Category Archives: Scripture Paraphrase
Luke 14:1, 7-11 – My Paraphrase
Luke 14:1, 7-11 And it came to pass that one sabbath Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees, and the people there were observing him carefully. And he told a parable to those who had been invited, noticing how they were choosing the places of honor, saying to them, [...]
Psalm 42:2-5 – My Paraphrase
Psalm 42:2-5 As the deer longs for the flowing streams. so my soul longs for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I go and behold the face of God? My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say to me, “Where is your God?” [...]
Philippians 1:18b-26 – My Paraphrase
Philippians 1:18b-26 What then? As long as in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in that I rejoice. Yes, I will rejoice, for I know that through your prayers and the support of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will result in deliverance for me My eager expectation and [...]
1 John 3:1-3 – My Paraphrase
1 John 3:1-3 See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we should be called children of God. Yet so we are. Therefore the world does not know us because it did not know him. Beloved, now we are God’s children; what we shall be has not yet been revealed, but we know [...]
Psalm 24:1-6 – My Paraphrase
Psalm 24:1-6 The earth is the LORD’s and it’s fullness; the world and those who dwell in it. For he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers. Who can ascend the mountain of the LORD? or who will stand in his holy place? He whose hands are clean and whose heart [...]
Revelation 7:9-14 – My Paraphrase
Revelation 7:9-14 After this I saw a great multitude, which no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people, and tongue. They stood before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes with palm branches in their hands, and crying out in a loud voice: “Salvation comes from our God, who sits on [...]
Romans 5:5-11 – My Paraphrase
Romans 5:5-11 Hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us. For while we were still helpless, Christ died at the appointed time for the ungodly. For only with difficulty will one die for a just person, though [...]
John 6:37-40 – My Paraphrase
John 6:37-40 [Jesus said:] “All that the Father gives me will come to me, and I will never reject anyone who comes to me, for I came down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me. And this is the will of the one who sent [...]
Reflection on Romans 5:5-11
Romans 5:5-11 Hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us. For while we were still helpless, Christ died at the appointed time for the ungodly. For only with difficulty will one die for a just person, though [...]
Reflection on 1 John 3:1-3
1 John 3:1-3 See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we should be called children of God. Yet so we are. Therefore the world does not know us because it did not know him. Beloved, now we are God’s children; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. but we know [...]
