The WH NU reading has weighty manuscripts (𝔓74 B 048 1739 cop), both the Alexandrian and the Western text-types. However, ...
NTTC JAMES 5:7 “Rain” or “Fruit” Supplemental or Explanatory Information?
DAILY DEVOTIONAL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2021
Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the holy ones in Christ Jesus that are in Philippi, with the overseers and servants (Philippians 1:1)
BIBLE AS HISTORY: The Babylonian Empire
Land and people of southern Mesopotamia. Politically, Babylonia refers to the ancient kingdoms that flourished in southern Mesopotamia, especially in the 7th and 6th centuries BC, whose capital city was Babylon (or Bab-ilu, meaning “gate of god”).
DAILY DEVOTIONAL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2021
My brothers, if any among you strays from the truth and one turns him back. (James 5:19)
DAILY DEVOTIONAL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2021
Let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins. (James 5:20)
DAILY DEVOTIONAL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2021
Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit. (James 5:18)
THE TEXTUS RECEPTUS: The Greek Text Behind the King James Version
In Christianity, the term Textus Receptus (Latin for “received text”) refers to all printed editions of the Greek New Testament from Desiderius (1516) to the 1633 Elzevir edition. It was the most commonly used text type for Protestant denominations. The biblical Textus Receptus constituted the translation-base for the original German Luther Bible, the translation of the New Testament into English by William Tyndale, the King James Version, the Spanish Reina-Valera translation, the Czech Bible of Kralice, and most Reformation-era New Testament translations throughout Western and Central Europe.
EARLY CHRISTIANITY: Stephen, the First Martyr
If the preaching of the resurrection and the moral earnestness of the Christians had called forth at first the hatred of the worldly-minded Sadducees, so also, in the process of time, must Christianity show its opposition to the stiff and cold formality and the hypocritical self-righteousness of the Pharisees.
DAILY DEVOTIONAL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2021
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. (James 5:17)
DAILY DEVOTIONAL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2021
Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man can accomplish much. (James 5:16)