Good morning. Speaking of
the resurrection of Jesus: who is at the right hand of God, having gone into
heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him.
Since Christ has suffered in the flesh arm yourselves also with the same purpose,
because he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin. Now the margin
says that it means suffered death in the flesh. Of course if you have died,
then you certainly are not going to keep on sinning. The result is that we are
to live the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for the lusts of men, but
for the will of God. For the time already past is sufficient for you to have
carried out the desire of the Gentiles (it then lists a bunch of bad things).
We should be done with all of those bad things. They are surprised that you do
not run with them into the same excess of dissipation, and they malign you.
They think that you should be enjoying the same bad things that they enjoy. And
so in order that they don't feel badly about the things they do, they say bad
things about you. They shall give account to Him who is ready to judge the
living and the dead. The Gospel has for this purpose been preached even to
those who are dead, that though they are judged in the flesh as men, they may
live in the Spirit according to the will of God. Father thank You that the
reader walks in Your Spirit continually. He/she is a shining example of one who
follows You. You bless him/her richly and grant all his/her requests.
Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me
Good morning. Paul then gives a list of a lot of things that he has gone through as an apostle. I do not write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For if you were to have countless tutors in Christ, yet you would not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. There could be many people that you listen to either in church or through the Internet or other means; but there was only one person (as a general rule it was a person) that lead you to Christ. Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me. He was saying that just like a child imitates his or her father, they were to imitate him. He says that again seven chapters later. Since it is easy to forget some things about people we have not seen in a while, Paul says that he sent Timothy to them to remind them of his ways which are in Christ, just as he taught everywhere in every church. Some have become arrogant, as though I were not coming to you. I shall find ou...
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