manifold
"Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations"
1 Peter 1:6
"As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God."
1 Peter 4:10
Sorry, but I had to switch to the King James Version for this one. Our pastor talked about this on Sunday. He said that the word manifold had connections with color and that so what it really means here is more like spectrum. So in the first verse, the trials and temptations that come to us cover an entire spectrum of varieties. But then the only other place that Peter uses that word is in the second verse above. And just as our trials cover an entire spectrum, it is balanced by God's grace also covering an entire spectrum.
"And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it."
1 Corinthians 10:13
1 Peter 1:6
"As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God."
1 Peter 4:10
Sorry, but I had to switch to the King James Version for this one. Our pastor talked about this on Sunday. He said that the word manifold had connections with color and that so what it really means here is more like spectrum. So in the first verse, the trials and temptations that come to us cover an entire spectrum of varieties. But then the only other place that Peter uses that word is in the second verse above. And just as our trials cover an entire spectrum, it is balanced by God's grace also covering an entire spectrum.
"And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it."
1 Corinthians 10:13
posted by Joel | 10:37 PM
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