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181 | Matthew talked about JC as a Jew - why? | Matt 22:45 | Aixen7z4 | 108671 | ||
As I passed by and beheld your discussions, it hurt to hear our Lord Jesus Christ referred to as JC. Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarchs, that they are all dead and buried. Some of them were prophets, and knew that God had sworn with an oath to them, that of the fruit of their loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne. In the Spirit, they saw him not as their progenitor but as their God. David, for example, called him Lord, saying, “The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?” I do not know whether or not Matthew was focused on the Lord’s Jewish background. The main purpose of this post is to give expression to a cringe at the name JC. | ||||||
182 | People want answers! | Prov 3:5 | Aixen7z4 | 107775 | ||
This person is correct. There is one God, one faith, one Bible. There is one Holy Spirit giving us the answers. Those who answer should be troubled when there are divergent answers. It is almost certain that those who come here often say the Bible does not contradict itself. Neither should those who believe in it and teach it. When the Bible seems to say two different things, we wait and pray and look a little closer. We depend on the wisdom which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. We cannot account for everything that anyone says. But whenever someone uses Scripture we should pay attention. We should be able to incorporate what he sees in the verse and develop one coherent answer. It may take ten tries, but we should arrive at it. No one should take these words "we" to assume that this writer would desire to be an appointed answerman. "We" means that he identifies with the church to which the people come for answers. The church, whether local or as here represented by Bible teachers, is the pillar and ground of truth. The people have a right to ask, and they deserve coherent answers. Don't you think so? |
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183 | People want answers! | Prov 3:5 | Aixen7z4 | 107716 | ||
Please do not give up on this forum. It is, potentially, a very good thing. I have to agree with you, though, that this admixture of truth and error is not good. Tell you what, I will write to the Lockman Foundation. Peradventure they will be willing to make some slight changes. Here is the letter I am writing. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Thank you for providing the BibleStudyForum. It is clearly a very popular program and it has such tremendous potential. I say "potential" because I am afraid we may be missing a great opportunity here. The possibility is that folks could come to the forum and get clarification for Bible passages. The reality is what they get is confusion: a mixture of truth and error. Moreover, the issues are hardly ever resolved. I believe there is a simple solution to this problem. (And I hope you see it as a problem. You would not publish a Bible with a mixture of truth and error. Yet you provide such a forum.) The solution is to appoint a small group of persons to answer the questions. Other members would be limited to asking questions. You would note that the problem has been discussed on the forum. See this link , for example, or this one. Some of the members think that changes are desirable, but they would be technically difficult to implement and expensive to maintain. I submit that the changes to the program are simple and easy to do. Also, you would not need to pay the panel. I do believe there is such a group already trying to serve, that they would be easy to recognize, and they would be willing to serve gratis. It has been stated that a board of ten people would have eleven answers to each question. I think you know that Bible scholars with different backgrounds come together to give us one translation. I think that the people answering the questions could do the same. They could be charged with the task of finding agreement, and I suggest it would be a great blessing to see their effort and success on the forum itself. Charge them to listen to each other and to come to a conclusion after a reasonable number of posts. I do believe that these small changes would make a big difference. Your forum is already good. I believe you can make it great. Sincerely Nobel Kam Aixen Now, let us pray that someone will listen and do something. |
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184 | People want answers! | Prov 3:5 | Aixen7z4 | 107566 | ||
The problem is old, and current, I think. One must believe that people want answers and that they come to places like this for answers. We should be grateful for the plurality of responders, but queries like this, and the disappearance of the questioner, should remind us of the importance of finding agreement. It is easy to disagree. It is hard work to speak the same thing. But that is what we are called to do. So, "I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment". Even now someone is being tempted to explain away the problem. By all appearances, however, we get some satisfaction from knowing that we are right and someone else is wrong. But we should keep in mind what such a divergence of opinions does to one who is new in the faith or otherwise unlearned. For the sake of such people we should spare no effort in reconciling the Scriptures and giving clear answers. The present response is based on 1 Corinthians 1:10 and I trust that anyone responding will make an effort to incorporate that verse in their reply. There may be other passages that seem to contradict it, but we know they don’t. Let us try to put our answers together, for the sake of those who need to know. |
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185 | Where do i go for helpwith problems? | Prov 3:5 | Aixen7z4 | 107559 | ||
