Pictured to the left is a copy of a version of the Holy Bible, known as the COMPLETE JEWISH BIBLE ( CJB ). Ephesians 4:25 reads as follows:
"Therefore, stripping off falsehood, let everyone speak truth with his neighbor, because we are intimately related to each other as parts of a body."
God has commanded ( see KOHELET ( ECCLESIASTES ) 12:13 and 2 Timothy 3:16, 17, for example ) that we, as Christians ( see TEHILLIM ( PSALMS ) 50:5 and Acts 11:26, for example ), speak truth with our neighbor.
When we refuse to admit that we have made a mistake, for example, we are failing to speak truth with our neighbor. Failure is not admitting one has made a mistake: it is refusing to admit one has made a mistake. MATTITYAHU ( MATTHEW ) 7:21-23 read as follows: "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord!' will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, only those who do what my Father in heaven wants. On that Day, many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord! Didn't we prophesy in your name? Didn't we expel demons in your name? Didn't we perform many miracles in your name?' Then I will tell them to their faces, 'I never knew you! Get away from me, you workers of lawlessness!'" The heavenly Father ( see MATTITYAHU ( MATTHEW ) 5:9, 16; 6:9, 14, for example ) wants us to speak truth with our neighbor, by admitting when we make a mistake, for example. Failure to do what He wants is working lawlessness. Please study the Holy Bible ( see 2 Timothy 2:15, for example ). See also TEHILLIM ( PSALMS ) 22:22, 25; 40:9, 10; 119:13, 65-73, 142, 151, MATTITYAHU ( MATTHEW ) 28:18, YOCHANAN ( JOHN ) 1:1, 14; 3:16, 17; 5:26, 27; 7:16; 8:26; 10:30; 14:6; 17:1, 17 ( especially verse 17, for example ), ROMANS 1:16; 1:20 ( See ROMANS 1:20 ( KJV, for example; with center-column references, for example ) to get the equivalent translation for the word "Godhead" ), COLOSSIANS 2:8, 9, TITUS 1:1, 2, YA'AKOV ( JAMES ) 4:7, 1 YOCHANAN ( 1 JOHN ) 5:6-8, and REVELATION 2:10, for example.
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NOTE1: The format for defining Hebrew words, as described in the previous weblog posting, is used here:
"mitzvah*, pl. mitzvot-literally: 'command,' 'commandment'; more broadly: general principle for living, good deed. Mt 5:19+." [ See COMPLETE JEWISH BIBLE: An English Version of the Tanakh (Old Testament) and B'rit Hadashah (New Testament), Stern, David H., JEWISH NEW TESTAMENT PUBLICATIONS, INC., Clarksville, Maryland USA, Jerusalem, Israel, Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern, p. 1583. ]
"Torah*-literally, 'teaching,' but usually translated 'Law' because Greek uses nomos ('law') to render Hebrew Torah. (1) The Five Books of Moses, the Pentateuch (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy), called the Written Torah. Mt 5:17. (2) That plus the Nevi'im (Prophets) and K'tuvim (Writings), i.e., the whole Tanakh. Yn 10:34. (3) That plus additional material (the Oral Torah) considered in varying degree authoritative in Judaism. Ga 5:3. (4) Uncapitalized, torah can be understood generically as 'law' or 'principle' Ro 7:21-8:2." [ Ibid., p. 1596. ]
NOTE2: "Dots separate syllables unless hyphens or apostrophes do the job already. Accented syllables are printed in boldface. Except where an asterisk (*) follows the word, the pronunciation shown for Hebrew and Aramaic is that used in Israel, where at least 90% of all words are accented on the last syllable; many of the exceptions, in which the next-to-last syllable is accented, end with 'ch,' with a vowel followed by 'a,' or with 'e' in the last syllable. Ashkenazic (German and eastern European) pronunciations common in English-speaking countries often shift 'a' sounds towards 'o,' turn some '"t's"' into '"s's"' and accent the next-to-last syllable where the Israelis accent the last, e.g., Shab-bos instead of Shab-bat." [ Ibid., p. 1556. ]
