For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. Truth to Learn Your actions indicate whether you are spiritually dead or alive. Behind the Words The words “you will” are...
Romans 7:24 – Winning a Losing Battle
O wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Truth to Learn The ever presence of sin will bring a committed Christian to his or her knees … over and over and over and over … Behind the Words The Greek word translated...
1 Thessalonians 5:23 – Sanctification and Preservation
Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Truth to Learn God is the one who makes us holy and keeps us to the end. Behind the Words...
Ephesians 5:30 – God’s Body Love
For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones. Truth to Learn Christians are part of God’s body which He loves. Behind the Words “For” is translated from hoti, a Greek conjunction which can be used to demonstrate something further (translated as “that”) or...
Ephesians 5:28 – Win-win Love
So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his own wife loves himself. Truth to Learn As we love ourselves, so a husband should love his wife. Behind the Words The word translated “ought” is opheilō, which means “to be indebted” or...
Ephesians 4:4 – Only One
There is one body and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling; Truth to Learn All Christians are to work toward unity within the church. Behind the Words “One” is translated from the Greek word heis (pronounced hice). This is the masculine...
Ephesians 2:16 – Deadly Reconciliation
and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity. Truth to Learn We are reconciled to God because of Jesus Christ’s death. Behind the Words “He might reconcile” is translated from the Greek verb apokatalassō. This is...
Ephesians 1:23 – Spiritual Body Life
which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all. Truth to Learn All Christians are part of the body of Christ. As members of that body we each have a function to perform in the church. Behind the Words The word “which” is translated from...
James 2:26 – Faith, Dead or Alive?
For just as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so faith apart from works is also dead. Truth to Learn If works of faithful obedience to God are not regularly demonstrated in our walk, then we need to determine if we were ever really saved in the first...
1 Thessalonians 5:23 – Sanctification and Preservation
Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Truth to Learn God is the one who makes us holy and keeps us to the end. Behind the Words “Completely”...