It is difficult to answer this question without knowing what particular trials and trubulations you are experiencing. If you want some advice on where to go for help with problems, I would suggest that you seek out a Christian counselor in your area. I would hope that you could find someone who knows the Bible answers to your specific problems. Since you have asked for Bible references, I wouls suggest John 15:18 to John 16:33. Note especially the last verse: "These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world". For your convenience I include these references from The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. There are crossreferences to other passages dealing with each phrase, as follows. On "in me": Joh 14:27; Psa 85:8-11; Isa 9:6, Isa 9:7; Mic 5:5; Luk 2:14, Luk 19:38; Rom 5:1, Rom 5:2; Eph 2:14-17; Phi 4:7; Col 1:20; 2Th 3:16; Heb 7:2, Heb 13:20,Heb 13:21 On "In the world": Joh 15:19-21; Act 14:22; Rom 8:36; 2Co 7:4; 1Th 3:4; 2Ti 3:12; Heb 11:25; 1Pe 5:9; Rev 7:14 but: Joh 14:1; Act 9:31, Act 23:11, Act 27:22, Act 27:25; 2Co 1:3, 2Co 13:11; 1Th 3:7 On "I have overcome": Joh 16:11, Joh 12:31; 1Sa 17:51, 1Sa 17:52; Psa 68:18; Rom 8:37; Gal 1:4, Gal 6:14; 1Jo 4:4, 1Jo 5:4 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus (Phil 4:6,7). Those things, …, do: and the God of peace shall be with you (Phil 4:9). Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. |
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186 | Cool Website | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 107387 | ||
That web site promotes the idea that the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit are all the same person. I do not think we are allowed to use this forum to try to spread ideas like that. I think we are allowed to say that a person needs to be born again; that is what Jesus said. We do not get there by trying. We do not get saved by human effort. It happens when we yield to God in repentance and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. After we are saved we have to live for the Lord. We have to love one another. It may seem hard, but we've got to do it. |
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187 | common questions by children | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 107385 | ||
Q. If man was created in Gods image, then does God have sexual organs? A. God is a spirit and we are spirits. But God does not have a body at all. Jesus took on a body so he could die for us. Q. Where in the Bible does it say that angels have wings and a halo? A. Seraphims have wings (Isaiah 6:2, etc.) and so do Cherubims (Ezekiel 10:5, etc.). It does not say that they have halos. Q. If there is life on other planets, did Jesus die for them too? B. The Bible does not speak of life on other planets. Jesus died for the sins of the world. He died for your sins. Q. Where in the Bible does it mention Purgatory? A. There is no Purgatory in the Bible. It does talk of Heaven, and we are trusting Jesus that we will be with him there. |
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188 | Christmas-Is It Christian? | NT general Archive 1 | Aixen7z4 | 106783 | ||
It is in the same category as Sunday, is it not? He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. Now, as to the activities performed in regarding the day, that may be a different question. |
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189 | Why did Jesus weep or what was the occas | John 11:35 | Aixen7z4 | 106782 | ||
Why indeed, and on what occasions? What moved him? What had he seen, in his onmiscience, in the past, the present, the future? He had searched their hearts repeatedly, looking for faith. Many had believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, and needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man. What he was looking for was faith. But there were always some that believed not. And Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not. He marvelled because of their unbelief, and he kept going round about the villages, teaching. He wept as he prepared to do his last miracle, because he knew they would still refuse to believe in him. Not all, but some. And it is not his will that any should perish. Jesus was not sad that Lazarus had died. He had said, “I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe”. That was the important thing. That was what he wanted, that they would believe. If they did not believe, they would die in their sins, and that would be the cause for sorrow. But he foreknew what John would later write, that “though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him”. Nor was this the only time that he cried. As has been pointed out, there were other occasions. How many? We do not know. In the days of his flesh, he offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears. He prayed on more than one occasion, even at that time, in the garden of Gethsemane. How many times did he shed tears? He had wept over Jerusalem. Because of their lack of faith they had lost their opportunity. “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!”. And he wept. The question is now, for those of us who would be like him: Do we weep? Like he did? And for the same reason? Or does he weep over us? Better that we should weep. Let us weep now. Blessed are they that weep now. A father once cried out, and said with tears, “Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief”. Someone has said, “Smile, and the whole world smiles with you. Weep, and you weep alone”. But that is not Scripture. Scripture says, “Rend your heart”. It says, “Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness”. Jesus was a Man of Sorrows, but we need not weep for him. He said, “Weep for yourselves, and for your children”. (And for the world of sinners, lost in unbelief?) For what if some did not believe? Shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, that you might be justified in your sayings, and that you might overcome when you art judged. But we can weep for ourselves and for others who do not believe. And we can pray, “Lord, help our unbelief”. Jesus wept. Knowing that, and when he did, and why, should we not follow his example? I weep now, with some trepidation that I’ll be crucified for saying things like this. (I am paranoid, perhaps. Why does one preach in a place like this? And what will be the response? This is supposed to be a Bible Study). But that was the main thing in the heart of Christ. He would rejoice or weep based on what he saw in our hearts, whether or not we would believe. |
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190 | Do you have a Prodigal in your family? | John 13:35 | Aixen7z4 | 106627 | ||
