"Their throat is an open grave; with their tongues they were deceitful"; "the poison of asps is under their lips"; Truth to Learn Our words can be powerful weapons of pain if not controlled. Behind the Words The word translated “throat” is the Greek word larugx, from which we...
2 Peter 2:3 – Snake Oil Preaching
And by covetousness, with deceitful words they will use you for gain, whose judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep Truth to Learn Not every message delivered from the pulpit comes from God. Behind the Words The word translated “covetousness” is the Greek...
Ephesians 4:22 – Lose the Old Man
that you put off, concerning your former behavior, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, Truth to Learn Christians need to deny the desires of their sin nature. Behind the Words The words “put off” are translated from apotithēmi, which is made up of apo,...
Ephesians 4:22 – Lose the Old Man
that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, Truth to Learn Christians need to deny the desires of their sin nature. Behind the Words The words “put off” are translated from apotithēmi, which is made up of apo, meaning...
Ephesians 4:14 – Doctrinal Trickery
that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, Truth to Learn False teaching appears deceptively easy and attractive. Behind the Words Nēpios is the Greek word translated...