From Mark Copeland... From Heirs Apparent To Heirs Actual (Galatians 4:1-7)

                     "THE EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS"

              From Heirs Apparent To Heirs Actual (4:1-7)

INTRODUCTION

1. In his epistle to the churches of Galatia, Paul...
   a. Opposed those teaching that Gentiles must be circumcised and keep
      the Law of Moses
   b. Presented a series of five arguments contending that we are
      justified by faith in Christ

2. We have seen Paul make three of these arguments so far...
   a. The personal argument - Ga 3:1-5
      1) How they received the Spirit
      2) From whom they received the Spirit
   b. The scriptural argument - Ga 3:6-25
      1) The example of Abraham
      2) The curse of the Law
      3) The priority of the Promise over the Law
      4) The purpose of the Law
   c. The practical argument - Ga 3:26-29
      1) In Christ they are one, as children of God, Abraham's seed
      2) As such they are heirs of the promise regarding the Seed

3. As we begin the fourth chapter, Paul continues with his practical
   argument...
   a. Under the Law they were simply "heirs apparent"
   b. In Christ Jesus they have become "heirs actual"

[That we might appreciate our blessings in Christ, especially the
earnest of our inheritance, let's examine Paul's explanation of how they
went "From Heirs Apparent To Heirs Actual"...]

I. UNDER THE LAW AS HEIRS APPARENT

   A. THEY WERE NO DIFFERENT THAN SLAVES...
      1. They were still children - Ga 4:1-2
         a. Heirs, yet no different from slaves regarding inheritance
         b. Masters, yet still under guardians and stewards
      2. They were in bondage under the elements of the world - Ga 4:3
         a. "The word rendered 'elements' (stoicheion), properly means a
            row or series; a little step; a pin or peg, as the gnomen of
            a dial; and then anything 'elementary,' as a sound, a
            letter. It then denotes the elements or rudiments of any
            kind of instruction, and in the NT is applied to the first
            lessons or principles of religion; He 5:12." - Barnes
         b. "Here the figure is kept up of the reference to the infant
            (Ga 4:1,3); and the idea is, that lessons were taught under
            the Jewish system adapted to their nonage - to a state of
            childhood. They were treated as children under tutors and
            governors." - Barnes, ibid.

   B. THEY WERE UNDER GUARD...
      1. They were kept under guard by the Law - cf. Ga 3:23
      2. The Law had been their tutor, schoolmaster (paidagogos) - cf.
         Ga 3:24
         a. "a tutor, i.e. a guardian and guide of boys. Among the
            Greeks and the Romans the name was applied to trustworthy
            slaves who were charged with the duty of supervising the
            life and morals of boys belonging to the better class.  The
            boys were not allowed so much as to step out of the house
            without them before arriving at the age of manhood."
            - Thayer
         b. "paidagogos; from pais (G3816), a child, and agogos, a
            leader, which is from ago (G71), to lead. An instructor or
            teacher of children, a schoolmaster, a pedagogue (1Co 4:15;
            Ga 3:24-25). Originally referred to the slave who conducted
            the boys from home to the school. Then it became a teacher
            or an educator." - Complete Word Study Dictionary

[Such was the condition of those under the Law of Moses.  But now in
Christ things are dramatically different...]

II. IN JESUS CHRIST AS HEIRS ACTUAL

   A. THEY ARE NOW SONS...
      1. They are no longer under a tutor
         a. The Law had served its purpose as tutor well - cf. Ga 3:
            23-24a
         b. But now they were called to be "justified by faith" - cf. Ga 3:24b-25
      2. They are now sons of God
         a. Through faith in Christ Jesus - cf. Ga 3:26
         b. For those baptized into Christ have put on Christ - cf. Ga 3:27
         c. They have been "born again" - cf. Jn 3:5