It might be worthy of note that the dictionary still defines a prodigal as one who is wastefully extravagant. One is a prodigal who is given to wasteful luxury or reckless spending. I suspect that we are referring here to one who has gone away; an absconder, a backslider, a delinquent. Nevertheless, it is clear that the terminology does not ease the pain. Perhaps one day the makers of dictionaries will realize we are talking about a loved one having left home and about our longing to have them back. In the meantime it might be helpful to remember that God also has His “prodigals”. We can pray and know that He will answer, because He wants them back even more badly than we do. He will do all He can, eve more than He's already done. The Spirit will bring them to themselves, though He still leaves it up to them to say, “I will arise and go (back)”. The problem of people turning away and running away from loved ones is a big one. It is widespread, though no less hurtful for that. It helps to know that whereas even their whereabouts may not be known to us, they cannot hide from God. Not every “prodigal” will become a Franklin Graham, but God will hear the prayers offered in these situations. He will speak peace to his people. |
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191 | please help me find this verse? | Col 4:6 | Aixen7z4 | 106623 | ||
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame. 1 Corinthians 15:33,34. | ||||||
192 | Scriptures on why God didn't answer | 2 Cor 5:7 | Aixen7z4 | 106485 | ||
The great thing about trusting Jesus is that he has this reputation; he never misleads us. He tells us that we would experience situations like that. Luke 18:1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; :2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: :3 And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. :4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; :5 Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. :6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith. :7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? He knows there would be times when we would pray long and not get an answer. He says we should persevere. :8a I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, he knows that some would give up and depart from the faith. :8b when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? He assures that a prayer for salvation is always heard. :9 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: :10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. :11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. :12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. :13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. :14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. God is not obligated to answer us. He demonstrated that when he was on earth. Matthew 15:22 A woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. :23 But he answered her not a word. All she could do was to keep asking. And he answered. That is the way it is with God. He answers when he wants. And that is the way it is with us. We just have to keep on asking. It is true that he does not always do what we want. But it is also true that he gives us many things without our asking. Please ask your friend to think about that. |
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193 | How can I glorify God? | John 12:28 | Aixen7z4 | 106049 | ||
Sometimes it is with silence that we honor him. He says, “Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth”. Again, “The LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him”. And again, “Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation”. When he wants to speak, we honor him by being silent. He has said, “For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days will I say the word, and will perform it, says the Lord God”. He has said, “I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified”. And said unto me, “You are my servant, in whom I will be glorified”. In my life, Lord, be glorified. Whether in living or in dying or in speaking or in silence, Father, glorify your name. |
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194 | How can I glorify God? | John 12:28 | Aixen7z4 | 106048 | ||
We can glorify God by giving. We give thanks, and in that way we glorify God. Even when we give him thanks for his deliverance, it counts. Therefore, Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay your vows unto the most High: And call upon him in the day of trouble: He will deliver you, and you shall glorify him. Also, Whosoever offers praise glorifies him. We give things, and in that way we glorify him. God does not need anything. The cattle on a thousand hills are his. Every good and perfect gift comes from him. And yet he asks us to give. Give to those in need and thereby glorify God. He is the one who promised the poor that they would not lack. He is depending on those who have to give to them. Give, not grudgingly, or sparingly, but with a willing mind, as unto the Lord. Honour the LORD with your substance, and with the firstfruits of all your increase. |
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195 | How can I glorify God? | John 12:28 | Aixen7z4 | 106047 | ||
It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us: If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself. We can glorify God by being faithful, even unto death. God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. And we honor him by being followers of him as dear children. Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. There is a certain steadfastness that is required in the Christian life. There are many temptations to abandon the fight and to quit the race. But there hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man. And God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. Again, because God is faithful, we can be faithful. We can be faithful to his word and to the duties to which he has called us. Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. |
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196 | How can I glorify God? | John 12:28 | Aixen7z4 | 106046 | ||
