09-13 James 4 7-11

a paraphrased ‘enter the story’

 🍃🕊️  reading & study  🕊️🍃

    From New Testament Letters

   (In the Order Believed Written)

{Instead of Galatians 5:20, rivalry, etc} 7 - Submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil {and the devilish}. And he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God. And he will draw near to you. Clean up your lives, you sinners! [Harmatoi - we missing the mark.] Purify your hearts, you people who can't make up your mind! 9 Grieve, mourn, and weep! Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom! {Heartfelt remorse for any evils done and even flaws. This is not the world’s racial shaming for political advantage.} 10 Humble yourselves before the LORD, and he will lift you up! [Hupsoó - to lift or raise up, uplift, lift on high, exalt] {especially during his long second advent}.

     11 Don’T speak evil against one another, brethren/brothers and sisters! {Groups to groups..? moderately left and moderately right, hell believers and hell not believers.. on and on?}

     The one who speaks against a brother or sister or judges his brother or sister, speaks evil against the truth and judges the truth. But if you judge the truth, you’re then not a doer of truth, but a judge. {Have unlawfully made yourself to be judge?}

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

      {  } - thots

Tomorrows verses - James 4:12-17

My own studies, had to paraphrase to post.. which has turned out to be an interesting way to ‘enter the ‘story’. 

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

09-11 James 3 13-18

 a paraphrased ‘enter the story’

 🍃🕊️  reading & study  🕊️🍃

     From New Testament Letters

   (In the Order Believed Written)

13 - Who is wise and understanding among you? By their good conduct [anastrophé - conduct, behavior, manner of life] let them show their works [ergon - work, deed, action, task, labor {energy?}] and their faithfulness, in the wisdom of humility.

     14 But beloveds, if you have rivalry, self interest and ambition in your hearts, don’t boast, while being unfaithful to the truth. 15 This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, and demonic {serpentine, of the world}. 16 For where rivalry [zelos - to boil] envy and self interest is, there will be disorder/chaos and every worthless [phaulos- evil, worthless, bad, base] thing. 17 But the wisdom that comes from above is pure and peaceable. Gentle, and reasonable. Full of kindness and good fruits. Also is impartial [adiakritos - without partiality {moderate}] and sincere. {Genuine, real.}

     18 A harvest of goodness is reaped by those who sow peacefuLLy and make peace.

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

      {  } - thots

Tomorrows verses - James 4:1-6

My own studies, had to paraphrase to post.. which has turned out to be an interesting way to ‘enter the ‘story’. 

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