   B. THEY HAVE RECEIVED THE ADOPTION OF SONS...
      1. They have been redeemed - Ga 4:4-5
         a. By the Son sent by His Father
            1) When the fullness of time had come (when conditions were
               just right)
            2) Born of a woman (Mary), born under the Law (of Moses)
         b. For the purpose of:
            1) Redeeming those under the Law (Jews)
            2) Receiving the adoption as sons (both Jews and Gentiles)
      2  They have received the Spirit of God in their hearts - Ga 4:6
         a. By whom they cry out "Abba, Father!" - cf. Ro 8:15
         b. Who bears witness with their spirit that they are children
            and heirs of God, joint heirs with Christ - cf. Ro 8:16-17
         c. Who pours out the love of God in their hearts - cf. Ro 5:5
         d. As explained by others:
            1) "And being made sons by the Son through the operation of
               faith (Jn 1:12), the Spirit of Christ is bestowed upon us
               to bring us to blissful realization of our son ship, so
               that we may speak to God, calling him Abba, Father.  Abba
               is the Syriac for father. The Syriac and Greek names are
               both used by Paul, probably that all the tender
               associations which, to either Jews or Greeks, clustered
               around the paternal name, might be, at the sound of the
               sacred word, transferred to God. Thus, by the blessed
               ministration of Christ, all who believed on him in
               Galatia passed from servitude and wardship to the estate
               of sons and heirs - Ro 8:17." - McGarvey on Ga 4:6
            2) "For ye did not receive the spirit of bondage. The time
               is referred to when they were born again, and entered the
               kingdom of God. They did not receive the spirit of
               bondage, of slavery to sin, so that they would obey its
               dictates, and thus be in fear of death. Instead, they
               received the Holy Spirit according to promise (Ac 2:38)."
               - B. W. Johnson on Ro 8:15
            3) "The Spirit of adoption. The Spirit God bestows upon
               those who are accepted as his children. Paul was writing
               to the Romans, among whom the adoption of children, not
               their own by nature, was common. They would understand
               this to mean that those converted, or born again, are
               adopted as children of God; upon those thus adopted he
               bestows his Spirit; this Spirit in their hearts produces
               a loving trust that enables them to address God as
               Father." - Johnson, ibid.
      3. They are heirs of God through Christ - Ga 4:7; cf. Ro 8:16-17
         a. Receiving the Spirit as a guarantee (arrabon) - cf. Ep 1:
            13-14; 2Co 1:22; 5:5
            1) "An earnest; money which in purchases is given as a
               pledge or down payment that the full amount will
               subsequently be paid." - Thayer
            2) "A pledge, something which stands for part of the price
               and paid beforehand to confirm the transaction. Used in
               the NT only in a figurative sense and spoken of the Holy
               Spirit which God has given to believers in this present
               life to assure them of their future and eternal
               inheritance." - Complete Word Study Dictionary
         b. The Spirit is but the first fruits - cf. Ro 8:23
            1) With the redemption of the body (the resurrection) yet to
               come - cf. Ep 4:30
            2) Until the redemption of the purchased possession - cf. Ep 1:14
            3) When we will receive the ultimate inheritance:  "God is
               with us!" - Re 21:1-7

CONCLUSION

1. To seek justification by the works of the Law is to return to being
   "heirs apparent"...
   a. In which one is but a child under a guardian
   b. In which one is still in bondage to basic elements of religion

2. To be justified by an obedient faith in Christ is to become "heirs
   actual"...
   a. In which one has begun to receive the inheritance as sons of God
   b. The first fruit being the Spirit of God, who is a guarantee of
      that which is to come

3. Are we benefiting from the blessing of the Spirit in our lives...?
   a. Promised to those who believe? - Jn 7:37-39
   b. Given to those who become children of God? - Ga 4:6
   c. Whose indwelling should engender a strong affection for God as our
      Father? - Ga 4:6; Ro 5:5

Paul will have much more to say about the Spirit in the life of the
Christian in his epistle to the Galatians (cf. Ga 5:5,16-25; 6:8).  For
now, let Peter remind you how to receive the Spirit... - cf. Ac 2:38-39

Executable Outlines, Copyright © Mark A. Copeland, 2011

 

From Jim McGuiggan... Matthew 12:1-8: The Sabbath's a Person

Matthew 12:1-8: The Sabbath's a Person

Matthew 12:1-8 shows Jesus coming into conflict not with the commands of God but with an established understanding of God’s command. Christ loved the Sabbath because it came from the heart of his Holy Father whose unfathomable generosity and righteousness is expressed in the Sabbath command. 

