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201 | ... | 2 Tim 3:12 | Makarios | 225224 | ||
Greetings Alegrio Maduk, You ask, "How we will know the man we trust is a deliverer/Savior and not an accuser? (Zechariah 3:1-2,Job 1:9, Job 2:4-5.)" Acts 17:30-31 "Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all people everywhere should repent, because He has fixed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all men by raising Him from the dead." [The following is taken from The Baptist Confession of Faith (1689), Spurgeon Revision] VIII. Christ the Mediator 1. It pleased God, in His eternal purpose, to choose and ordain the Lord Jesus, His only begotten Son, in accordance with the covenant made between them both, to be the Mediator between God and man; to be Prophet, Priest, and King, the Head and Savior of His Church, the Heir of all things, and the Judge of all the world. To the Lord Jesus He gave, from all eternity, a people to be His seed. These, in time, would be redeemed, called, justified, sanctified, and glorified by the Lord Jesus. 2. The Son of God, the second person in the Holy Trinity, being true and eternal God, the brightness of the Father's glory, of the same substance and equal with Him; Who made the world, and Who upholds and governs all things which He has made, did, when the fullness of time had come, take upon Himself man's nature, with all its essential properties and common infirmities, with the exception of sin. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mary, the Holy Spirit coming down upon her and the power of the Most High overshadowing her, so that He was born to a woman from the tribe of Judah, a descendant of Abraham and David, in accordance with the Scriptures. Thus two whole, perfect and distinct natures were inseparably joined together in one person, without conversion, composition, or confusion; so that the Lord Jesus Christ is truly God and truly man, yet He is one Christ, the only Mediator between God and man. 3. The Lord Jesus, His human nature thus united to the divine, once in the person of the Son, was sanctified and anointed with the Holy Spirit above measure, having in Himself all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. It pleased the Father that all fullness should dwell in Him so that, being holy, harmless, undefiled, and full of grace and truth, He might be thoroughly furnished to execute the office of a Mediator and Surety, a position and duty which He did not take upon Himself, but was called to perform by His Father. And the Father also put all power and judgement in His hand, and gave Him commandment to exercise the same. 4. This office and duty of Mediator and Surety the Lord Jesus undertook most willingly. To discharge it, He was made under the law, and perfectly fulfilled it, and He underwent the punishment due to us, which we should have borne and suffered. He was made sin and was made a curse for us, enduring the most grievous sorrows in His Soul with the most painful sufferings in His duty. He was crucified, and died, and remained in the state of the dead, but His body did not undergo any decomposition. On the third day He rose from the dead with the same body in which He had suffered, with which He also ascended into Heaven, and there sits at the right hand of His Father making intercession, and shall return to judge men and angels at the end of the world. 5. The Lord Jesus, by His perfect obedience and sacrifice of Himself which He, through the eternal Spirit, once offered up to God, has fully satisfied the justice of God, has procured reconciliation, and has purchased an everlasting inheritance in the kingdom of Heaven for all those whom the Father has given to Him. ... 9. This office of Mediator between God and man is proper only to Christ, Who is the Prophet, Priest, and King of the Church. Free Will of God, and this office may not be transferred from Him to any other, either in whole or in part. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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202 | Why Jeremiah restricted from the Temple | Jer 36:5 | Makarios | 225223 | ||
Greetings Mossey, You ask, "What did Jeremiah do to be restricted from the temple in Jeremiah 36:5?" Related verses: Jeremiah 32:2; 33:1; 39:15. Here is a bit of commentary on this verse: "36:5 I am restricted. Perhaps because of his unpopular temple message(s) (see 7:2-15; 26:2-6), or perhaps because of the events recorded in 19:1-20:6." (1) "36:5 confined. The word means "restricted, hindered, shut up," and is the same term used for imprisonment in 33:1 and 39:15. The fact that princes allowed Jeremiah to depart into hiding (v. 19) may indicate that he was curtailed in some ways without being in prison. There is no record of his being imprisoned in Jehoiakim's rule." (2) Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible offers: "Shut up - Hindered from going; perhaps through fear of Jehoiakim." John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible offers "I cannot go into the house of the Lord: labouring either under some bodily infirmity, or ceremonial defilement, or was forbidden by the king. What was the true cause is not certain; but so it was, that either he was discharged, or disabled, or disqualified, from going into the house of God." "Chapter 36. The King Burns Jeremiah's Book Jeremiah, at this time, had been prophesying for 23 years, from the 13th year of Josiah to the 4th year of Jehoiakim. He is now commanded to gather these prophecies into a book, so that they could be read to the people, for, at the time, Jeremiah himself was not free to speak to the people, 5. It took a year or so to write the book, 1,9. The reading of the book made a profound impression on some of the princes; but the king brazenly and defiantly burned the book. Then Jeremiah wrote it all over again." (3) (1) Zondervan NASB Study Bible, pg. 1116, 1999 Zondervan Corporation (2) The MacArthur Study Bible, pg. 1113, 1997 Word Publishing (3) Halley's Bible Handbook, pg. 243, 1962 Zondervan Blessings to you, Makarios |
