Word Studies : Repent, Repentance

An old post from the former site, I lost the database and domain in 2017 🙁 Repent, Repentance A. Verbs. 1. metanoeo (G3340), lit., “to perceive afterwards” (meta, “after,” implying “change,” noeo, “to perceive”; nous, “the mind, the seat of moral reflection”), in contrast to pronoeo, “to perceive beforehand,” hence signifies “to change one’s mind or …

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Poor Paul

For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name. Acts 9:16 ESV Paul did not have an easy walk did he.  Why should mine be any different.

Word Studies : Foreknow, Foreknowledge

Foreknow, Foreknowledge A. Verb. proginosko (G4267), “to know before” (pro, “before,” ginosko, “to know”), is used (a) of divine knowledge, concerning (1) Christ, 1Pe_1:20, RV, “foreknown” (KJV, “foreordained”); (2) Israel as God’s earthly people, Rom_11:2; (3) believers, Rom_8:29; “the foreknowledge” of God is the basis of His foreordaining counsels; (b) of human knowledge, (1) of …

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