The Sabbath expressed God-given freedom and release from bondage and Jesus embodied the very heart of God in that respect. He himself was all that the Sabbath stood for and expressed, only he said it better than the Sabbath and in him the truth in the Sabbath plumbed greater depths.

Matthew 11:28 is followed by 12:1-8 for perfectly good reasons. The Jewish scholar, Jacob Neusner in his Introduction to Judaism well expresses the difference between the Jewish Sabbath and a gloomy “Christian” Sunday when he speaks of its pleasures and joy and Bible reading and praise.

For hardworking peasants under Roman taxation and domination the Sabbath was a godsend. It was assurance and hope and the thought of downing tools and enjoying the provision God had given them was something to look forward to. The Sabbath would remind them of Egyptian slavery and domination and of God’s rescue—Rome would be no different for God was the God of Rome. Leaders took this gift that God gave to his people and made it a burden, a yoke that rubbed them raw. The Sabbath lost what the Sabbath meant. Looking at such people Jesus said in Matthew 11:28, “I’m the Sabbath!” 

And that’s something like what he meant when he said in 12:8 that he was the Lord of the Sabbath. He wasn’t saying that the Sabbath meant one thing but that he as the Messiah was claiming executive privilege for himself and his disciples (as Calvin claimed he was doing). He was claiming that the Sabbath was to be understood in light of him. He was not putting a new interpretation on the Sabbath and much less was he saying something like, “I make laws; I don’t obey them.” No, Jesus said he came to fulfil the law and the prophets (compare Matthew 5:17).  

These leaders should have known that the disciples were guiltless and they would have known it if they had understood Hosea 6:6. It wasn’t the case that Christ’s Messiahship trumped the Pharasaic authority. It wasn’t a case of them saying, “Here’s our authoritative ruling” and Jesus saying, “I’m the Messiah and I outrank you so your rules don’t apply to me or mine.”  He said something like, “If you had understood Hosea 6:6 you wouldn’t have made such rulings.” Their conflict was not with Jesus alone but with the God of the prophets. Their conflict was not with a new interpretation but with an old and abiding truth. 

So when Rendel Harris years ago said that the disciples in Matthew 12 were plucking freedom and eating liberation he didn’t mean they were gaining freedom from God’s Sabbath. God’s Sabbath never stood for anything else but freedom and joyful release and God’s Son in his very person and work embodied that for poor souls that were captive in all the ways that a poor soul can be captive! 

©2004 Jim McGuiggan. All materials are free to be copied and used as long as money is not being made.

Many thanks to brother Ed Healy, for allowing me to post from his website, the abiding word.com.

From Gary.... Bible Reading and Study September 6

Bible Reading and Study    

September 6

The World English Bible

Sept. 6

Psalms 43-45

Psa 43:1 Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.

Psa 43:2 For you are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

Psa 43:3 Oh, send out your light and your truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy hill, To your tents.

Psa 43:4 Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy. I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.

Psa 43:5 Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him: my Savior, my helper, and my God.

Psa 44:1 We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us, what work you did in their days, in the days of old.

Psa 44:2 You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad.

Psa 44:3 For they didn't get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them.

Psa 44:4 You are my King, God. Command victories for Jacob!

Psa 44:5 Through you, will we push down our adversaries. Through your name, will we tread them under who rise up against us.

Psa 44:6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

Psa 44:7 But you have saved us from our adversaries, and have shamed those who hate us.

Psa 44:8 In God we have made our boast all day long, we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah.

Psa 44:9 But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, and don't go out with our armies.

Psa 44:10 You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take spoil for themselves.

Psa 44:11 You have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations.

Psa 44:12 You sell your people for nothing, and have gained nothing from their sale.

Psa 44:13 You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.

Psa 44:14 You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

Psa 44:15 All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face,

Psa 44:16 At the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger.

