Many transactions during this period used weights and measures to determine the correct weight of a product Dishonest parties would take advantage of the system of weights and measures by having two different The lighter weight would be used when selling to give less product than the transaction demanded. In using dishonest weights, merchants were stealing a little from their trade partners in every transaction Each business transaction, no matter if it is a multi-million-dollar real estate deal or something as

The NIV translates v2 as by this gospel you are saved, whereas other translations better render it as

unchangeable election to salvation is given to the chosen in due time,  though by various stages and in differing When we read this passage last year , we noted that there's so much meaning packed into the Greek word translated faith, but on their own they'll often assemble all of those facts in a way that conveys something far different Abel's offering wasn't any different than Cain's, but only Abel's was acceptable because he offered it

Modern English translations for the most part translate verse 8 the same exact way: Noah found favor

people after the fall,  by virtue of which they retain some notions about God, natural things, and the difference Literally translated, you must believe into Him.

people after the fall,  by virtue of which they retain some notions about God, natural things, and the difference Or as the NET Bible translates it, people cannot discover what God has ordained.

other words, as the Apostle Paul would rhetorically put it - writing thousands of years later and in a different Whereas most translations use the word meditate, the NET Bible renders God's command to memorize it [

The English translations all properly render the event with the words the glory of the LORD filled the Dig Deeper   The Hebrew word translated tabernacle simply means dwelling place.

Today's verse also reveals that which makes Jesus different than any other human being born after Adam The ESV translates that phrase more literally: Jesus "knew no sin."

NET Bible translation : 3 Jesus replied, “I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born from He writes with a simple style that's the easiest of all of the New Testament books for a beginning translator It certainly could mean born again , as it's most commonly translated, but it's best understood to mean