1Keep on loving each other as brothers and sisters. 2Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for some who have done this have entertained angels without realising it! 3Remember those in prison, as if you were there yourself. Remember also those being mistreated, as if you felt …
Text Division Gems
Bible Gem 2159 – Keeping It Together (Hebrews 12:1-29)
1Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God …
Bible Gem 2158 – Moving On From The Examples of Faith (Hebrews 12:1-29)
Finally, we have crossed the chapter boundary into Hebrews 12. It has taken me 25 Gems to cover the Faith Chapter. We started with Gem 2133 – A Definition of Faith (Hebrews 10:38-11:3) and have concluded with Gem 2157 – Of Whom The World Was …
Bible Gem 2117 – Time To Get Your Hands Dirty (Hebrews 9:11-10:18)
Hebrews 9 11So Christ has now become the High Priest over all the good things that have come. He has entered that greater, more perfect Tabernacle in heaven, which was not made by human hands and is not part of this created world. 12With his …
Bible Gem 2118 – There’s Agreement Between the Versions on Division but not Title (Hebrews 8:13-10:18)
I thought I would give you a little more time to attempt you own subdivision of the block of text I gave you in the previous Gem. So I decided to do my own survey of some of the standard Bible versions to see how …
Bible Gem 2111 – Crossing the Chapter Boundary To The Main Point (Hebrews 8:1-13)
Here is the main point: We have a High Priest who sat down in the place of honour beside the throne of the majestic God in heaven. There he ministers in the heavenly Tabernacle, the true place of worship that was built by the Lord …
Bible Gem 2054 – Crossing Chapter Boundaries – Time to Divide and Label the Text (Hebrews 3:1-5:14)
3. And so, dear brothers and sisters who belong to God and are partners with those called to heaven, think carefully about this Jesus whom we declare to be God’s messenger and High Priest. For he was faithful to God, who appointed him, just as …
Bible Gem 2049 – Man, Lower than the Angels for a Little While (Heb 2:5-8)
Earth Subject to Man 5For He did not subject to angels the world to come, concerning which we are speaking. 6But one has testified somewhere, saying, “What is man, that You remember him? Or a son of man, that You are concerned about him? 7You have made him for a little …
Bible Gem 2048 – The Focus of Hebrews 2:5-8 is Man not Messiah
Let’s Examine Hebrews 2:5-9 in Detail Earth Subject to Man 5For He did not subject to angels the world to come, concerning which we are speaking. 6But one has testified somewhere, saying, “What is man, that You remember him? Or the son of man, that You are concerned about him? …
Bible Gem 2007 – My Thanks For Your Support (Phil 4:14-23)
My Thanks For Your Support But it was very good of you to help me in my troubles. You Philippians know very well that when I left Macedonia in the early days of preaching the Good News, you were the only church to help me; …