Tag Archives: scripture paraphrase
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?” [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Luke 14:1-6 – My Paraphrase
Luke 14:1-6 And it came to pass that on one sabbath Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees, and the people there watched him carefully. And behold, there was a man in front of him who had dropsy. Jesus spoke to the scholars of the law and Pharisees in [...]
Psalm 111:1-6 – My Paraphrase
Psalm 111:1-6 Praise the Lord! I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart in the company and assembly of the just. Great are the works of the LORD, sought out by all who delight in them. Grand and glorious is his work, and his justice endures forever. He has caused his wondrous [...]
Philippians 1:1-11 – My Paraphrase
Philippians 1:1-11 Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I give thanks to my God upon my every remembrance of you, always praying every prayer [...]
Daily Lectionary Reading for October 28, 2010 – Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles
As part of my own daily devotions I am posting my own paraphrases of the the Daily Lectionary here on my blog (along with a short reflection on one or more of the readings and a related quote for the day). Ephesians 2:19-22So now you are no longer strangers and sojourners,but fellow citizens with the [...]