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203 | what is 1peter2:11-17 | 1 Pet 2:11 | Makarios | 225220 | ||
Greetings Diamond Bible Baptist Church! 1 Peter 2:11-17 "Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul. Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may because of your good deeds, as they observe them, glorify God in the day of visitation. Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority, or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and the praise of those who do right. For such is the will of God that by doing right you may silence the ignorance of foolish men. Act as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bondslaves of God. Honor all people, love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king." (NASB) 1 Peter 2:11-17 is an excellent passage of scripture to dwell on and study that spurs us on towards excellence in our behavior, abstaining from fleshly pursuits, so that those who observe us in the world may give glory to God because of what we do. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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204 | The "New" New International Versoin ? | Bible general Archive 4 | Makarios | 225184 | ||
Greetings Justme! I heard on Christian radio (97.9 WGNR FM - Moody Radio) that Zondervan was working on this newest of the latest series of updates to the New International Version, and I couldn't help but cringe, thinking not so fondly of the divisiveness that came with the introduction of the NIVI (1997) and TNIV (2005) because of the gender-neutral language (see http://www.bible-researcher.com/tniv.html) and the resulting series of translations being released (ESV, HCSB) as many evangelicals left behind the NIV and sought a translation that was a bit less gender inclusive. Al Maxey has posted an interesting critique of the 1984 NIV at http://www.zianet.com/maxey/Ver2.htm, and it would be a good exercise to examine some of the verses that he mentions between the 3 NIVs to see the difference in the text. From what I have read ( http://www.NIVBible2011.com) of this new translation, it is getting to be more and more like a paraphrase with each new update, making readability its main focus and upholding gender neutrality, which was introduced in the NIVI and TNIV. I suppose if they stop production altogether of the 1984 NIV and produce only this new translation, then we'll always have the NASB, the ESV, the NKJV and that venerable, nearly 400 year old KJV to rely upon. :) Blessings to you, Makarios |
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205 | Saturday a day of worship? | Col 2:16 | Makarios | 225181 | ||
Greetings Justme! You ask, "Is there any reason not to use Saturday as the day of worship instead of Sunday?" Colossians 2:16 definitely leaves this open to suggestion since this verse justifies worship of the Lord on any day, not just on Saturday or Sunday. But with that said, there are some very good reasons why Christians currently do worship on Sunday. Whether Jesus was resurrected on Saturday or Sunday is debatable, but He definitely made His first post resurrection appearance on a Sunday (Matthew 28:1) and continued His appearances on succeeding Sundays (John 20:19,26). The Holy Spirit came on a Sunday (Acts 2:1). The early church regularly worshipped on Sunday (Acts 20:7; 1 Cor. 16:2), and Sunday was called "the Lord's Day" in Revelation 1:10. Since Christians are saved by grace through faith alone and not under compulsion to keep Saturday as the Sabbath (Romans 6:14; Gal. 3:24,25; Hebrews 4:1-10, 7:12), then Sunday has been considered "the Lord's Day" and worship has commenced on Sunday ever since. The Sabbath of which is spoken of in Hebrews 4:1-10 is arguably now more meaningful on Sunday than that of the Jews on Saturday, since we can now commemorate both the completion of God's work in creation and the completion of His work of salvation! But it is probably pointless to argue whether we should observe the Sabbath day, or "the Lord's Day", on Saturday or Sunday in light of Colossians 2:16. As for corporate, civic worship, there are good reasons for why worship takes place on Sunday. Personally, I believe that we should be praying and worshipping God individually on every day of the week! Blessings to you, Makarios |
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206 | How often is the NASB Updated, and why? | Bible general Archive 4 | Makarios | 225178 | ||