Jesus said unto Peter, “Feed my sheep”. And then he said, “Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When you were young, you girded yourself, and walked whither you would: but when you shall be old, you shall stretch forth your hands, and another shall gird you, and carry you whither you would not”. John said that he spoke this, signifying by what death he should glorify God. It is apparent, then, that we can glorify God in our death. Scripture does not tell us how Peter died, but it must be as Jesus said, that he glorified God in his death. And others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were slain with the sword: John Foxe tells of others. Examples: “Calepodius, a Christian Minister, thrown into the River Tyber, with a Mill Stone fastened to his Neck. Saturinus, Bishop of Thoulouse fastened by the Feet to the Tail of a Bull, and Dragged down the Steps of the Temple, etc. by which his Brains were dashed out. Flaying Primitive Christians alive and cutting out their Tongues during the 10th fiery Persecution. St. Lawrance Burnt on a Gridiron, by order of the Emperor Valerianus, in the 8th Roman Persecutions of the Christian Church. Another mode of Torture inflicted on the Primitive Martyrs, by the Emperor Dioclesian, Vinegar and Salt being poured on the most tender parts while roasting. Two Primitive Martyrs put into a Copper of Boiling Oil by order of the Preconsul of Ephesus, during the Reign of Nero, A.D. 69. Martyrdom of Cassian, a Christian Schoolmaster of Imola, who was scourged and beat to Death by his own Scholars, for refusing to Sacrifice to Idols. Martyrdom of Julietta, a Liconson, who was Racked to Death, and her Child hurled on the Ground before her face by which its Brains were dashed out. Marcus, Bishop of Arethusa rubbed with honey hung up in a Basket, and Stung to Death by Wasps. Two Sisters of Simeon Bisop of Salencia, in Persia, sawed into quarters which were hung up in different parts of the City. A Bookseller Burnt at Avignon in France, for selling Bibles in the French Tongue, with some of them tied round his Neck. Fourscore Christian Ministers Burnt together in a Ship by order of Valens, Emperor of Rome. Hermenigildus, Prince of the Goths, and an Orthodox Christian, Hewn to Pieces by order of his Father, for refusing to change his Religion. Stanislaus, Bishop of Cracow, Murder'd at the Altar, by Bolesiaus King of Poland". Most of us die quiet deaths. May we all glorify God by having those who come behind us to say, “These all died in faith”. |
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197 | How can I glorify God? | John 12:28 | Aixen7z4 | 106045 | ||
Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore. For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel. All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name. Now the God of patience and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus, that with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
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198 | How can I glorify God? | John 12:28 | Aixen7z4 | 105820 | ||
Now is my soul troubled. Look at the number of consecutive posts!! And what shall I say? Father, save me from this thread? But I am the one who started this thread. Father, glorify thy name. |
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199 | What must we "understand"? | Job 28:28 | Aixen7z4 | 105507 | ||
It seems that in Job 28:28 there are two issues. One is Wisdom; the other is Understanding. One can have wisdom, and one can have understanding. The two are often found together. But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? God understands the way thereof, and he knows the place thereof. And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. A person who is really wise, or who really wants to be wise, will fear the Lord. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom (Prov 9:10). A person who wants to be “characterized by or to have comprehension, good sense, or discernment” (That is one of the dictionary definitions of the word “Understanding”) will depart from evil. The two are related. A wise man will have understanding. He understands that fearing God is incompatible with practicing evil. He will fear God and depart from evil. If a man really fears God he will depart from evil, for God hates evil and will punish it. Our God is a consuming fire. We are to have a reverential fear of him. We are to recognize his attitude toward evil, and depart from evil. If we are wise we will. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we fear God and yet we do not depart from evil, then there is something we still do not understand. |
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200 | Do we know Him? Know His Son? | Job 28:28 | Aixen7z4 | 105506 | ||
I am delighted to see this question, and I will try to answer it. I am not a wise man; I have no wisdom to boast of. I am not a great man; I have no greatness to feel good about. I am not a rich man; I have no riches to take comfort in. But I rejoice in this, that I understand and know God. He is the LORD, and He exercises loving kindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth. He takes delight in doing those types of things. I know his Son as well, though there was a time I did not know him. But John bare record, saying, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon Him”. And John had not known Him either, who he was, but it had been revealed to him that he would see the Holy Spirit descend upon Someone, and remaining on Him, that same Person would baptize with the Holy Ghost. And he saw it happen, and testifies that that Person is the Son of God. That Person is called the Lord Jesus Christ, and He has called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Him before the world began, but it has been revealed to us by His coming to earth as our Savior. He has abolished death, and has brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel. And I have been appointed as a preacher of that Gospel. I tell people that Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again from the dead. I tell people everywhere that they need to repent of their sins and put their trust in Him. Because of this calling, and this preaching, I suffer in many ways. Nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know Him Whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day. |
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