Jul 30, 2024
JEREMIAH
21-22:
These
verses from Jeremiah 20 have been often quoted as a reason for
memorizing Scripture:
Jer.
20:9 NLT But if I say I’ll never mention the
LORD
or speak in his name,
his
word burns in my heart like a fire.
It’s
like a fire in my bones!
I am
worn out trying to hold it in!
I
can’t do it!
Remember the priest Pashur who put Jeremiah in stocks. The Passhur that time was the son of Immer. Today it is evidently a different Passhur who visits Jeremiah, the son of Malchiah.
PSALM 148:
The ending psalms just keep getting more and
more exuberant in praise
1CORINTHIANS
4:14—5:13
Paul is about to drop a bombshell in chapter 5,
and it is good to see the transition from chapter
4.
NLT Translation notes:
1Cor. 5:2 You are so proud of yourselves, but
you should be mourning in sorrow and shame. And you should remove
[that/this] man from your fellowship.
3
Even though I am not with you in person, I am with you in the
Spirit. And as though I were there, I have already passed judgment
on [that/this] man
5 Then you must throw
[that/this] man out and hand him over to Satan so that his sinful
nature will be destroyed and he himself will be saved on the day
the Lord returns.
6
[Given that situation] Your boasting [0//about this] is terrible.
Don’t you realize that this sin is like a little yeast that spreads
through the whole batch of dough?
[There is no “about this” in the Greek, and
this is a place where one would not want to claim this as added
implicit information. They were boasting about other things and
sweeping this under the rug. And I find it very silly to use
‘person’ instead of ‘man’ a little further on. Gender sensitivity
has become a bit too sensitive.]
7
Get rid of the old “yeast” by removing [that wicked man//this
wicked person] from among you. Then you will be like a fresh batch
of dough made without yeast, which is what you really are. Christ,
our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed for us.
10
But I wasn’t talking about unbelievers who indulge in sexual sin,
or are greedy, or cheat people, or worship idols. You would have to
leave this world to avoid [everyone/people] like
that.
12 It isn’t [our/my] responsibility to judge
outsiders, but it certainly is your responsibility to judge those
inside the church who are sinning.
[Paul uses a rhetorical question here, “What
have I to do with judging outsiders?” It is a good idea to
translate this as a statement. I think that Paul’s intent is not
just about himself judging, and the change of pronouns in the next
sentence seems jarring to me as I read the NLT.]
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