEBREWS 3
Jesus Our High Priest 1 Therefore,holy brothers and sisters, who share in the heavenly calling, [thoughtfully and attentively] consider the Apostle and High Priest whom we confessed [as ours when we accepted Him as Savior], namely,Jesus; 2 He was faithful to Him who appointed Him [Apostle and High Priest], as Moses also wasfaithfulin all God’s […]
HEBREWS 4
The Believer’s Rest 1 Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still remainsandis freely offered today, let us fear, in case any one of you may seem to come short of reaching itorthink he has come too late. 2 For indeed we have had the good news [of salvation] preached to us, just as […]
HEBREWS 5
The Perfect High Priest 1 For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed [to act] on behalf of men in things relating to God, so that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. 2 He is able to deal gently with thespirituallyignorant and misguided, since he is also subject tohumanweakness; 3 […]
HEBREWS 6
The Peril of Falling Away 1 Therefore let us get past the elementary stage in the teachings about the Christ, advancing on to maturityandperfectionandspiritual completeness, [doing this] without laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, 2 of teaching about washings (ritual purifications), the laying on of hands, the […]
HEBREWS 7
Melchizedek’s Priesthood Like Christ’s 1 For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham as he returned from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, 2 and Abraham gave him a tenth of all [the spoil]. He is, first of all, by the translationof his name,king of righteousness, and […]