Sentences with phrase «meaning of the verse»

Scholars have determined that Matthew was not written in Greek, but in Aramaic, and was soon translated into Greek, so we have to go to the original written language to find the true meaning of this verse.
What if the true meaning of this verse is «Delight yourself in Me and I will become the desire of your heart»?
Here you begin to understand the meaning of verses and creeds and doctrines.
That is the meaning of the verses, you have quoted.
A long time ago I came to the conclusion that if the meaning of a verse was not clear, when translated into toki pona, then any doctrine based on that verse should be thrown out, on the grounds that if it is a core doctrine, it will survive translation into every known language, regardless of how ambigious the language is.
Seems like you're really twisting the meaning of that verse, not to mention that you're taking it completely out of context.
So what we are really discussing is the meaning of these verses.
The fuller accounts of this in Matthew 4:1 - li and Luke 4:1 - 13 help us to round out our picture of the meaning of these verses.
Such a comment is meaningless unless you can actually state what the context is that supposedly changes the meaning of the verses the author is using.
No two Christians can agree on the meaning of any verse in the BIble.
The key to the meaning of any verse comes from the paragraph, not just from the individual words.
With the larger context now in view, you can narrow your focus and speculate on the meaning of the verse itself.
I learned in a Bible teaching church the «20 - 20 Rule» — read 20 verses ahead and behind to get the true meaning of a verse, especially when someone proof - texts.
I'd begin my answer then by saying that we need to take the whole of Matthew into account when interpreting the meaning of this verse in chapter 10.
Pastor Dave takes a thorough look at the meaning of the verse and examines the way God desires us to live.
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