Sentences with phrase «of verses»

Above all, of course, is (2 Corinthians 15, where it is especially obvious in his circular argumentation of verses 12 - 13 2 — I «Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead?

One wonders if Paul would agree that his letter to the Romans could accurately be summarized with this selection of verses.

Often it is just one of the verses in the contradictory set which is supposed to be taken as THE TRUTH when, if you add more to it, it suddenly becomes «out of context.»

Why would a Christian have to reach for the Bible when many of the verses are memorized?

By a lot of verses the Koran literally rejects the divine sonship of Jesus Christ and the Holy Trinity.

When I witness to people, the Holy Spirit, prompts me «say this» and «say this» and «say this» — essentially a bunch of verses strung together to try to prove something.

My mind still gets blown over the simplicity of those verses and I continue to shake my head in wonder over how we slipped into that unawares.

And, regretfully, some of his parishioners will accept this parade of verses as Biblical preaching.

But there are scores and scores of verses about pride, anger, jealousy, gossip, slander, greed, and a whole host of other «sins» that plague modern Christianity.

In her book I Suffer Not A Woman, Catherine Clark Kroeger explains the culture context and historical context of verses.

Proof texting will never convince anyone that your understanding of the intent of these verses is the correct one.

Of course Torah... there are plenty of verses in Koran talks about Torah and Injeel... both Torah and Injeel were having the name of the prophet and the koran to come if you see in 3:70 and they knew it both the Jews and Christians... but after the revelation of Koran some of them believed and most of them did not and we have people till today that they do not believe even though their history tells the truth...

Is against slavery, but ignores the large number of verses in the bible that obviously accept and promote slavery.

They take portions of verses and use them out of context so they can feel better about the horrible way they treat others.

Well, I agree with all of your verses, but disagree with the conclusion.

As time went on several groups of verses began to grow up and tended to become independent unities as new verses were added according to the instructions given by the Prophet, who was following the orders of the Revealer Spirit.

I sometimes comment back saying, «I have read the Bible and am quite aware of those verses you quoted.

Although the text was originally scattered in its written form, it always had a definite order in the Prophet's mind and in the minds of the faithful, with each verse or group of verses fitting into its proper place in the structure of the whole.

One of the verses used against the idea that Jesus descended into hell is Luke 23:42 - 43 where Jesus tells the thief on the cross that today, the thief would be with Jesus in paradise.

For thirteen years there he used regularly to recite some of the verses of the Qur» an, patiently, kindly, and with great tolerance, and he invited the people to do good to one another and to worship God if they wished to realize happiness.

The general plan seems to be to include, first, a collection of verses by Guru Nanak, followed successively by verses composed by the other Gurus.

This small representation of verses shows a pattern which was revealed in Jesus Christ.

Many of the verses from the Qur «aan also have a matter of history behind them.

Paradise is described in a number of verses in the Qur» an.

The bottom line answer for me is that I don't think any of these verses tell us how to determine who has eternal life and who does not.

'' — the bible we have is over 99 % original text — none of the verses under issue affect the Christian message of salvation through faith in the atoning work of Jesus on the cross at all, not even the smallest amount.»

Not most importantly that since the bible is the most heavily researched book in the history of the world by wide orders of magnitude, scholars have thoroughly examined textual criticism issues such as this, and the Christian can rest assured that: — the bible we have is over 99 % original text — none of the verses under issue affect the Christian message of salvation through faith in the atoning work of Jesus on the cross at all, not even the smallest amount.

He used single verses, or parts of verses, as if they proved what he was saying, though they did not.

The Qur» an consists of 114 chapters (suras), composed of a varying number of verses (aya).

From what you written you have been through some dark times i praise God that he has come to your rescue and set you free from your past.One of the verses that has been a comfort to me is that sin shall not have dominion over me.We do nt battle on our own but Christ strengthens us in our weakness.God wants to bless your life he gives us a hope and a future and purpose to live.regards brentnz

It has been pointed out by many that both of these verses are strangers in their respective contexts, for in each case the words that follow more naturally point back, not to these verses, but to the words which precede them.18 We may further note that both Mark 14:28, 16:7 are repeated by Matthew (26:32, 28:7) but in contrast with Mark's Gospel, Matthew reports that the women immediately «ran to tell the disciples».

The selection of verses and paragraphs that follows is designed to suggest some of his major themes and to illustrate the power and appeal of his mind and language.

There are dozens and dozens of verses in the OT that speak to this while there is not one that hints to a hell of everlasting torment.

The author's final chapters lay great stress on the work of the Holy Spirit in Christian healing; and many of the verses from the Bible that early AAs studied can be found cited by Hickson in these chapters — verses from the Gospels, from Acts, from James, from Corinthians, from Ephesians — and others dealing with the «gifts of healing.»

First it was a chime, then a recitation of verses, followed by the crackle of wood burning.

The point being brought out in all of these verses is that these people were greedy, and they needed to repent and turn from their greed by being generous, honest and content.

In a letter to the editor of the Austin American Statement (Wednesday 24 May 1989) he summarized, «To deny the truth of some verses of the Bible is one thing; to deny the existence of God is a vastly different thing.

And, honestly, people who view the Bible as «the Good Book» and think it's just about the golden rule or something - well, I'm sure those people tend to be happier than us analytical types - but I think they are taking a lot of verses out of context sometimes too.

Underhill, sobered by the hostilities, revealed her melancholy in a slender volume of poetry titled Theophanies: A Book of Verses (J. M. Dent, 1916).

For you, none of the verses that speak of selection or election can refer to salvation — all must be explained away as «calls to service, etc.».

Rather than talk about a handful of verses, I think it might be more helpful to talk about seven themes that reflect the open view.

In that psalm of ascent two of the verses jumped off the page: «Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.

Much later, I «discovered» a bunch of verses on healing the wounded.

The details of verses 21 - 22 suggest an actual persecution, perhaps that of Nero around A.D. 65.

Some of its verses are of themselves perspicuous; they are the basis of the Book; and others are dubious.

In the little parable of verses 26 - 29, the kingdom of God is again compared to a seed.

The point of the verses 10 - 12 is that in Jewish law a woman could be accused of adultery, but a married man could not.

Apparently you don't understand the context of those verses.

I've read your posts and you don't draw upon a very wide repertoire of verses either.

The more elaborate details of verses 11 - 24 should not obscure the fact that the same double point is being made.