Tag: Proverbs

A popular saying, regarded as conveying wisdom. Scripture records a great number of didactic proverbs and also preserves some popular sayings.

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  • I have finished my course – the Apostle Paul

    The Apostle now closes his final letter to Timothy noting that his course redirected by Christ on a road to Damascus so many years before — his marathon race of missions into all the world — indeed even the end of the Apostle’s mortal life is at hand. δρόμος – I am spent in the…

    a Second Epistle of Paul to Timothy - map of missionary journeys "I have finished my course. Paul"
  • 2 Peter 2: Pernicious Preachers of a False Gospel

    But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you.. 2 Peter 2:1a – King James Version Accepting Apostolic Testimony OR Following False Prophets After presenting his Apostolic testimony to wavering preachers, elders, and marginal followers of “The Way,” Simon Peter now alerts the church to dangerous…

    Pernicious definition British English from King James Version 2 Peter 2
  • Rebuke of ministers that perish without the Cross

    For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. 1 Corinthians 1:11 KJV Contentions (from the KJV) Sounds rather serious doesn’t it? 1 Corinthians 1 – Contentions between Christians In our previous look at Paul’s first letter to…

    preaching to them that perish - Paul writes to the Corinthians to consider his different way of preaching