Romans922
Puritan Board Professor
" [FONT="]29Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear. 30Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption."
I won't post the Greek because the last time I did it was a big fiasco, but there certainly is a period after verse 29.
My question is for the purpose of preaching. So far I have preached v. 25 (lying/truth speaking), v. 26-27 (anger), v. 28 (stealing), now I come to verse 29. My question is, for preaching purposes, should I preach verses 29-30 together or separate. I'm having a difficult time figuring out if verse 30 is the reason given to follow 29 (the motivation), or if it is acting as a separate command (possibly as a climax to verses 25-29). Maybe there are other options.
Any help on this?
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I won't post the Greek because the last time I did it was a big fiasco, but there certainly is a period after verse 29.
My question is for the purpose of preaching. So far I have preached v. 25 (lying/truth speaking), v. 26-27 (anger), v. 28 (stealing), now I come to verse 29. My question is, for preaching purposes, should I preach verses 29-30 together or separate. I'm having a difficult time figuring out if verse 30 is the reason given to follow 29 (the motivation), or if it is acting as a separate command (possibly as a climax to verses 25-29). Maybe there are other options.
Any help on this?
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