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A very low rate of divorce among Orthodox Christians in Greece may suggest that the same may be said for Orthodox Christians in the U.S. However, U.S. rates are inconclusive. The actual divorce rate is probably somewhat higher due to civil divorces obtained without an accompanying ecclesiastical divorce. [35]
John 19:26-27 "When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, 'Woman, here is your son.' Then he said to the disciple, 'Here is your mother.'
Concluding that the author of 1 Timothy was addressing a specific situation that was a serious threat to the infant, fragile church, in an article entitled "1 Timothy 2:11–15: Anti-Gnostic Measures against Women" [38] the author writes that the "tragedy is that these verses were extensively used in later tradition to justify contemporary ...
The most debated issue is over the exception to the ban on divorce, which the KJV translates as "saving for the cause of fornication." The Koine Greek word in the exception is πορνείας /porneia, this has variously been translated to specifically mean adultery, to mean any form of marital immorality, or to a narrow definition of marriages already invalid by law.
The sacred text is full of symbolism and timeless truths about pregnancy.
There's no shortage of Mother's Day bible verses to get in the spiritual mindset. Sometimes the best way to bond and reiterate "I love you" is to share a bit of scripture, and these bible verses ...
One mother did not contest the ruling, declaring that if she could not have the baby then neither of them could, but the other begged Solomon, "Give the baby to her, just don't kill him!" The king declared the second woman the true mother, as a mother would even give up her baby if that was necessary to save its life, and awarded her custody.
The Bible verses about death remind us that while we will all go through it before Jesus ... Thinking about our own imminent death or the death of a loved one can be scary. But there is hope and ...