PROVERBS A CHAPTER A DAY CHAPTER 1 1  The proverbs of Solomon, King David’s son, from Israel: 2  Their purpose is to teach wisdom and discipline,     to help one understand wise sayings. 3  They provide insightful instruction,     which is righteous, just, and full of integrity. 4  They make the naive mature,     the young knowledgeable and […]

An Easter Image But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, ‘We have seen the Lord.’ But he said to them, ‘Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark […]

TRANSLATION OF THE LETTER TO EPHESIANS WITH COMMENT EPHESIANS 6:21ff Tychicus, a dear brother and servant of the master, will let you know everything about me and how I am doing. I have sent him to you for this very thing, to let you know about us, and to strengthen your hearts. Peace to the […]

TRANSLATION OF THE LETTER TO EPHESIANS WITH COMMENT EPHESIANS 6: 10 ff Finally, keep growing stronger in the master and in his mighty power. Put on the complete armour of God, so that you are able to withstand the tricks of the devil. For our wrestling bout is not against flesh and blood opponents but […]

TRANSLATIONS OF THE LETTER TO EPHESIANS WITH COMMENT EPHESIANS 6:1ff Children, obey your parents because this is just. “Honour your father and mother” – which is the first command with a promise- “so that you may prosper and live long in the land.” Fathers, do not enrage your children but nourish them with the education […]

TRANSLATION OF THE LETTER TO EPHESIANS WITH COMMENT EPHESIANS 5: 15 Look shrewdly at your way of life, as wise rather than stupid people, buying back time for goodness, for the days are evil. So do not be ignorant but understand what the master wants – and do not get drunk with wine, for that […]

TRANSLATION OF THE LETTER TO EPHESIANS WITH COMMENT EPHESIANS 5: Ff As dear children, then, become imitators of God! Walk in love, just as Messiah loved us and handed himself over on our behalf, “a sacrifice offered to God, with a pleasing smell,” as the psalm says. But sexual promiscuity and all kinds of unclean […]

TRANSLATION OF THE LETTER TO EPHESIANS WITH COMMENT EPHESIANS 4:25ff So, let everyone put away deceit and speak truth with their neighbour, for we are limbs of one another. Be angry if you must but do not sin; do not let the sun set on your rage, and grant no space in your soul to […]

TRANSLATION OF THE LETTER TO EPHESIANS WITH COMMENT EPHESIANS 4:14 ff We are no longer to be children to be tossed here and there by waves and carried off by every wind of teaching, by human sleight of hand, by skilled schemes of deception; rather by telling it as it is, in love, we should […]

TRANSLATION OF THE LETTER TO EPHESIANS WITH COMMENT EPHESIANS 4: 1ff Prisoner as I am for the Master, I beg you to walk in a way worthy of God’s call, with complete humility and gentleness, patiently putting up with one another in love, making an effort to maintain spiritual unity in the bond of peace. […]