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...
교회 안에는 믿음이 성숙한 화평케 하는 자들이 많아야 합니다. 교회 안에는 믿음이 성숙한 화평케 하는 자들이 많아서 그리스도 안에서 어린 아이같이 시기와 분쟁을 일으키는 세속적인 사람들이요 화평을 깨는 소수의 사람들로 하여금 거짓 소문을 내고 사람들을 선동하여 교회 안에서 소란 ( 소동 ) 을 일으키지 못하게 해야 합니다 ( 참고 : 마태복음 5:9; 사도행전 21:21, 27, 31; 고린도전서 2:6; 3:1-3, 현대인의 성경 ).