Verses paraphrased due to ©‘s [ref] {thots}
(An 8TH ‘DAY’ CU Studies Journal)
☀️ A.M. 3 John 1:9-14
9 - I (John) have written something to the church/group, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself as foremost, doesn’t welcome us. 10 So if I come, I’ll bring it up, along with the terrible nonsense he’s been saying against us. And not only that, but he also refuses to welcome the brothers, and he prevents those who want to welcome them from doing so!
11 Beloved! Don’t imitate evil! {As Diotrephes, sowing division, competing, accusing, slandering, etc, all worldly political and a siren call to ever worsening things.} Instead imitate the good. Whoever does good is of God. Whoever does evil has not {yet} seen God.
12 Now Demetrius, he has received a good testimony from everyone. And from truth itself! {“Truth bears witness of itself”. Logic stands. Root word of logic is logos.} We also add our witness, and you know that our witness {testimony, testament} is true.
13 I had much to write to you, but I would rather not write with reed and ink. 14 I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face.
{This ends the year for the N.T. letters, tomorrow starts over, the letters in the order believed written.}
🌙 P.M. MARK 9:33-50
33 - Then Jesus and the twelve went home to Capernaum. When they were in the house he asked the disciples, “What were you discussing on the way?” 34 They didn’t say anything, because they’d been arguing with one another about who was greater. 35 So he sat down and called them round, and he said, “If you would be first, you must be last of all. And a servant of all.”
36 And then he called a small child over to them, and taking him in his arms, he said, 37 “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me. And whoever receives me, receives not me, but he who sent me.”
38 John (who wrote a gospel account/testimony/testament and 1,2 and 3 John) said, “Rabbi, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he’s not with us.” 39 But Jesus said, “Don’t stop him. For anyone who does a mighty work in my name will not soon be able to speak evil of me. 40 For the one who’s not against us is for us.
41 I tell you, whoever gives you a cup of water because you follow me, will by no means lose their reward!
42 “But whoever guides one of these little ones into error, it would be better for them if a great millstone were hung around their neck and they be thrown into the sea. 43 If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off! It’s better for you to enter [eiserchomai - enter, go into, come into, go through] life crippled than with two hands away into gehenna fire {‘fiery’ trials and troubles} not quenched.” {Entropy (imperfection) which doesn’t quit so naturally ends in death, but can include much dissolution, thus suffering/‘hell’ on the way.} 45 “And if your foot leads you to crime, cut it off! It’s better for you to enter [eiserchomai - from eis - to or into, point reached, and erchomai - to come, go] {go through} life lame than with two feet to be thrown into gehenna” (valley dump where criminal’s bodies were thrown - a great insult - so the fires were kept burning. 47 “And if your eye causes you to do wrong, tear it out! It’s better for you to enter [eiserchomai - enter, go into, come into] the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown [balló - throw, cast, put, place] into gehenna, 48 ‘where the worm {of decomposition} does not die and the fire is not quenched’ [sbennumi - extinguished, quenched, suppressed, thwarted, put out]. 49 For - everyone - will be salted with fire.” {God’s wrath is cause and effect/consequences/results. Plus greaT sin will ultimately result in deep heart and gut wrenching remorse. Imagine having been a heartless despot, serial killer, child sex trafficker.. What sort of correction [kolasin] works best? Inner. Inner judgment, inner condemnation.. beating self up “with many stripes?” until realizing Christ Crucified, strong enough to appease every psyche and conscience.}
50 “Salt is good. {Preserves.} But if salt loses its saltiness, how will it be made salty again? Have salt within yourselves! And - be at peace - with one another.”
Tomorrows verses, 09/01
James 1:1-8 Mark 10:1-9 and ACTS 9:1-20 separately
Revelation Vision Study, 09/11 - 6:1-4
Word references - biblehub dot com’s app
Start/End the day with a Psalm (jan 1-20, feb-20’s, mar-30’s, apr-40’s, etc. dec-120-150)
Jesus said he “will draw all” Jn.12:32.
have a great day! ☀️🕊️
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