Dead flies make the perfumer’s ointment give off a stench;so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.A wise man’s heart inclines him to the right,but a fool’s heart to the left.Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense,and he says to everyone that he is a fool.If the anger of the rulerContinue reading “Ecclesiastes 10: 1-7….Against folly”
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Ecclesiastes 9: 11-18….Choose wisdom!
Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all. For man does not know his time. Like fish that areContinue reading “Ecclesiastes 9: 11-18….Choose wisdom!”
1 Corinthians 12: 31b – 13:13….The Way of Love, a more excellent WAY.
And I will show you a still more excellent way.If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as toContinue reading “1 Corinthians 12: 31b – 13:13….The Way of Love, a more excellent WAY.”
1 Corinthians 12: 21-31a….Continuing the body illustration…
The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestowContinue reading “1 Corinthians 12: 21-31a….Continuing the body illustration…”
1 Corinthians 12: 12-20….A Body has many bits and pieces!
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one SpiritFor the body doesContinue reading “1 Corinthians 12: 12-20….A Body has many bits and pieces!”
1 Corinthians 12: 1-11….Christians, by the will of God have different ‘gifts’.
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed. You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led. Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus is accursed!” and no one canContinue reading “1 Corinthians 12: 1-11….Christians, by the will of God have different ‘gifts’.”
1 Corinthians 11: 23-34….The proper Way to…
For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way alsoContinue reading “1 Corinthians 11: 23-34….The proper Way to…”
1 Corinthians 11: 17-22….A clear reprimand!
But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you. And I believe it in part, for there must beContinue reading “1 Corinthians 11: 17-22….A clear reprimand!”
Ecclesiastes 9: 7-10….Winding up the book.
Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.Let your garments be always white. Let not oil be lacking on your head.Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that he has given you underContinue reading “Ecclesiastes 9: 7-10….Winding up the book.”
Ecclesiastes 9: 1-6….Death Comes to All – a cause to think deeply.
But all this I laid to heart, examining it all, how the righteous and the wise and their deeds are in the hand of God. Whether it is love or hate, man does not know; both are before him. It is the same for all, since the same event happens to the righteous and theContinue reading “Ecclesiastes 9: 1-6….Death Comes to All – a cause to think deeply.”
As I read it! 