Luke 15:10

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Summary

Luke 15:10

Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

There

Revelation 5:11

One

General references

Luke 5:32

Galatians 1:24

Bible References

There

Now it happened in those days that a decree was sent out from Caesar Augustus [the Emperor of the Roman Empire] requiring [people from] the whole empire to be registered [i.e., for taxation purposes].

Make sure you do not look down on any one of these little ones [i.e., humble followers of Christ]. For I tell you, their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven. {[{[Some ancient manuscripts include verse

The angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know you are looking for Jesus, who has been crucified.

But an angel from the Lord one night [miraculously] opened the jail doors and released them, saying,

About three o'clock one afternoon [Note: This is based on Jewish time calculations; if Roman time were employed, it would have been

Are not all angels ministering spirits sent out [by God] to serve those people who will inherit salvation?

Then I looked, and heard the voice of many angels surrounding the throne and the living beings and elders. They numbered in the tens of thousands, and thousands and thousands [more]. [Note: The Greek says "myriads of myriads"].

One

For this reason, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven, for she has loved much. [Note: This suggests that her forgiveness was the result of her loving, but the point Jesus makes better fits the idea that her forgiveness produced love]. But the person who is forgiven of little [i.e., of only a few sins], loves [only] a little bit."

No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you [too] will all be destroyed just as they were."

In the same way, it is not the will of your Father in heaven that [a single] one of these little ones [i.e., humble followers of Christ] should be lost.

So, when the apostles and the brothers from Judea heard these things, they stopped arguing [See verse 2] and gave honor to God, saying, "[This means] that God has permitted the Gentiles also [as well as the Jews] to repent [i.e., change their hearts and lives] so they, too, could have [the promise of never ending] life."

For the sorrow that God desires produces repentance [i.e., a change of heart and life] that leads to salvation, and which brings no regrets. But the sorrow of the world [i.e., sorrow for wrongdoing for reasons unrelated to God or moral principles] produces [spiritual] death.

For possibly Onesimus left you for a short time so that you could have him [back] forever,

General references

I did not come to call those who are doing right to repent [i.e., to change their hearts and lives], but [only those who are] sinners."

So, they gave honor to God for [what He was doing through] me.