Psa 44:17 All this has come on us, yet have we not forgotten you, Neither have we been false to your covenant.

Psa 44:18 Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,

Psa 44:19 Though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.

Psa 44:20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god;

Psa 44:21 won't God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.

Psa 44:22 Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.

Psa 44:23 Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don't reject us forever.

Psa 44:24 Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?

Psa 44:25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body cleaves to the earth.

Psa 44:26 Rise up to help us. Redeem us for your loving kindness' sake.

Psa 45:1 My heart overflows with a noble theme. I recite my verses for the king. My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.

Psa 45:2 You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, therefore God has blessed you forever.

Psa 45:3 Gird your sword on your thigh, mighty one: your splendor and your majesty.

Psa 45:4 In your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness. Let your right hand display awesome deeds.

Psa 45:5 Your arrows are sharp. The nations fall under you, with arrows in the heart of the king's enemies.

Psa 45:6 Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom.

Psa 45:7 You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.

Psa 45:8 All your garments smell like myrrh, aloes, and cassia. Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad.

Psa 45:9 Kings' daughters are among your honorable women. At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir.

Psa 45:10 Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. Forget your own people, and also your father's house.

Psa 45:11 So the king will desire your beauty, honor him, for he is your lord.

Psa 45:12 The daughter of Tyre comes with a gift. The rich among the people entreat your favor.

Psa 45:13 The princess inside is all glorious. Her clothing is interwoven with gold.

Psa 45:14 She shall be led to the king in embroidered work. The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to you.

Psa 45:15 With gladness and rejoicing they shall be led. They shall enter into the king's palace.

Psa 45:16 Your sons will take the place of your fathers. You shall make them princes in all the earth.

Psa 45:17 I will make your name to be remembered in all generations. Therefore the peoples shall give you thanks forever and ever.

The Composite Bible

The World English Bible

Darby's Translation

Young's Literal Translation

The Composite Bible is a effort to understand the Bible by considering it from different perspectives and different levels of literalcy. First, read the World English Bible (the least literal-black text) for comprehension of the text. Next, read both the World English Bible with the Darby Translation (more literal-blue text)to make comparisons and lastly, read all three versions (Young's is the most literal translation- red text) at one time to obtain an overview of the text. Doing this will make you think about what the Scriptures are actually saying and avoid reading in a superficial manner.

Psalms

Psalms 43 1

Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from

deceitful and wicked men.

Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation; deliver me from the

deceitful and unrighteous man.

Judge me, O God, And plead my cause against a nation not pious, From a man of

deceit and perverseness Thou dost deliver me,

Psalms 43 2

For you are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me? Why do I go mourning because

of the oppression of the enemy?

For thou art the God of my strength: why hast thou cast me off? why go I about mourning

because of the oppression of the enemy?

For thou [art] the God of my strength. Why hast Thou cast me off? Why mourning

do I go up and down, In the oppression of an enemy?

Psalms 43 3

Oh, send out your light and your truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy hill,

To your tents.

Send out thy light and thy truth: *they* shall lead me, *they* shall bring me to thy holy

mount, and unto thy habitations.

Send forth Thy light and Thy truth, They -- they lead me, they bring me in, Unto

Thy holy hill, and unto Thy tabernacles.

Psalms 43 4

Then I will go to the altar of God, To God, my exceeding joy. I will praise you on the harp, God,

my God.

Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto the ·God of the gladness of my joy: yea, upon the

harp will I praise thee, O God, my God.

And I go in unto the altar of God, Unto God, the joy of my rejoicing. And I thank

Thee with a harp, O God, my God.

Psalms 43 5

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall

still praise him, The saving help of my face, and my God. Psalm 44 For the Chief Musician.

By the sons of Korah. A contemplative psalm.

Why art thou cast down, my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God;

for I shall yet praise him, [who is] the health of my countenance, and my God.

What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? And what! art thou troubled within me?

Wait for God, for still I confess Him, The salvation of my countenance, and my God!

Psalms 44 1

We have heard with our ears, God; Our fathers have told us, What work you did in their days,

In the days of old.

