#first epistle

[justana0kguy]

2024 JANUARY 14 Sunday

"Whoever is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with Him. Avoid immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the immoral person sins against his own body. Do you not know that your body is a temple of the holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been purchased at a price. Therefore, glorify God in your body."

~ 1 Corinthians 6:17-20

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Love Is…

4 Love is patient and is kind; love does not envy. Love does not brag, is not proud, 5 does not behave itself inappropriately, does not seek its own way, is not irritable, does not keep a record of wrongs; 6 does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are tongues, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with. — 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 | New Heart English Bible (NHEB) The New Heart English Bible is in the public domain. Cross References: Proverbs 10:12; Proverbs 17:9; Jeremiah 40:16; Matthew 18:13; Mark 9:23; Acts 7:9; Acts 13:1; 1 Corinthians 8:2; 1 Corinthians 9:12; 1 Corinthians 10:24; 1 Corinthians 10:33; 1 Corinthians 12:10; 1 Corinthians 13:1-2; 2 Thessalonians 2:12; 2 John 1:4

[bl4stp1t]

the more i think about epistle 3 the more i kinda fucking hate it ?? lol

the ending was just so fucking bleak and when i first read it i was so confused about wtf happened and i still kinda am

like how the fuck did the fanbase ever see it as closure

CUZ THAT SHIT WAS NOT VERY UH CLOSURING AT ALL

[christinedepizza]

Thunder thighs too powerful (ripped the saniderm as I sat down)

[biblebloodhound]

Raised Into a Spiritual Body (1 Corinthians 15:35-49)

Death will give way to life.

But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?” How foolish! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or of something else. But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body.  Not all flesh is the same: People have…

[stjohncapistrano67]

[eli-kittim]

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[k-star-holic]

"BTS resemblance and height over 180cm" Ryu Jin, storm growth Two sons boast (Okmunah)

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[dilutedh2so4]

[For this is the will of God] that no one wrong or exploit a brother or sister in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, just as we have already told you beforehand and solemnly warned you. For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness. Therefore whoever rejects this rejects not human authority but God, who also gives his Holy Spirit to you.

Now concerning love of the brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anyone write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another, and indeed you do love all the brothers and sisters throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more, to aspire to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we directed you, so that you may behave properly toward outsiders and be dependent on no one.

-> St Paul, 1 Thessalonians 4:6-12 (NRSVue)

1 Thessalonians is believed to be one of Paul's earliest letters, written around 49 to 51 AD. In this passage, he stresses the importance of showing love for others as well as minding your own affairs. You should try not to be a burden on others, however it is still the duty of the community to look after everyone.

[justana0kguy]

2023 JUNE 23 Friday

"Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led to sin, and I am not indignant? If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness."

~ 2 Corinthians 11:29-30

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Tenderhearted and Humble

Now to sum up, all of you be like-minded, sympathetic, brotherly, tender-hearted, and humble in spirit; — 1 Peter 3:8 | Legacy Standard Bible (LSB) Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. Cross References: Romans 12:16; Ephesians 4:2; Ephesians 4:32; Philippians 2:3; 1 Peter 1:22; 1 Peter 5:5

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1 Peter 3:8 - Bible Verse Meaning and Commentary

[agnesgary]

If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth.

1 John 1:6 kjav

[christinedepizza]

HELLO I am back from that date I mentioned it was lovely

[biblebloodhound]

Spiritual Wisdom and Power (1 Corinthians 2:1-5)

“Wisdom” is the ability to take a body of knowledge and apply it to concrete situations in life.

By Bible Art When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come proclaiming the testimony of God to you with superior speech or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I came to you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling. My speech and my proclamation were made not with persuasive words of wisdom but with a demonstration of the…

[stjohncapistrano67]

I can relate....

[internetskiff]

Breen's unfortunately pretty underrated amongst the Valve antagonists, which I suppose is understandable compared to the likes of GLaDOS or The Administrator, but just like those two I feel like there's plenty of things to talk about when it comes to him. He seems like a very conflicted character, especially if you take into account the BreenGrub account and Laidlaw's Epistle 3. First of all is, of course, the leadup to the Black Mesa incident, with the G-Man seemingly making an offer to Breen which seemingly involved overloading the Anti-Mass Spectrometer while processing an extremely pure sample of Xen Crystal - and yes, while it's pretty obvious that the order to overload the systems was very intentional and motivated by whatever deal they struck, I believe that when it comes to the aftermath he may have been sold on a lie. Considering his actions as Administrator of Earth being entirely in the interests of keeping Humanity from feeling the full force of the Combine, I don't think "Becoming the de facto leader of all of Earth" was on his agenda. Perhaps G-Man promised that whatever their deal would entail would bring about a prosperous future for humanity, perhaps all he promised was the possibility of establishing contact with another sentient species (which is something he technically did provide), or perhaps it was something else - there's simply way too much room for speculation there, I think.

A little detail from a HL:A newspaper implies that his position as Earth's administrator wasn't exactly handed to him on a silver platter, instead he had to go out of his way to reach out to the governments with information on how to communicate with the invaders, at which point, already beaten down by Combine forces, they simply gave him the all-clear to speak for all of mankind. This still begs the question of who, or what, gave him the knowledge of how to speak with them - however, it's safe to say if they didn't, Earth would've been left a smoldering pile of rocks and withered carcasses. Once again, he acts with Humanity's best interests in mind, having to choose between the lesser of two evils - it's either enslavement or extinction. He simply chose the option in which Humanity would survive, even if just for a little while longer.

And ever since, we're watching the aftermath. He's trying to talk the last generation of Humanity down, so they may either pass of old age or be absorbed into the Combine - at least if that happens, something gets preserved. Once again, the alternative? They'll just wipe the slate once they get the local teleportation technology they desire. Breen sees no other way than to go along with their demands. He's eventually proven wrong, of course, but he refuses to see the Rebellion as anything but a suicidal march towards the extinction of the human race, and he sticks to that belief up until he is killed by Gordon at the tip of the Citadel. Of course, this doesn't make him a good person. Not at all. This belief has lead him to seek out and destroy anyone who tries to resist. He shows no sympathy to them. He paints them as fools. He himself believes it so. This intense hatred for anyone who resists is seen perfectly in how he treats the Vance family. He views them as fools. As narrow-minded rabble in the streets, senselessly struggling against a tide beyond their comprehension. He's willing to send off a father and his daughter into a world far beyond simply to use them as a bargaining chip. Listening to the two comfort eachother as they're almost raised up to a fate surely worse than death, the only expression on his face is that of pure contempt and annoyance. He's a very fascinating character that I wish Valve would explore again if they ever do another Half Life set during a time period in which he was still alive. He's a coward that easily bends to the oppressor, yet in the end he only does it to make sure something survives. He's cruel to those who resist because he's completely convinced they're going to get everyone killed. He is the Combine's perfect puppet.

haha anyhoo so why was he straight up serving on the magazine covers in HL:A like what was up with all that