Geoffrey's Notebook

 Week 44—1st John Bible Nerd-Study *Missed last week?  Click here  for 1st John Bible Nerd-Study - Week 43 Week 44: normal + 1 John 5:13-17 manna and memory Just wanted to point out that our "normal" translation is the one we're memorizing from.  We'll continue on until the end of the book, meditating, memorizing, and paraphrasing. This is the time for us to complete our memorization of the book. We'll go through a few more studies before the end, but as we do this our notes may be overflowing.  So let's purpose to faithfully go through these verses and share with the group little gleanings as the Lord gives. I currently have way too many paper notes and am hoping to key all of these in for some fellowship.  Thankful for you all. 🙂

 Week 43—1st John Bible Nerd-Study *Missed last week?  Click here  for 1st John Bible Nerd-Study - Week 42 Week 43: normal + 5:6-12 manna + memory Let's do this one well. Using our normal translation, let's focus in on these verses. With all of our talk about the extras of "Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost", we should try to meditate on these with the option of removing that phrase as well. If your normal translation includes it, and you want to keep it, still try to consider what the blood, water, and Spirit's witness means (apart from trying to link it to the Godhead).

 Week 42—1st John Bible Nerd-Study *Missed last week?  Click here  for 1st John Bible Nerd-Study - Week 41 Week 42: NASB-2020 + paraphrase 4:20-5:5  We talked about ASV (1901), NASB-1977, and NASB's 1995 update. Now they've brought out another update! This one may have a few pieces you cringe at and a few places that are a really good upgrade. I wanted to immediately check 1 Cor 7 which unfortunately ended in a terrible way in the past. They've updated that one to be a lot better (not as perfect as Darby's "virginity" translation, but not as terrible as saying a father can keep his daughter from ever getting married!-yikes). So that's an upgrade for certain.  What you may gasp at is the gender neutrality they've implemented in places where they believed it to be very obvious. So instead of "brethren" or "brothers" it may say "brothers and sisters." The words "and sisters" are in italics, which is a way some trans...