Greetings Justme, According to the Preface of the NASB (found at http://ononeaccordwcharity.org/Preface_for_NASB.html), the last updates to the NASB were in 1995 and 1977. So, perhaps in 2015 we might see another NASB update (about every 20 years)? The NASB is my favorite Bible translation for reading and serious study. It has been indispensable in my spiritual life and growth for more than a decade. I'm not entirely convinced that there really needs to be an update to the NASB. In fact, I'm not sure that an update from the 1977 version was really necessary either, but I have grown to like the '95 version pretty well. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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207 | scripture to back up negative words? | Eph 4:27 | Makarios | 225142 | ||
Greetings Doc and Linda2, Perhaps the following verses are what you are looking for: Ephesians 4:27 "and do not give the devil an opportunity." Ephesians 4:29 "Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear." Psalm 17:3 "You have tried my heart; You have visited me by night; You have tested me and You find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress." Proverbs 12:13 "An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, But the righteous will escape from trouble." James 3:6-8 "And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell. For every species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by the human race. But no one can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil and full of deadly poison." Psalm 101:5 "Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy; No one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure." Proverbs 12:17 "He who speaks truth tells what is right, But a false witness, deceit." Ephesians 4:15 "but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ," Eph 4:25 "Therefore, laying aside falsehood, SPEAK TRUTH EACH ONE of you WITH HIS NEIGHBOR, for we are members of one another." Blessings to you, Makarios |
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208 | Heaven or death sleep? | Acts 7:59 | Makarios | 225140 | ||
Greetings Warren F. Kenney, Welcome to StudyBibleForum.com! You stated, "i do believe that the souls will not go directly to heaven until he comes".. I am curious as to how you interpret Luke 23:43, in which Jesus says, "Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise." Also, the Second Coming of Christ and the Resurrection of the Dead - some to life everlasting and some to eternal punishment (Daniel 12:2) - is a different subject altogether than what happens to a person's spirit at the time of death. At the Second Coming, it will involve a bodily resurrection (see Luke 24:39,42-43; Acts 1:4; John 2:19-21, 20:17; Matthew 28:9; 1 Cor. 15:35-44) where the spirit is reunited with the body. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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209 | give explaination | Gen 1:1 | Makarios | 225116 | ||
Greetings Avalon07@msn.com! Welcome to StudyBibleForum.com! Please forgive us if the response that you have received offended or was interpreted to be a response in a spirit less than hospitable for a newcomer to this Forum. I can ensure you that the response that you received was spoken in a most loving and sincere attempt to understand exactly what type of inquiry that you wished to make in regards to the narrative passage of Genesis 1:1, which begins the entire Bible by stating that God created the heavens and the earth. We are simply attempting to understand more specifically what type of inquiry that you wished to make in regards to this verse, and we pray that your response, as well as our follow up, would both be given and received in Christian love. Please feel free to expound upon your inquiry of Genesis 1:1 so that we may be more capable of helping you in your journey through Scripture. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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210 | Heaven or death sleep? | Acts 7:59 | Makarios | 225114 | ||
Greetings Justme! I'm sorry to hear about your aging friend who lost his wife. Adventism is based on the conviction that the Second Advent of Christ is the sole hope of the world. By 1844, Adventist groups could be distinctly recognized from traditional Protestant churches because of their intense focus on the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. William Miller (1782-1849) of New York, a veteran of the War of 1812, was famous for coming up with dates (that came and went) for the Second Coming. (Source: pages 25-28 of "Handbook of Denominations in the United States", 11th Edition, Frank S. Mead, Samuel S. Hill, 2001 Abingdon Press) With that said, since the history of the Adventist movement and their current state as "Adventists," being so focused on Christ and His Return, then you can begin and end with Christ the Savior. Perhaps you could emphasize the words of Jesus in Luke 23:46 - the One so eagerly anticipated, stating an immediate reunion with God the Father at the point of His death - along with the words of Stephen - an ordinary, spirit-filled disciple like us - in Acts 7:59 who also expected an immediate reunion with the Lord at the point of his death, could serve as a basis and have the most weight in a theological discussion, along with Ecclesiastes 12:7 for Old Testament support, for debunking the theory of "death sleep." I'm assuming that the entire "death sleep" notion