{To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. An instruction.} O God, with our ears have

we heard, our fathers have told us, the work thou wroughtest in their days, in the days of

old:

To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. An Instruction. O God, with our ears we have

heard, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work Thou didst work in their days,

In the days of old.

Psalms 44 2

You drove out the nations with your hand, But you planted them. You afflicted the peoples,

But you spread them abroad.

Thou, by thy hand, didst dispossess the nations, but them thou didst plant; thou didst

afflict the peoples, but them didst thou cause to spread out.

Thou, [with] Thy hand, nations hast dispossessed. And Thou dost plant them. Thou

afflictest peoples, and sendest them away.

Psalms 44 3

For they didn`t get the land in possession by their own sword, Neither did their own arm save

them; But your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, Because you were

favorable to them.

For not by their own sword did they take possession of the land, neither did their own

arm save them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance,

because thou hadst delight in them.

For, not by their sword Possessed they the land, And their arm gave not salvation

to them, But Thy right hand, and Thine arm, And the light of Thy countenance,

Because Thou hadst accepted them.

Psalms 44 4

You are my King, God. Command victories for Jacob!

Thou thyself art my king, O God: command deliverance for Jacob.

Thou [art] He, my king, O God, Command the deliverances of Jacob.

Psalms 44 5

Through you, will we push down our adversaries. Through your name, will we tread them

under who rise up against us.

Through thee will we push down our adversaries; through thy name will we tread them

under that rise up against us.

By Thee our adversaries we do push, By Thy name tread down our withstanders,

Psalms 44 6

For I will not trust in my bow, Neither shall my sword save me.

For I will not put confidence in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

For, not in my bow do I trust, And my sword doth not save me.

Psalms 44 7

But you have saved us from our adversaries, And have put them to shame who hate us.

For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.

For Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And those hating us Thou hast put to

shame.

Psalms 44 8

In God have we made our boast all day long, We will give thanks to your name forever. Selah.

In God will we boast all the day, and we will praise thy name for ever. Selah.

In God we have boasted all the day, And Thy name to the age we thank. Selah.

Psalms 44 9

But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, And don`t go out with our armies.

But thou hast cast off, and put us to confusion, and dost not go forth with our armies;

In anger Thou hast cast off and causest us to blush, And goest not forth with our

hosts.

Psalms 44 10

You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take spoil for themselves.

Thou hast made us to turn back from the adversary, and they that hate us spoil for

themselves;

Thou causest us to turn backward from an adversary, And those hating us, Have

spoiled for themselves.

Psalms 44 11

You have made us like sheep for food, And have scattered us among the nations.

Thou hast given us over like sheep [appointed] for meat, and hast scattered us among the

nations;

Thou makest us food like sheep, And among nations Thou hast scattered us.

Psalms 44 12

You sell your people for nothing, And have gained nothing from their sale.

Thou hast sold thy people for nought, and hast not increased [thy wealth] by their price;

Thou sellest Thy people -- without wealth, And hast not become great by their

price.

Psalms 44 13

You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to those who are round

about us.

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision for them that are

round about us;

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a reproach to our

surrounders.

Psalms 44 14

You make us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.

Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

Thou makest us a simile among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.

Psalms 44 15

All day long is my dishonor before me, And shame covers my face,

All the day my confusion is before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,

All the day my confusion [is] before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me.

Psalms 44 16

At the taunt of one who reproaches and reviles, Because of the enemy and the avenger.

Because of the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy

and the avenger.

Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-

avenger.

Psalms 44 17

All this has come on us, Yet have we not forgotten you, Neither have we been false to your

covenant.

All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely

against thy covenant:

All this met us, and we did not forget Thee, Nor have we dealt falsely in Thy

covenant.

Psalms 44 18

Our heart has not turned back, Neither have our steps declined from your way,

Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy path;

We turn not backward our heart, Nor turn aside doth our step from Thy path.

Psalms 44 19

That you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.

Though thou hast crushed us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of

death.

But Thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, And dost cover us over with death-

shade.

