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NASB | 1 Corinthians 11:30 For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 11:30 That [careless and unworthy participation] is the reason why many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep [in death]. |
Subject: The unproductive vine? |
Bible Note: Mommapbs, Remember when Makarios took his sabbatical a year or so ago? I never knew why, exactly, but I sensed he'd become exasperated by the moveable beast that is the Forum. In my early twenties I took up boxing. I thought it would make me braver, manlier, etc. I learned 2 things through boxing 1) it hurts, and 2) I didn't crave the state of mind conducive to the knocking out of an opponent whom I hardly knew and whose courage I admired. But the spirit of fighting remains in me, for this reason I don't watch boxing or other violent sports because, well, they make me feel like fighting, which also makes me feel exasperated and, frankly, stupid for watching. The Forum, though hardly a Roman forum, (a good topic for another string?), has also begun to stir me up of late. So, like Makarios, I'll be hanging up the gloves for a spell. I think you understand. Colin |