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..”
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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: 18-26….Why Work?
I hated all my toil in which I toil under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who will come after me, and who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun.Continue reading “Ecclesiastes 2: 18-26….Why Work?”
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!”
Ecclesiastes 1: 1-11…..All Is Vanity
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun?A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever. The sun rises, and the sun goesContinue reading “Ecclesiastes 1: 1-11…..All Is Vanity”
1 Corinthians 6: 12-20….Of food and sex.
12 “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything. 13 “Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food”—and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality,Continue reading “1 Corinthians 6: 12-20….Of food and sex.”
As I read it! 