Psalms 44 20

If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;

If we had forgotten the name of our God, and stretched out our hands to a strange ·god,

If we have forgotten the name of our God, And spread our hands to a strange God,

Psalms 44 21

Won`t God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.

Would not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

Doth not God search out this? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.

Psalms 44 22

Yes, for your sake are we killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.

But for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are reckoned as sheep for slaughter.

Surely, for Thy sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the

slaughter.

Psalms 44 23

Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don`t reject us forever.

Awake, why sleepest thou, Lord? arise, cast [us] not off for ever.

Stir up -- why dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever.

Psalms 44 24

Why do you hide your face, And forget our affliction and our oppression?

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, [and] forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

Why Thy face hidest Thou? Thou forgettest our afflictions and our oppression,

Psalms 44 25

For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body cleaves to the earth.

For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

For bowed to the dust hath our soul, Cleaved to the earth hath our belly.

Psalms 44 26

Rise up to help us. Redeem us for your lovingkindness` sake. Psalm 45 For the Chief

Musician. Set to "The Lilies." A contemplation by the sons of Korah. A wedding song.

Rise up for our help, and redeem us for thy loving-kindness` sake.

Arise, a help to us, And ransom us for thy kindness` sake.

Psalms 45 1

My heart overflows with a noble theme. I recite my verses for the king. My tongue is like the

pen of a skillful writer.

{To the chief Musician. Upon Shoshannim. Of the sons of Korah. An instruction; -- a song

of the Beloved.} My heart is welling forth [with] a good matter: I say what I have

composed touching the king. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

To the Overseer. -- `On the Lilies.` -- By sons of Korah. -- An Instruction. -- A song of

loves. My heart hath indited a good thing, I am telling my works to a king, My

tongue [is] the pen of a speedy writer.

Psalms 45 2

You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, Therefore God has

blessed you forever.

Thou art fairer than the sons of men; grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath

blessed thee for ever.

Thou hast been beautified above the sons of men, Grace hath been poured into thy

lips, Therefore hath God blessed thee to the age.

Psalms 45 3

Gird your sword on your thigh, mighty one, Your splendor and your majesty.

Gird thy sword upon [thy] thigh, O mighty one, [in] thy majesty and thy splendour;

Gird Thy sword upon the thigh, O mighty, Thy glory and Thy majesty!

Psalms 45 4

In your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness. Let

your right hand display awesome deeds.

And [in] thy splendour ride prosperously, because of truth and meekness [and]

righteousness: and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

As to Thy majesty -- prosper! -- ride! Because of truth, and meekness --

righteousness, And Thy right hand showeth Thee fearful things.

Psalms 45 5

Your arrows are sharp. The nations fall under you, with arrows in the heart of the king`s

enemies.

Thine arrows are sharp -- peoples fall under thee -- in the heart of the king`s enemies.

Thine arrows [are] sharp, -- Peoples fall under Thee -- In the heart of the enemies

of the king.

Psalms 45 6

Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom.

Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; a sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy

kingdom:

Thy throne, O God, [is] age-during, and for ever, A sceptre of uprightness [Is] the

sceptre of Thy kingdom.

Psalms 45 7

You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed

you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness; therefore God, thy God, hath

anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.

Thou hast loved righteousness and hatest wickedness, Therefore God, thy God,

hath anointed thee, Oil of joy above thy companions.

Psalms 45 8

All your garments smell like myrrh, aloes, and cassia. Out of ivory palaces stringed

instruments have made you glad.

Myrrh and aloes, cassia, are all thy garments; out of ivory palaces stringed instruments

have made thee glad.

Myrrh and aloes, cassia! all thy garments, Out of palaces of ivory Stringed

instruments have made thee glad.

Psalms 45 9

Kings` daughters are among your honorable women. At your right hand the queen stands in

gold of Ophir.

Kings` daughters are among thine honourable women; upon thy right hand doth stand

the queen in gold of Ophir.

Daughters of kings [are] among thy precious ones, A queen hath stood at thy right

hand, In pure gold of Ophir.

Psalms 45 10

Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. Forget your own people, and also your father`s

house.

