This collection helps to explain passages from the letters that the Apostles wrote that might be considered difficult to understand. I seek to be faithful to the text, use a grammatical-historical type of interpretation, and make the result relevant to the reader today.
Difficult Passages Series — 1 Cor. 5:5; 1 Tim. 1:20
1. Why is this passage listed among difficult passages? Both of these passages have one troubling phrase in common. What does “handed over to Satan” mean? 2. How do we deal with the difficulties in this passage? “That some form of excommunication is intended is clear not only from 1 Co 5:2, but from the...
Difficult Passages Series — 1 John 3:6,9 for Feb. 10, 2010
1. Why is this passage listed among difficult passages? These passages have been considered difficult because of the absolute language of the traditional translation. “Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. (v. 6 KJV) “Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed...