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NASB | Genesis 4:4 Abel, on his part also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. And the LORD had regard for Abel and for his offering; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 4:4 But Abel brought [an offering of] the [finest] firstborn of his flock and the fat portions. And the LORD had respect (regard) for Abel and for his offering; [Heb 11:4] |
Bible Question:
What is rightensouness and Kingdom? Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His rightensousns? what is it? |
Bible Answer: Matt 6:33 “Keep on, then, seeking first (Gk. “proton”)* the kingdom and his righteousness, and all these [other] things will be added to YOU. What does it mean to “seeking first the kingdom”? *First [Adverb] proton the neuter of the adjective protos, is used as an adverb, signifying "first, firstly," e.g., of time, Matt 8:21; of order, Rom 3:2 (AV, "chiefly"); in John 7:51, RV, "except it first hear from himself" (the AV, "before it hear him," follows the mss. which have proteron).”-Vine’s Expository Dictionary’ *“Proton – The sense “above all” is the obvious one in Mt. 6:33, for Jesus is not teaching that we should seek the kingdom and then other things, but that there should be exclusive orientation to the divine kingdom and righteousness.”-‘Theological Dictionary of The New Testament’ (Little Kittel) by G. Bromiley p.966 From which we get the word:- Protons: Particles with a positive electric charge equal to that of the electron. A constituent of the nucleus of every atom. Elementary Particles of the Atom’s World - By 1932 the [Atom’s] nucleus was found to be made up of protons and neutrons. Protons carry the positive charge of the atom—exactly equal in size but opposite in kind to the negative charge on the electron. A “Proton” is a fundamental part of the center or Nucleus of an Atom. “First” means not that something is part of our existence; it is our existence, the Nucleus of our life!! Thus: “The truth (found in The Bile) is not part of our life, it is our life. Everything else revolves around it.” RIGHTEOUSNESS The Hebrew tsedheq and tsedhaqah´ as well as the Greek dikaiosyne have the thought af “rectitude,” “uprightness,” indicating a standard or norm determining what is upright. “Righteousness” is frequently used in connection with a judge, or with judgment, giving the term a somewhat legal flavor (hence, the original-language terms are at times translated “justice”). (Ps 35:24; 72:2; 96:13; Isa 11:4; Re 19:11) In the Mosaic Law, at Leviticus 19:36, tsedheq is used four times in connection with business transactions: “You should prove to have accurate [“just,” AT, KJ, Le] scales, accurate weights, an accurate ephah and an accurate hin.” God Sets the Standard. Greek scholar Kenneth S. Wuest says: “God is the objective standard which determines the content of meaning of dikaios [righteous], and at the same time keeps that content of meaning constant and unchanging, since He is the unchanging One.” He then quotes Cremer as saying: “Righteousness in the biblical sense is a condition of rightness the standard of which is God, which is estimated according to the divine standard, which shows itself in behavior conformable to God, and has to do above all things with its relation to God, and with the walk before Him. It is, and it is called dikaiosune theou (righteousness of God) (Rom. 3:21; 1:17), righteousness as it belongs to God, and is of value before Him, Godlike righteousness, see Eph. 4:24; with this righteousness thus defined, the gospel (Rom. 1:17) comes into the world of nations which had been wont to measure by a different standard.”—Studies in the Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament, 1946, p. 37. DBR |
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