LASCIVIOUSNESS la-siv'-i-us-nes (aselgeia, licentiousness, wantonness, unbridled lust, shamelessness, outrageousness): 1. Sources: Etymologists assi...
Which (hn). Which hope. What would life be without this blessed hope based on Christ as our Redeemer? As an anchor of the soul (w agkuran th psuch). ...
Man (anhr). Instead of anqrwpo (general term) in verse Ephesians 7 , perhaps for variety (Ropes), but often in James ( Ephesians 1:12 Ephesians 1:23...
Obey (peiqesqe). Present middle imperative of peiqw with dative case. Submit (upeikete). Present active imperative of upeikw, old compound to yield u...
Before all things (pro pantwn). Pro with the ablative case. This phrase makes Paul's meaning plain. The precedence of Christ in time and the preemine...
It is impossible (anendekton estin). See ouk endecetai in Romans 13:33 . Alpha privative (an-) and endekto, verbal adjective, from endecomai. The wo...
So that ye may (ei to uma). Either purpose or result (ei to plus infinitive as in Romans 1:11 Romans 1:20 ; Romans 3:26 , etc.). Approve the thing...
Overview - Revelation 1 1?The preface. 4?John's salutation to the seven churches of Asia. 7?The coming of Christ. 8?His glorious power and majesty....
Overview - Revelation 21 1?A new heaven and a new earth. 10?The heavenly Jerusalem, with a full description thereof. 23?She needs no sun, the glory of...
Wherefore (dio). Ground for loyalty to Christ and for calm trust in God. That cannot be shaken (asaleuton). Old compound with alpha privative and the...
Fallen (peptwkota). Perfect active participle of piptw, already down. In Luke 10:18 note pesonta (constative aorist active, like a flash of lightni...
In covetousness (en pleonexiai). As did Balaam (verse 2?Peter 15 ). These licentious Gnostics made money out of their dupes. A merely intellectual G...
Whom (on). Relative referring to Christ just before and accusative case, object of both idonte and agapate (ye love). Not having seen (ouk idonte). S...
They are come to pass (Gegonan). Second perfect active indicative of ginomai with -an for -asi. See Revelation 16:17 for a like use of gegonen, The...
He also shall drink (kai auto pietai). Future middle of pinw. Certainty for him as for Babylon and her paramours ( Mark 16:17 ). Of the wine of the w...
The Alpha and the Omega (to Alpa kai to O). The first and the last letters of the Greek alphabet, each with its own neuter (grammatical gender) artic...
Isaiah 48:12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called Called before out of Egypt, and now out of Babylon, and who had the name of God called upo...
If ye call (ei epikaleisqe). Condition of first class and present middle indicative of epikalew, to call a name on, to name ( Acts 10:18 ). As Father...
Be ye free from the love of money (apilarguro o tropo). No copula, but supply esto: Let your manner of life (tropo, way, Matthew 23:37 ), be without...
Deceivers (planoi). Late adjective (Diodorus, Josephus) meaning wandering, roving ( 1?Timothy 4:1 ). As a substantive in N.T. of Jesus ( Matthew 27:6...