2 John 1 4-13

 a paraphrased ‘enter the story’

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08/29 ~ From New Testament Letters

   (In the Order Believed Written)

4 - I was very happy and rejoiced to see some of your children walking in the Truth, according to how we have been commanded (instructed) by the Father. (John of course means believers in the group of believers he’s writing to, as an old man, John called everyone children.) 5 And now I ask you, dear lady (believing group) - not as though I were writing you a new commandment [entolé - commandment, order, instruction] - but the one we have had from the beginning > that we love one another. 6 And this is love, that we walk according to his instructions. And this is the command/instruction, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it. 7 For - many deceivers - are in the world, those who deny the coming of Christ  (Messiah) Jesus in the flesh (literally). Such teaching is deception and antichrist. 8 Watch yourselves, so you may not lose what we have worked for, but may win the full prize! 9 Everyone who runs on ahead and doesn’t stay [menón - remain, abide, stay, continue, dwell] in - the teaching of Christ - does not have God. Whoever abides in - Christ’s - teaching has both the Father and the Son. 10 If any believer comes to you and doesn’t bring this teaching, don’t receive them nor embrace their message, 11 for whoever does, takes part in their harmful [ponéros - evil, wicked, bad, malicious, hurtful] works.

     12 Though I have much to write to you, I would rather not use papyrus and ink [melon - black, dark]. Instead I hope to come to you and talk face to face, so that our joy may be full.

      13 The children of your elect sister greet you.

                          ~ * ~

🗝️ [  ] - word/language insights, usually from biblehub dot com - peering through translator partial unbelief; cross references, etc.

      {  } - thots

Tomorrows verses - 3 John 1:1-8

My own studies, had to paraphrase to post..

Start the day with a Psalm (jan 1-20, feb-20’s, mar-30’s, apr-40’s, etc. dec-120-150)

1John 2 18-22

 a paraphrased ‘enter the story’

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08/11 ~ From New Testament Letters

   (In the Order Believed Written)

18 - Children, it’s the last hour [hora - a definite space of time, a season, an hour, the particular time for anything] and as you have heard, antichrist is coming, but now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know it is the last season. 19 They went out from us, but they weren’t genuine, for if they had been, they would have continued with us. But they went away from us, that it might become plain that they are not of us. 20 But you, you have been anointed by the Holy One, and have the accurate knowledge/knowing. 21 I write to you, not because you don’t know the truth, but because you do know the truth, and because no lie can be of the truth. 22 And who is the liar? But he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This -> is the antichrist -> whoever denies the Father and the Son. {And has become “the world”?}

                          ~ * ~

🗝️ [  ] - word/language insights, usually from biblehub dot com - peering through translator partial unbelief; cross references, etc.

      {  } - thots

Tomorrows verses - 1John 2:23-29

My own studies, had to paraphrase to post..

Start the day with a Psalm (jan 1-20, feb-20’s, mar-30’s, apr-40’s, etc. dec-120-150)

08-29 𝔉𝔯𝔬𝔪 Mk-9 2Jn-1

     𝓓aily 𝓖ospel \/erses ✨

          Mark 9:25-32

25 When Jesus saw that a crowd was running to the scene, he rebuked the impure spirit. “You deaf and mute spirit,” he said, “I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.” 26 Then the spirit shrieked, threw the boy into another violent convulsion, then left him. And a murmur ran through the crowd as people said, “He’s dead.” 27 But Jesus took him by the hand and helped him to his feet. 28 Afterward, when Jesus was alone in the house with his disciples, they asked him, “Why couldn’t we drive out that evil spirit?” 29 He answered them, “This kind by none is able to go out except by prayer”. (Because the people involved hadn’t had the faith to believe the disciples could do it?)

     30 Leaving that region, they traveled through Galilee, but Jesus didn’t want anyone to know he was there, 31 for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise.” 32 The disciples didn’t understand what Jesus meant, and they were shy to ask.                   

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From New Testament Letters

          (In Order Written)

           ~ 2 John 1:4-13 ~

4 I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father has commanded us. 5 I am writing to remind you, dear friends, that we should love one another. This is not a new commandment, but one we have had from the beginning. 6 Love means doing what God has commanded us, and he has commanded us to love one another, just as you heard from the beginning. 7 I say this because many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as having come in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is a deceiver and antichrist. 8 Watch out that you do not lose what we have worked so hard to achieve. Be diligent so that you receive your full reward. 9 Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. 10 If anyone comes to your meeting together and does not bring this teaching, don’t take them into the house or welcome them. 11 For anyone who encourages them becomes a partner in their deception. 12 I have much to write to you, but I don’t want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to visit you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete. 13 The children of your elect sister (group) send you their greeting as well.

