From The Grace New Testament Commentary (Revised Edition) By Zane Hodges Obeying those in authority (13:1-7) 13:1. Paul begins by making clear that he conceives of no exceptions to what he is now saying (every person). The subjection enjoined here is based on the simple fact that there is no authority if it is not
By Summer Stevens I watched him walk up the stairs to our room. It was the third weekend in a row we’d had a stupid argument, and this one was on me and we both knew it. I flopped onto the couch and sighed in frustration. Immediately a verse flashed into my mind: “A wise
By Laurence M. Vance “But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed” (Gal 2:11). Although this verse seems rather inconspicuous, it is actually one of the most significant verses in the New Testament. This is not to say that Paul meant it to be
By Andrew Engelman You Can’t Be Sure? They threw it all at me—all of it. They said that before the fall of man, God ordained who would be saved. They told me I was dead, a corpse, unable to receive the gift of grace unless it had already been chosen for me. I had to