James 2 9-16

 a paraphrased ‘enter the story’

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09/06 ~ From New Testament Letters

   (In the Order Believed Written)

9 - But if you show partiality, you commit [ergazomai - work, trade, do] sin [hamartia - miss the mark] and are shown by the law to be doing wrong. 10 For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of breaking it all. {It’s all the same, not in degrees and grievousness/horror, but because “missing the mark” of perfection, large, huGe or small, is all “missing” the mark - hamartia - sin.}

     11 The same God who told us to be faithful in marriage also told us not to murder. So if you are faithful in marriage, but murder someone, you still have broken God's Law. 12 So speak and act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty. 13 For judgment is without mercy to whoever shows no mercy. And mercy trumps judgment.

     14 What good is it, my brethren, if someone says they have faith but has no works [ergon - work, behavior, task, labor, deed, action]? Can such faith save? 15 It’s like a brother or sister being poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, 16 and one of you says, “Go in peace, be warm and fed,” without giving them the things needed, what good is that?

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Tomorrows verses - James 2:17-26

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)

Sept-05 From Mk-10 Ja-2

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Today’s GospeL Verses ~ Mark 10:28-34

28 - Peter said to Jesus, “We disciples have left everything to follow you.” 29 Jesus said to him, “Truly, I tell you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, 30 who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, but with persecutions. And in the age to come the enduring life. 31 But many who are first will be last, and many last, will be first.”

     32 And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. And they were amazed at his pace, and those who followed were afraid. Talking to the twelve again, he was told them again what was going to happen to him. 33 “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will have him condemned to death and delivered over to the Gentiles (the nations, here Rome). 34 And they will mock him and spit on him, and flog him and kill him. But after three days he will rise.”

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                ~ James 2:1-8 ~

1- My brethren (brothers and sisters) let there be no favoritism as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory. (Favoritism skews a message.) 2 For if someone wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor person in old clothing also comes in, 3 and you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, “Sit here in a preferred spot,” while you say to the poor one, “Stand over there,” or, “Sit at my feet,” 4 have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil intent? 5 Listen, my beloveds, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and very heirs of the kingdom? Which he has promised to those who love him.

     6 But you dishonor the poor person. When isn’t it the rich ones who oppress you, and drag you into courts? 7 Are they not the ones who blaspheme the honorable name by which we were called?

     8 If you really fulfill the Royal Law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself” - then you are doing well. [James 1:25 - “the Law of Liberty”.]

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

Mark 10:35-45

James 2:9-16

Acts & Rev - weekly

Recently Jonah, Daniel

psalms - jan-1-19 / feb-2o's / mar-3o's / apr-4o's / may-5o's / jun-6o's / jul-7o's / aug-8o's / sep-9o's / oct-100-110 / nov-11o's / dec-12o-15o ..the psalms are very prophetical in an overview sense.

Is.11:7 - The lion will eat straw like the ox!⛲️

Sept-04 From Mk-10 Ja-1

 🕊️ A paraphrased NT scripture study

   (sometimes w/ commentary) 

  [and original language insight]

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Today’s GospeL Verses ~ Mark 10:17-27

17 - And then as he was setting out, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit the enduring life?” [Aiónios - ages long (life).] (There’s not really a word for ‘forever’ in the Greek.. or the Old Testament Hebrew. But logically, true Life, being God himself, is enduring life.)

     18 And Jesus said, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. 19 You know the commandments.  ‘Don’t murder, don’t commit adultery, don’t steal, don’t bear false witness, don’t defraud. And honor your father and mother.’” (And wouldn’t you know it, there were Pharisee laws on the books that allowed you to put money in trusts instead of benefitting your elderly parents.) 20 And the man said to him, “Teacher! All these I have kept from my youth.” 21 And Jesus, looking at him, felt affection for him, and said, “You lack one thing, go and sell all you have and give it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.” 22 Saddened, the man went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions!

23 And Jesus told his disciples, “How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!” 24 And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again, “Children, how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of God! 25 Easier it is for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a wealthy person to enter the kingdom of God.” 26 And they were surprised. “Then who” they said, “can be saved?” 27 Jesus said, “With men it’s impossible, but not with God, for with God all is possible.”

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From New Testament Letters

     (In the Order Believed Written)

                ~ James 1:23-27 ~

23 - If anyone is a hearer of the word, but not a doer, they are like someone who looks intently at theirself in a mirror, 24 and then go away and forget what they look like! 25 But those who look into the perfect law - the Law of Liberty - and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who does (who “follows”) they will be blessed!

     26 If anyone thinks they are religious but cannot bridle their tongue, they deceive theirself and their religion is useless [mataios - vain, aimless, without purpose, not useful]. 27 Religion that is pure and uncontaminated before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction [thlipsis - tribulation, pressure, distress] and to keep oneself free from the vices of the world.

                       ~*~

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Tomorrow’s Verses:

Mark 10:28-34

James 2:1-8

Acts & Rev - weekly

Recently Jonah, Daniel

psalms - jan-1-19 / feb-2o's / mar-3o's / apr-4o's / may-5o's / jun-6o's / jul-7o's / aug-8o's / sep-9o's / oct-100-110 / nov-11o's / dec-12o-15o ..the psalms are very prophetical in an overview sense.

Is.11:7 - The lion will eat straw like the ox!⛲️