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Annunciation to Joachim and Anna, fresco by Gaudenzio Ferrari, 1544–45 (detail). The Gospel of James (or the Protoevangelium of James) [Note 1] is a second-century infancy gospel telling of the miraculous conception of the Virgin Mary, her upbringing and marriage to Joseph, the journey of the couple to Bethlehem, the birth of Jesus, and events immediately following.
The author is identified as "James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ" (James 1:1). James (Jacob, Hebrew: יַעֲקֹב, romanized: Ya'aqov, Ancient Greek: Ιάκωβος, romanized: Iakobos) was an extremely common name in antiquity, and a number of early Christian figures are named James, including: James the son of Zebedee, James the Less, James the son of Alphaeus, and James ...
Sermon 80: On Friendship with the World - James 4:4; Sermon 81: In What Sense We Are to Leave the World - 2 Corinthians 6:17-18; Sermon 82: On Temptation - 1 Corinthians 10:13; Sermon 83: On Patience - James 1:4; Sermon 84: The Important Question - Matthew 16:26; Sermon 85: On Working out our Own Salvation - Philippians 2:12-13
Since the mid-16th century, editors have further subdivided each chapter into verses – each consisting of a few short lines or of one or more sentences. Sometimes a sentence spans more than one verse, as in the case of Ephesians 2:8–9, and sometimes there is more than one sentence in a single verse, as in the case of Genesis 1:2.
For example, suppose a preacher decides to cover the book of I John. On the beginning week of the series, the preacher may explain and apply 1 John 1.1–4, then 1 John 1.5–7 the following week, then 1 John 1.8–10 after that, and would continue until all of 1 John is covered. Then another book of the Bible is examined, or else a specific ...
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A Biblical genre is a classification of Bible literature according to literary genre. [1] The genre of a particular Bible passage is ordinarily identified by analysis of its general writing style, tone, form, structure, literary technique, content, design, and related linguistic factors; texts that exhibit a common set of literary features (very often in keeping with the writing styles of the ...
Listen! Jesus is praying : an expository study of John 17 (1982) Key Words of the Christian Life (1982) Be wise : an expository study of 1 Corinthians (1983) Expository Outlines on the new testament; Making sense of the ministry, with David Wiersbe (1983) Meet yourself in the Psalms (1983) Classic sermons on suffering, compilation (1984)