Series
The Hard Texts
Every hard verse, at full strength.
5 of 13 articles published · In progress
The Word Was God
John 1:1-3 at full strength: the Trinitarian, Jehovah’s Witness and new-creation readings, tested against the text.
Before Abraham Was
John 8:58 at full strength, with Exodus 3:14, Isaiah 43 and John 6:62: “I am he” or “I have been”?
My Lord and My God
John 20:28 at full strength, with John 10:30-36, Isaiah 9:6 and Psalm 45:6-7: what did Thomas confess?
Through Whom He Made the Ages
Hebrews 1:2, 1:8 and 1:10-12, with Psalms 45 and 102: who made the ages, and through whom?
The Form of God
Philippians 2:5-11, with Isaiah 45:23: the form of God, the form of a servant, and the name God gave.
Firstborn of All Creation
Colossians 1:15-20, with 1 Corinthians 8:6.
The Glory I Had With You
John 17:5 and 24, with 1 Peter 1:20 and 2 Timothy 1:9.
The Name and the Spirit
Matthew 28:19 and Acts 5:3-4, with John 14 to 16.
Eternal Punishment
Matthew 25:46, with Revelation 14:10-11, Mark 9:48 and Luke 16:19-31.
The Elements Will Melt
2 Peter 3:10-12, with Revelation 21:1 and Romans 8:21.
Abstain from Blood
Acts 15:20, 29 and 21:25, with Genesis 9:4 and Leviticus 17:10-14.
Shared Honors, Not Shared Identity
1 Chronicles 29:20-23, with Exodus 23:20-21 and John 5:19-27.
What the Son Did Not Know
Mark 13:32 and Matthew 24:36, with Luke 2:52 and Hebrews 5:8.