Author: Steve Kellar

Summary: Introduction to the Books of the Bible The Book of Philippians Author, Date and Place of Writing The early church was unanimous in its testimony that Philippians was written by the apostle Paul (see 1:1). Internally the letter reveals the stamp of genuineness. The many personal references of the author fit what we know…

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Summary: Introduction to the Books of the Bible The Book of 2 Samuel Title 1 and 2 Samuel were originally one book (see Introduction to 1 Samuel: Title). Literary Features, Authorship and Date See Introduction to 1 Samuel: Literary Features, Authorship and Date. Contents and Theme: Kingship and Covenant 2 Samuel depicts David as a…

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Summary: Introduction to the Books of the Bible The Book of 1 Samuel Title 1 and 2 Samuel are named after the person God used to establish monarchy in Israel. Samuel not only anointed both Saul and David, Israel’s first two kings, but he also gave definition to the new order of God’s rule over…

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Summary: Introduction to the Books of the Bible The Book of Ephesians Author, Date and Place of Writing The author identifies himself as Paul (1:1; 3:1; cf. 3:7,13; 4:1; 6:19-20). Some have taken the absence of the usual personal greetings and the verbal similarity of many parts to Colossians, among other reasons, as grounds for…

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Summary: Introduction to the Books of the Bible The Book of Galatians Author The opening verse identifies the author of Galatians as the apostle Paul. Apart from a few 19th-century interpreters, no one has seriously questioned his authorship. Date and Destination The date of Galatians depends to a great extent on the destination of the…

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Summary: G3958 pas’-kho, path’-o, pen’-tho Apparently a primary verb (the third form used only in certain tenses for it); to experience a sensation or impression (usually painful): – feel, passion, suffer, vex.

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Summary: H5315 ? ©? nephesh neh’-fesh From H5314; properly a breathing creature, that is, animal or (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental): – any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead (-ly), desire, X [dis-] contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart (-y), (hath, X jeopardy…

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Summary: G4717 ?± stauro? stow-ro’-o From G4716; to impale on the cross; figuratively to extinguish (subdue) passion or selfishness: – crucify. G4716 ?± stauros stow-ros’ From the base of G2476; a stake or post (as set upright), that is, (specifically) a pole or cross (as an instrument of capital punishment); figuratively exposure to death, that…

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Summary: G1466 ?³?¬± egkrateia eng-krat’-i-ah From G1468; self control (especially continence): – temperance. G1468 ?³?± egkrats eng-krat-ace’ From G1722 and G2904; strong in a thing (masterful), that is, (figuratively and reflexively) self controlled (in appetite, etc.): – temperate. G1722 ?½ en en A primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by…

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Summary: H6038   -n?v?h an-aw-vaw’ From H6035; condescension, human and subjective (modesty), or divine and objective (clemency): – gentleness, humility, meekness. H6035     -?n?v -?n?yv aw-nawv’, aw-nawv’ The second form is by intermixture with H6041; from H6031; depressed (figuratively), in mind (gentle) or circumstances (needy, especially saintly): – humble, lowly, meek, poor`. Compare H6041.…

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“Oil for the light.” — Exodus 25:6 My soul, how much thou needest this, for thy lamp will not long continue to burn without it. Thy snuff will smoke and become an offence if light be gone, and gone it will be if oil be absent. Thou hast no oil well springing up in thy…

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“He hath commanded his covenant for ever.” — Psalms 111:9 The Lord’s people delight in the covenant itself. It is an unfailing source of consolation to them so often as the Holy Spirit leads them into its banqueting house and waves its banner of love. They delight to contemplate the antiquity of that covenant, remembering…

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     Nay, in all these things, we are more than conquerors      through Him that loved us.      — Romans 8:37 Paul is speaking of the things that might seem likely to separate or wedge in between the saint and the love of God; but the remarkable thing is that nothing can wedge in between…

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“The breaker is come up before them.” — Micah 2:13 Inasmuch as Jesus has gone before us, things remain not as they would have been had he never passed that way. He has conquered every foe that obstructed the way. Cheer up now thou faint-hearted warrior. Not only has Christ travelled the road, but he…

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“Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.” — Psalms 73:24 The Psalmist felt his need of divine guidance. He had just been discovering the foolishness of his own heart, and lest he should be constantly led astray by it, he resolved that God’s counsel should henceforth guide him. A…

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“We may be in the light as God is in the light for quality, but not for equality.” — John Trapp

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‘‘If we but study the conditions in all sincerity, we will have to acknowledge that our unbelief and our sins are the cause of our lack of spiritual power, and that this condition is one that places us guilty before God and grieving God’s Holy Spirit.’’ Murray, A. (2002). Living a prayerful life. Grand Rapids,…

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