Category Archives: Bible

1 Corinthians 7: 25-34….Advising not commanding.

Now concerning the betrothed, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy. I think that in view of the present distress it is good for a person to remain as he is. Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek toContinue reading “1 Corinthians 7: 25-34….Advising not commanding.”

1 Corinthians 7: 17-24….Called to Faithfulness

Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches. Was anyone at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was anyone at the time ofContinue reading “1 Corinthians 7: 17-24….Called to Faithfulness”

1 Corinthians 7: 10-16….To those converted after marriage..

To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband (but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife.To the rest I say (I, not the Lord) that if any brotherContinue reading “1 Corinthians 7: 10-16….To those converted after marriage..”

1 Corinthians 7:1-9….Marriage – so important!

1 Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” 2 But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. 3 The husband should give to his wife her conjugalContinue reading “1 Corinthians 7:1-9….Marriage – so important!”

Ecclesiastes 2: 12-17….Come chose, I did.

So I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done. Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness. The wise person has hisContinue reading “Ecclesiastes 2: 12-17….Come chose, I did.”

Ecclesiastes 2: 9-11….Self-centredness.

So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me. And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my reward for all my toil.Continue reading “Ecclesiastes 2: 9-11….Self-centredness.”

Ecclesiastes 2: 1-8….A modern Billionaire!

More thoughts on the same passage as yesterday! I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy yourself.” But behold, this also was vanity. I said of laughter, “It is mad,” and of pleasure, “What use is it?” I searched with my heart how to cheer my body with wine—myContinue reading “Ecclesiastes 2: 1-8….A modern Billionaire!”

Ecclesiastes 2: 1-8…So let us enjoy ourselves!

1 I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy yourself.” But behold, this also was vanity. 2 I said of laughter, “It is mad,” and of pleasure, “What use is it?” 3 I searched with my heart how to cheer my body with wine—my heart still guiding me withContinue reading “Ecclesiastes 2: 1-8…So let us enjoy ourselves!”

Ecclesiastes 1: 12-18….Don’t just look,…think!

I the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. I have seen everything that is done underContinue reading “Ecclesiastes 1: 12-18….Don’t just look,…think!”