When Human Beings Declare Spiritual Bankruptcy by Saying, “We Cannot Save Ourselves,” God Performs the Miracle of Salvation by Passing Camel-Like Sinners Through the Eye of a Needle “Jesus looked at him and said, ‘How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God! For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.’ Those who heard it said, ‘Then who can be saved?’ But He said, ‘The things that are impossible with men are possible with God’” (Luke 18:24–27). (1) As I read today’s passage, Luke 18:24–27, first in the Korean Bible and then in the Greek New Testament, the very first thing that caught my attention was the phrase “ὁ Ἰησοῦς [περίλυπον γενόμενον]” (ho Iēsous [perilypon genomenon]), which is not translated in the Korean Bible. What does this expression mean, and why was it omitted from...
"초상집에 가는 것이 잔치집에 가는 것보다 낫다. 모두 죽을 수밖에 없으니 살아있을 때 이것을 명심하는 것이 좋다. 슬픔이 웃음보다 나은 것은 그 슬픔으로 인해서 새로운 것을 깨달을 수 있기 때문이다. 지혜로운 사람은 죽음에 대해서 많이 생각하지만 어리석은 사람은 눈 앞에 보이는 즐거움밖에 생각하지 못한다." (전도서 7:2-4, 현대인의 성경) https://youtu.be/mn7IrSc01-4?si=L1_r1lSyvIcovVgQ