The Second Blessing of the Beatitudes : Those Who Hunger and Thirst for God’s Righteousness Will Be Satisfied by God’s Salvation! “Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied …” ( Luke 6:21a ) I would like to receive the lessons given through meditating on this word: (1) I would like to receive the lessons given as I meditate on the first half of Luke 6:21, the second blessing of the Beatitudes, in connection with Matthew 5:6 , which says, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.” (a) Here, the phrase “those who hunger” comes from the Greek word πεινῶντες (peinōntes), which is used as a present participle. It does not indicate a temporary hunger but a continuous, ongoing state of hunger. This physical hunger is reinterpreted with a spiritual meaning in Matthew 5:6 as “ hu...
진실한 믿음이 저에게 뿐만 아니라 제 자녀들에게도 있길 기원합니다. 외할머니 로이스와 어머니 유니게에게 있던 거짓이 없는 진실한 믿음이 디모데에게도 있었던 것처럼 , 나의 외증조할머니와 할머니와 아버님에게 있는 거짓이 없는 진실한 믿음이 저에게 뿐만 아니라 제 자녀들에게도 있길 기원합니다 ( 디모데후서 1:5, 현대인의 성경 ).