2 Samuel 21:19 – “the brother of”

And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. 2 Samuel 21:19 There are those that use the fact that the phrase “the brother of” in 2 Samuel […]

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit. Ecclesiastes 6:9 It is better to be content with what you have, what is in your sight, than to be constantly lusting after what you do not have, e.g., the grass is always greener […]

Longsuffering

How would you define Long suffering? But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 Longsuffering is to patiently put up with for a goodly amount of time, to either give one enough rope to hang oneself or enough time […]

Genesis 3:3

But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. Genesis 3:3 The Bible does not say specifically what the forbidden fruit is but a grape might just fit the bill. Numbers 6:3-4 […]

Genesis 3:15

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Genesis 3:15 Women do not have seed, men do. So if a woman is going to give birth of her own seed it would be a virgin […]

Galatians 5:22-23
Fruit of the Spirit

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 It is, “the fruit of the Spirit”, therefore it is not the believer but the Spirit in the believer moving him/her to be the person God wants them to be. These […]