has its roots in such verses as 1 Kings 2:10, where it says that "David slept with his fathers" and John 11:11 where it says "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep." But even Jesus had to tell the disciples plainly in John 11:14 that Lazarus had died. Frankly, it takes more faith to believe in such a thing as "death sleep" which cannot be proven Biblically than it would take to believe that a part of us will go and be with Christ, much like Moses and Elijah in the Transfiguration (Mark 9:1-8), which happened years after Moses died (Deut. 34:5-6). With prayer and an emphasis on the words of Christ, whose Second Coming still remains as an intense focus point for Adventists, I remain confident that the Holy Spirit can work to reach and comfort and give peace to your friend. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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211 | Heaven, seconds after death? | Acts 7:59 | Makarios | 225111 | ||
Greetings Justme, At the moment of physical death, a person's spirit separates or departs from the body (2 Corinthians 5:8). When Stephen was being stoned to death in Acts 7:59, he said, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!" This final exclamation was almost exactly what Jesus said in Luke 23:46, "Father, into Your hands I commit My Spirit." At the moment of death "the spirit returns to God who gave it" (Ecclesiastes 12:7). Verses such as these indicate that death for the believer involves his or her spirit departing from the physical body and immediately going into the presence of the Lord in heaven. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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212 | Simon the tanner, clean or unclean | Acts 9:43 | Makarios | 225105 | ||
Greetings Sister Azure! Excellent Question! Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Whole Bible states, "Thus terminates what has not been improperly called the first period of the Christian Church, which began at the day of pentecost, Acts 2:1, and continued to the resurrection of Dorcas; a period of about eight years." Halley's Bible Handbook notes that throughout this whole encounter that Peter had with Cornelius, that "Cornelius was not required to quit his army work" and "It was from Joppa (Acts 10:5) that God sent Jewish Peter to Gentile Cornelius. From this same Joppa, 800 years before, God had to use a little extra persuasion on Jewish Jonah to get him to go to Gentile Nineveh (Jonah 1:3)." Zondervan's NASB Study Bible comments (Acts 9:43): "Occupations were frequently used with personal names to identify individuals further (see 16:14; 18:3; 19:24; 2 Tim. 4:14), but in this case it is especially significant. A tanner was involved in treating the skins of dead animals, thus contacting the unclean according to Jewish law; so he was despised by many. Peter's decision to stay with him shows already a willingness to reject Jewish prejudice and prepares the way for his coming vision and the mission to the Gentiles." (pg. 1592) Regarding the disposition of Peter, the commentary of Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown seems to agree: "with one Simon a tanner - a trade regarded by the Jews as half unclean, and consequently disreputable, from the contact with dead animals and blood which was connected with it. For this reason, even by other nations, it is usually carried on at some distance from towns; accordingly, Simon’s house was "by the seaside" (Acts 10:6). Peter’s lodging there shows him already to some extent above Jewish prejudice." And perhaps there was a distinction as far as what kind of a tanner Simon was, according to John Gill's Commentary: "where the Gemara (s) distinguishes between a great tanner and a little tanner; the latter, the gloss says, is one that is poor and has but few skins: which of these Simon was, cannot be said." But most interesting is the commentary from Robertson's Word Pictures: "With one Simon a tanner (para tini Simoni bursei). The use of para is usual for staying with one (by his side). "The more scrupulous Jews regarded such an occupation as unclean, and avoided those who pursued it. The conduct of Peter here shows that he did not carry his prejudices to that extent" (Hackett). One of the rabbis said: "It is impossible for the world to do without tanners; but woe to him who is a tanner." A Jewess could sue for divorce if she discovered that her husband was a tanner. And yet Peter will have scruples on the housetop in the tanner’s house about eating food considered unclean. "The lodging with the tanner was a step on the road to eating with a Gentile" (Furneaux)." If there was such a negative reaction to the occupation of Simon the tanner from a Jewish perspective, then why didn't Peter just simply stay with Dorcas? God was obviously working through Peter and leading him at that time. My conclusion is that he was simply led to the door of Simon the tanner by the Holy Spirit in much the same way that Philip was led in Chapter 8 and Paul would later be led by the Holy Spirit. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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213 | Lying justified? | Josh 2:5 | Makarios | 225096 | ||
