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NASB | 1 Corinthians 9:25 Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 9:25 Now every athlete who [goes into training and] competes in the games is disciplined and exercises self-control in all things. They do it to win a crown that withers, but we [do it to receive] an imperishable [crown that cannot wither]. |
Subject: self control / spirit control |
Bible Note: Shalom Ed; To explain the Tree of life in the Bible would take a book :-), of which there are many. Let me just post a couple verses here; Gen 1:27 And God filled the man with his shadow, in his shadow God filled him, male and female he filled them. Man was filled (the Hebrew word is better translated as fattened or filled then created) with his shadow, a reflection of God, as man was made male and female, God is male and female, hence the father and mother. Exodus 12:23 When YHWH goes through the land to strike down the Egyptians, he will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down. If you read this passage very carefully, ask yourself these questions, who is going through the land killing? The destroyer. Who is the destroyer that will strike the Egyptians down? In Exodus 12:12 YHWH says he will strike the down the Egyptians, YHWH is the destroyer. Now who stands at the door preventing the destroyer from entering the houses with the blood? As the text says “he” it is referring back to YHWH. So YHWH stands at the door preventing YHWH from destroying those inside. Two YHWH’s, (I still believe that YHWH is one as in the Shema of Dt 6:4, but you have to undersand the Hebraic understanding of the word echad – one). The father (equated with biynah – understanding) is YHWH and the mother (equated with chachmah – wisdom) is YHWH. The son is ehyeh (I am). There are other passages as well that show two YHWH’s. Exodus 24:10 And they saw the God of Israel and under his feet was like workings for understanding (biynah – father/YHWH) the saphiyr (singular for sephirot) and like a tree (literally backbone, the tree of a man) of heaven for cleanliness. Proverbs 3:18 She (wisdom – chachmah/mother/YHWH) is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her. This is a case where you can translate this passage several different ways. My translation is just as valid as the KJV or NIV, as I said in another post, ones belief system will dictate how the texts are translated. These passages and my explanation will by no means convince anyone that the tree of life is real, that would take much more than I could put here. Shalom Simchat Torah |