See in Reader
11 lines
533 B
Markdown
11 lines
533 B
Markdown
# For whatever was previously written was written for our instruction
|
|
|
|
"For in times past, the prophets wrote everything in the Scriptures to teach us". (Psalm 102:18 and Habakkuk 2:2)
|
|
|
|
# in order that through patience and through encouragement of the scriptures
|
|
|
|
"in order that by enduring and by being encouraged by the scriptures" or "in order that as we endure and as the scriptures encourage us"
|
|
|
|
# we would have hope
|
|
|
|
"we would confidently wait for God" or "we would confidently expect that God will do what he has promised" |