2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
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# For whatever was previously written was written for our instruction
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2023-09-26 16:01:25 +00:00
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"For in times past, the prophets wrote everything in the Scriptures to teach us". (Psalm 102:18 and Habakkuk 2:2)
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2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
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2018-08-08 13:05:38 +00:00
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# in order that through patience and through encouragement of the scriptures
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2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
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2023-09-26 16:01:25 +00:00
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"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"
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2018-08-08 13:05:38 +00:00
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# we would have hope
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2023-09-26 16:01:25 +00:00
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"we would confidently wait for God" or "we would confidently expect that God will do what he has promised"
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