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5 And that he appeared to Kephas, then to the Twelve, 6 then he appeared to more than five hundred brethren at the same time, most of whom are still around, though some have...
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3 For among the first things I passed on to you [was] that which I also received, that Christ died on behalf of our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that he was...
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1 But I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, 2 and through which you are saved, if you hold...
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1 And when I came to you, brethren, I came not according to superiority of word or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the mystery of God. 2 For I determined not to know anything...
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6 For I am myself already being poured out, and the time of my departure is imminent. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have completed the course, I have kept the faith....
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And do not lead us into temptation, but rescue us from the Evil One. I have decided to look at these final two petitions together since they are connected. Both have points of interest...
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And forgive us our debts, as also we ourselves have forgiven those who owe us. The Greek of this petition uses the words opheilêma and opheiletês in reference to “debts” and “debtors.” The similarity...
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Let your will come to pass, as in heaven [so] also on earth; The next petition of the Lord’s Prayer is for God’s will to be accomplished (the Greek verb I have translated “come...
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Let your kingdom come; This simple petition carries a lot of meaning. We have already seen in our meditations on the Beatitudes that Jesus often spoke of “the kingdom of heaven,” or “the kingdom...
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You, therefore, pray in this way: Our Father who is in heaven, may Your name be held sacred. Since today is Father’s Day, I thought it appropriate to begin a series of devotions on...
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