Recent content by Brian P

22 But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through your prayers I shall be given unto you. Paul had a confidence that he would be released from prison and it was a confidence that stemmed from his belief in the power of prayer that he was receiving from the Christians in...

19 I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides. Paul was writing this epistle with his own hand and not through a secretary which was something he often did, with the significance of this being that...

16 Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord? Paul was not looking for emancipation for Onesimus, but what Paul did was to look to the spiritual relationships, and our relation to one another...

13 Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel: Onesimus underwent a transformation through the power of God who had restored him to a position of such usefulness that it was difficult for Paul to send him back because he...

10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds: Paul shows the deep love he had for Onesimus and though he was potentially a thief and a runaway, Paul did not judge or condemn him but chose to petition Philemon on his behalf. Philemon would have wondered how the two...

7 For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother. Speaking about Philemon's faith in the previous verse, Paul moves on to his love that he demonstrated for the brethren. This was one of the reasons why Paul expected Philemon to...

5 Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints; The construction of the Greek, which the King James translates directly comes off as awkward, and doesn't seem to make a lot of sense. How could Paul have faith in the saints? Either love and faith...

2 And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house: Apphia was most likely Philemon's wife and was addressed because woman of her day were often in charge of household affairs with slaves often serving under their authority. Archippus was either...

I'm going to continue in my verse by verse study in the smallest books of the Bible, often over looked but within these short works there are great gems of truth to grasp onto. A brief background (I will be very brief) is helpful and all you really need to know is that Paul was writing on behalf...

20 And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south. The focus on this verse is the exiles who would return to the promise land, and...

17 But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. There will be a role reversal on the day of the Lord between Judah and Edom. Mount Zion the place where many of the fugitives were cut down would become the spot...

15 For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head. The day of the Lord's intervention for His people will result in the destruction of all enemies to God and Israel, with the nation of Edom...

13 Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity; Lost in the English interpretation is the play...

11 In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them. This verse describes in more detail the nature of the violence and evils...

8 Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau? In that day is a reference to the day of temporal judgment against the Edomites which serves as a prelude or shadow of the destruction that awaits the nations who will...