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...
겸손한 마음을 가진 충성된 그리스도의 일꾼은 ... (1) 겸손한 마음을 가진 충성된 그리스도의 일꾼은 하나님께서 자기를 남달리 구별하셨다는 것과 자기가 가진 것 중에 하나님께 받지 않은 것이 하나도 없다는 것을 알고 오직 주님만 자랑하며 자기에게는 자랑할 것이 아무 것도 없음을 알고 있습니다 ( 로마서 3:27; 고린도전서 4:1-2, 7, 현대인의 성경 ).