Hearken, daughter, and see, and incline thine ear; and forget thine own people and thy

father`s house:

Hearken, O daughter, and see, incline thine ear, And forget thy people, and thy

father`s house,

Psalms 45 11

So will the king desire your beauty, Honor him, for he is your lord.

And the king will desire thy beauty; for he is thy Lord, and worship thou him.

And the king doth desire thy beauty, Because he [is] thy lord -- bow thyself to him,

Psalms 45 12

The daughter of Tyre comes with a gift. The rich among the people entreat your favor.

And the daughter of Tyre with a gift, the rich ones among the people, shall court thy

favour.

And the daughter of Tyre with a present, The rich of the people do appease thy

face.

Psalms 45 13

The princess inside is all glorious. Her clothing is interwoven with gold.

All glorious is the king`s daughter within; her clothing is of wrought gold:

All glory [is] the daughter of the king within, Of gold-embroidered work [is] her

clothing.

Psalms 45 14

She shall be led to the king in embroidered work. The virgins, her companions who follow her,

shall be brought to you.

She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of embroidery; the virgins behind her,

her companions, shall be brought in unto thee:

In divers colours she is brought to the king, Virgins -- after her -- her

companions, Are brought to thee.

Psalms 45 15

With gladness and rejoicing shall they be led. They shall enter into the king`s palace.

With joy and gladness shall they be brought; they shall enter into the king`s palace.

They are brought with joy and gladness, They come into the palace of the king.

Psalms 45 16

Your sons will take the place of your fathers. You shall make them princes in all the earth.

Instead of thy fathers shall be thy sons; princes shalt thou make them in all the earth.

Instead of thy fathers are thy sons, Thou dost appoint them for princes in all the

earth.

Psalms 45 17

I will make your name to be remembered in all generations. Therefore the peoples shall give

you thanks forever and ever. Psalm 46 For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. A song

for Alamoth.

I will make thy name to be remembered throughout all generations; therefore shall the

peoples praise thee for ever and ever.

I make mention of Thy name in all generations, Therefore do peoples praise Thee,

To the age, and for ever!

Study Questions

Hope in _________? 43:5

God knows ___________? 44:21

The kingdom of God is __________? 45:6

The World English Bible

Sept. 6

1 Corinthians 2

1Co 2:1 When I came to you, brothers, I didn't come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

1Co 2:2 For I determined not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

1Co 2:3 I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.

1Co 2:4 My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

1Co 2:5 that your faith wouldn't stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

1Co 2:6 We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown; yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing.

1Co 2:7 But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds for our glory,

1Co 2:8 which none of the rulers of this world has known. For had they known it, they wouldn't have crucified the Lord of glory.

1Co 2:9 But as it is written, "Things which an eye didn't see, and an ear didn't hear, which didn't enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him."

1Co 2:10 But to us, God revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

1Co 2:11 For who among men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man, which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God, except God's Spirit.

1Co 2:12 But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that were freely given to us by God.

1Co 2:13 Which things also we speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.

1Co 2:14 Now the natural man doesn't receive the things of God's Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can't know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

1Co 2:15 But he who is spiritual discerns all things, and he himself is judged by no one.

1Co 2:16 "For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him?" But we have Christ's mind.

The Composite Bible

The World English Bible

Darby's Translation

Young's Literal Translation

The Composite Bible is a effort to understand the Bible by considering it from different perspectives and different levels of literalcy. First, read the World English Bible (the least literal-black text) for comprehension of the text. Next, read both the World English Bible with the Darby Translation (more literal-blue text)to make comparisons and lastly, read all three versions (Young's is the most literal translation- red text) at one time to obtain an overview of the text. Doing this will make you think about what the Scriptures are actually saying and avoid reading in a superficial manner.

1 Corinthians

1 Corinthians 2 1

When I came to you, brothers, I didn`t come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming

to you the testimony of God.

And *I*, when I came to you, brethren, came not in excellency of word, or wisdom,

announcing to you the testimony of God.

