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...
흠 없는 자기 자신을 하나님께 드린 그리스도의 피가 ... 영원하신 성령님을 통해 흠 없는 자기 자신을 하나님께 드린 그리스도의 피가 죽음에 이르게 하는 행위에서 우리의 양심을 깨끗하게 하여 살아 계신 하나님을 섬기게 하였습니다 ( 히브리서 9:14, 현대인의 성경 ).