James Chapter 3 Vs. 1 James told the believers: Don’t be trying to be a “leader:. Don’t make that your goal to do. The King James Version says “masters”. Leaders have much responsibility. God will hold them to answer for what they say and do and how they have taught the people. Leaders have more
James Chapter 2 Vs. 1 James is writing to the Christians He tells them not to have more respect and show favor for some people and less respect or favor for other people. James has heard that the believers have been showing special favor to the rich people who come into their meetings. Or they
James Introduction: This New Testament book was written about 12 years after Jesus went back into heaven. It is written by Jesus’ brother James. Jesus’ brothers did not seem to believe that Jesus was “special” when Jesus was here on earth. But some time after Jesus died on the cross rose again from the dead
Galatians Chapter 6 Vs. 1 Paul speaks to the believers: He calls them “brethren” or “brothers” meaning they were “family” in the Spirit and in the same way of believing. He tells them that if someone does wrong or sins go to that person and try to get them to come back to the right
Galatians Chapter 5 Vs. 1 Paul encourages the Christians to stand strong in the freedom they have in Christ. To not let other people put them into “bondage” to the old laws. Vs. 2 Paul said: If you think that you will be more acceptable to God if you have circumcision——that is not true. What
Galatians Chapter 4 Vs. 1 Paul continues to explain. A child will receive (inherit) his father’s riches after the father is gone. But while the child is still young he is more like a servant or a slave because he has to do what he is told. He may be the “lord” and “master” but
Galatians Chapter 3 Introduction: Paul continues talking to the Galatians about obeying the Old Testament laws in particular the rule about circumcision. We need to understand a few things about the laws in the Old Testament and the time of “grace” in the New Testament. In other books of the Bible, Paul and others explain
Galatians Chapter 2 Vs. 1-3 Paul tells how 14 years later he went to Jerusalem again. Paul had been traveling and preaching to the Gentiles all this time. He felt that God had shown him that he should go back to Jerusalem to talk with the leaders of the Christian church. So he went. He
Galatians Chapter 1 Paul is writing this letter to the people in the Christian church of Galatia. After Paul left Galatia and went to other places—-Jewish believers came to the church at Galatia and began to tell them things other than what Paul said. These Jewish believers were telling the people at Galatia that they
Daniel Chapter 11 and 12 This chapter 11 is long and Chapter 12 continues the information. It is hard to understand. It has a lot of information. I am surprised that Daniel was able to remember all of this. The Lord must have helped me remember it to write in down later. As we go