And I, having come unto you, brethren, came -- not in superiority of discourse or

wisdom -- declaring to you the testimony of God,

1 Corinthians 2 2

For I determined not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

For I did not judge [it well] to know anything among you save Jesus Christ, and *him*

crucified.

for I decided not to know any thing among you, except Jesus Christ, and him

crucified;

1 Corinthians 2 3

I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.

And *I* was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling;

and I, in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling, was with you;

1 Corinthians 2 4

My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in

demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

and my word and my preaching, not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in

demonstration of [the] Spirit and of power;

and my word and my preaching was not in persuasive words of human wisdom,

but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power --

1 Corinthians 2 5

that your faith wouldn`t stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

that your faith might not stand in men`s wisdom, but in God`s power.

that your faith may not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

1 Corinthians 2 6

We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown; yet a wisdom not of this world, nor

of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing.

But we speak wisdom among the perfect; but wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers

of this world, who come to nought.

And wisdom we speak among the perfect, and wisdom not of this age, nor of the

rulers of this age -- of those becoming useless,

1 Corinthians 2 7

But we speak God`s wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God

foreordained before the worlds to our glory,

But we speak God`s wisdom in [a] mystery, that hidden [wisdom] which God had

predetermined before the ages for our glory:

but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a secret, that God foreordained before

the ages to our glory,

1 Corinthians 2 8

which none of the rulers of this world has known. For had they known it, they wouldn`t have

crucified the Lord of glory.

which none of the princes of this age knew, (for had they known, they would not have

crucified the Lord of glory;)

which no one of the rulers of this age did know, for if they had known, the Lord of

the glory they would not have crucified;

1 Corinthians 2 9

But as it is written, "Things which eye didn`t see, and ear didn`t hear, Which didn`t enter into

the heart of man, Whatever things God prepared for those who love him."

but according as it is written, Things which eye has not seen, and ear not heard, and

which have not come into man`s heart, which God has prepared for them that love him,

but, according as it hath been written, `What eye did not see, and ear did not

hear, and upon the heart of man came not up, what God did prepare for those

loving Him --`

1 Corinthians 2 10

But to us, God revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep

things of God.

but God has revealed to us by [his] Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the

depths of God.

but to us did God reveal [them] through His Spirit, for the Spirit all things doth

search, even the depths of God,

1 Corinthians 2 11

For who among men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man, which is in him?

Even so, no one knows the things of God, except God`s Spirit.

For who of men hath known the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in

him? thus also the things of God knows no one except the Spirit of God.

for who of men hath known the things of the man, except the spirit of the man

that [is] in him? so also the things of God no one hath known, except the Spirit of

God.

1 Corinthians 2 12

But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might

know the things that were freely given to us by God.

But *we* have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which [is] of God, that

we may know the things which have been freely given to us of God:

And we the spirit of the world did not receive, but the Spirit that [is] of God, that

we may know the things conferred by God on us,

1 Corinthians 2 13

Which things also we speak, not in words which man`s wisdom teaches, but which the Holy

Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.

which also we speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the

Spirit, communicating spiritual [things] by spiritual [means].

which things also we speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those

taught by the Holy Spirit, with spiritual things spiritual things comparing,

1 Corinthians 2 14

Now the natural man doesn`t receive the things of the God`s Spirit, for they are foolishness to

him, and he can`t know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

But [the] natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to

him; and he cannot know [them] because they are spiritually discerned;

and the natural man doth not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for to him

they are foolishness, and he is not able to know [them], because spiritually they

are discerned;

1 Corinthians 2 15

But he who is spiritual discerns all things, and he himself is judged by no one.

but the spiritual discerns all things, and *he* is discerned of no one.

and he who is spiritual, doth discern indeed all things, and he himself is by no

one discerned;

1 Corinthians 2 16

"For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him?" But we have Christ`s

mind.

For who has known the mind of [the] Lord, who shall instruct him? But *we* have the

mind of Christ.

for who did know the mind of the Lord that he shall instruct Him? and we -- we

have the mind of Christ.

 

Study Questions

What did Paul determine to know? 2:2

Who knows the thoughts of God? 2:11