                       ~*~

🗝️ [  ] - 𝕃𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕦𝕒𝕘𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤

      𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝒷𝒾𝒷𝓁𝑒𝒽𝓊𝒷 𝒹𝑜𝓉 𝒸𝑜𝓂 𝓉𝑜𝑜𝓁𝓈

      (  ) - 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤

𝒯𝑜𝓂𝑜𝓇𝓇𝑜𝓌’𝓈 𝒱𝑒𝓇𝓈𝑒𝓈:

𝐿𝓊𝓀𝑒 9:46-50

3 𝒥𝑜𝒽𝓃 1:1-8

𝒜𝒸𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓀, 9:21-43

𝑅𝑒𝓋/𝒜𝓅𝑜𝒸 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓀, 12:7-12

𝒫𝓇𝑜𝓅𝒽𝑒𝓉𝓈 - Amos

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08-11 𝔉𝔯𝔬𝔪 Mk-6 1Jn-2

𝓓aily 𝓖ospel \/erses ✨

      Mark 6:14-29

(I’m just going to copy-paste - from a modern translation - you’ll see why I dislike these verses. Does such evil still exist? You bet it does.)

     The king, Herod Antipas [Son of Herod the Great who killed all the young boy children of Bethlehem, trying to destroy the prophesied “king”] soon heard about Jesus, because everyone was talking about him. Some were saying, “This must be John the Baptist raised from the dead. That is why he can do such miracles.” Others said, “He’s the prophet Elijah.” Still others said, “He’s a prophet like the other great prophets of the past.” When Herod heard about Jesus, he said, “John, the man I beheaded, has come back from the dead.” For Herod had sent soldiers to arrest and imprison John as a favor to Herodias. She had been his brother Philip’s wife, but Herod had married her. John had been telling Herod, “It is against God’s law for you to marry your brother’s wife.” [The Herods were Hebrew/Israeli]. So Herodias bore a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But without Herod’s approval she was powerless, for Herod respected John; and knowing that he was a good and holy man, he protected him. Herod was greatly disturbed whenever he talked with John, but even so, he liked to listen to him. But Herodias’s chance finally came on Herod’s birthday. He gave a party for his high government officials, army officers, and the leading citizens of Galilee. Then his daughter, also named Herodias, came in and performed a dance that greatly pleased Herod and his guests. “Ask me for anything you like,” the king said to the girl, “and I will give it to you.” He even vowed, “I will give you whatever you ask, up to half my kingdom!”

     She went out and asked her mother, “What should I ask for?”

Her mother told her, “Ask for the head of John the Baptist!” So the girl hurried back to the king and told him, “I want the head of John the Baptist, right now, on a tray!”

     Then the king deeply regretted what he had said, but because of the vows he had made in front of his guests, he couldn’t refuse her. So he immediately sent an executioner to the prison to cut off John’s head and bring it to him. The soldier beheaded John in the prison, brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl, who took it to her mother. When John’s disciples heard what had happened, they came to get his body and buried it in a tomb. [New Living Translation (NLT) included at biblegateway dot com.]                   

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From New Testament Letters

          (In Order Written)

        ~ 1 John 2:18-22 ~

18 Little children, it is the last hour [hṓra – a time or period, properly, an hour; (figuratively) a finite season] and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. (The modern lawlessness/“strong delusion” of “seating man [anthropos] as though in the temple as god”/highest power began in Greece. Not only spiritually, “man as divinity” but the ‘scientific’ thought was a growing “man from rock/earth” philosophy. Anti-Christ is any sentiment that is - against Christ, or opposes Christ. Or both. There’s been many. But comes to be an organized and structured anti?)

     19 (Now in John’s day) - They went out from us, but they did not really belong with us. For if they had belonged, they would have remained with us. This was proven when they left. 20 You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth. 21 I have not written to you because you lack knowledge of the truth, but because you know the truth, and because no lie comes from the truth. 22 Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? [Christos - the anointed one, messiah.] This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.

                       ~*~

🗝️ [  ] - 𝕃𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕦𝕒𝕘𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤

      𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝒷𝒾𝒷𝓁𝑒𝒽𝓊𝒷 𝒹𝑜𝓉 𝒸𝑜𝓂 𝓉𝑜𝑜𝓁𝓈

      (  ) - 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤

𝒯𝑜𝓂𝑜𝓇𝓇𝑜𝓌’𝓈 𝒱𝑒𝓇𝓈𝑒𝓈:

𝐿𝓊𝓀𝑒 9:1-9

1 𝒥𝑜𝒽𝓃 2:23-29

𝒜𝒸𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓀, 8:1-24

𝑅𝑒𝓋/𝒜𝓅𝑜𝒸 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓀, 11:1-14

𝒫𝓇𝑜𝓅𝒽𝑒𝓉𝓈 - Amos

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