Greetings MJH, I must apologize to Pastor Tim (Morant61) since I remember opposing him on this issue of "is it Ok to lie" in the Bible, and I took the point of view that it seems justifiably so in some instances that you also have provided. But spiritual growth and insight has shown me that, regardless of whatever man does (lies or does not lie), God does not need any help! God does not need our help. He is God. If He wanted the spies in Rahab's day to live, then He would have provided the way, perhaps even more profoundly so if Rahab wouldn't have tried to "help" Him. You say that "'Life' trumps most things"... Well, God trumps ALL things! Righteousness is never granted due to a transgression. Righteousness is granted by grace to a person whose heart is right with God, and such a person would rather be vexed in spirit instead of consider themselves 'justified' because they thought that they could, in some way, help God by transgressing his law at some point. Makarios |
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214 | The error addressed in 2 Peter | Bible general Archive 4 | Makarios | 224804 | ||
Greetings again Pastor Beja, I apologize: it is clear that I have been away from this Forum far too long.. Christ was sent to redeem those under the Law (Galatians 4:4) as He lived in perfect obedience to the Law (Matt. 17:5; John 8:46; 1 Peter 2:21-23), and was a minister of the Law to the Jews (Luke 10:25-37) while confirming the promises made under the Mosaic covenant (Romans 15:8). Jesus fulfilled the types of the law by his holy life and sacrificial death (Heb. 9:11-28). He bore the curse of the Law (Gal. 3:13-14) and brought out all who believe from a place of servanthood under the Law to be children of God (Gal. 4:1-7). Jesus mediated by His blood the New Covenant (Heb. 8:8) of assurance and grace in which all believers stand (see Romans 5:2), so establishing the "law of Christ" (Gal. 6:2) stressing that righteous living is made possible by the indwelling Holy Spirit, not by observing the Law. The End of the Mosaic Law - see Romans 10:4; Colossians 2:14 and 2 Corinthians 3:7-11 Grounds for a Christian's cleansing from sin: 1 John 1:7-9 Since we are no longer under the Law (Heb. 10:1 and following), does that give a license to sin? Certainly not! Read Psalm 119:97-104; Matthew 5:17-20; Romans 7:4-8,12, 8:1-3; Galatians 3:10-14 Dear Inquisitor: based on your posts, all of the above verses are "required reading"!! The following is too good to miss here: Romans 8:1-3 "Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit." Inquisitor and all: These verses should settle the issue about the Law/antinomianism/etc, etc. and should be enough for now. Please let us know if there are any questions after reading and fully applying these verses. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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215 | The error addressed in 2 Peter | Bible general Archive 4 | Makarios | 224802 | ||
Greetings Azure, I have a question for you: in this commentary from 2 Peter, does it state that Peter is addressing antinomianism alone, or a variety of false teaching? Blessings to you, Makarios |
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216 | The error addressed in 2 Peter | 2 Peter | Makarios | 224801 | ||
Greetings Beja! Yes, antinomianism is most definitely in error. But I believe that I can help you find much better Scripture verses to combat this other than 2 Peter. I believe that 2 Peter addresses a wide range of false teaching, not a reply to antinomianism alone. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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217 | The error addressed in 2 Peter | 2 Peter | Makarios | 224770 | ||
Greetings Beja, You are asking if the driving concern being addressed in 2 Peter is antinomianism, and I would answer with a 'no' here. An antinomian is one who maintains that the moral law is not binding on Christians under the law of grace. Reading 2 Peter, I believe that Peter is teaching us that the grace of God in Christ truly transforms and empowers us to live righteously, even if faced with opposition. The fact that we bear fruit shows that the Holy Spirit is working in us. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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218 | Scriptures for employment? | 1 Tim 6:2 | Makarios | 224308 | ||
Greetings Onuoha, Nowhere in Scripture does God promise employment or promise enhanced prospects of employment. But it is good to hire those who need employment (Deut. 24:14-15) and give fair wages (Lev. 19:13). Showing concern for servants (Matt. 8:5-13) is commendable along with providing duty shifts (2 Kings 11:4-8) while workers earn their pay (Matthew 10:10; Luke 10:7; 1 Tim. 5:18). Paul was a model of daily conduct and employment (2 Thess. 3:6-10) and had much to say about the relationship between slaves and masters (Ephesians 6:5-9; Col. 3:22-25, 4:1; Philemon). It is good to be a trustworthy employee (Titus 2:9-10), even if you have to support yourself (1 Cor. 9:6-7) as a tent maker (Acts 18:1-3). Blessings to you, Makarios |
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219 | whatistheanswerto1corinthiansc15v35 | 1 Cor 15:35 | Makarios | 224305 | ||
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220 | answerto1c0rinthianc15v35 | 1 Cor 1:1 | Makarios | 224303 | ||
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