Thematic Bible: The Call of Duty
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Activity » The Call of Duty » Zeal in soul winning
For the Son of man came to save those who were lost.]}]}
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Are you not [always] saying, 'There are still four months before harvest time comes'? Look, I am telling you [disciples], lift up your eyes and look at the fields, that they are white and ripe for harvest [i.e., people are ready to make a spiritual response].
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For I could wish that I, personally, were cut off from Christ [and lost] for the sake of my brothers, who are my physical relatives,
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Brothers, my heart's desire and [fervent] request to God is for the salvation of my fellow-Jews. [See 9:3-4].
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in hope that somehow I might stir up jealousy among my fellow-Jews, and thereby save some of them.
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I behaved like a weak person in front of weak people [See 8:9-12], in order to win them over [i.e., to help them become stronger]. I have become all things to all people so that, in every way, I could save some of them.
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Christ » Christ's zeal » Activity » The Call of Duty » He must go to jerusalem to suffer
From that time onward Jesus began to explain to His disciples that He would have to go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the [Jewish] elders, leading priests, and experts in the law of Moses; [that He would then] be killed and [yet] raised up on the third day.
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Christ » Christ's zeal » Activity » The Call of Duty » To accomplish his work
But I have an immersion to experience [i.e., overwhelming suffering to undergo. See Mark 10:38-39], and what stress I am under until it happens!
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Christ » Christ's zeal » Activity » The Call of Duty » Doing His Father's Business
And He replied to them, "Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I had to be in my Father's house [i.e., the Temple]?"
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Christ » Christ's zeal » Activity » The Call of Duty » He must preach
But He told them, "I must go to other towns also to preach the good news of God's [coming] kingdom, for this is why I was sent [by God]."
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Christ » Christ's zeal » Activity » The Call of Duty » To work while the day lasted
While it is still daytime we must perform the acts of God, who sent me. Nighttime is coming, when no one can act.
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Fervour » The Call of Duty » Zeal in soul winning
For the Son of man came to save those who were lost.]}]}
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Are you not [always] saying, 'There are still four months before harvest time comes'? Look, I am telling you [disciples], lift up your eyes and look at the fields, that they are white and ripe for harvest [i.e., people are ready to make a spiritual response].
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For I could wish that I, personally, were cut off from Christ [and lost] for the sake of my brothers, who are my physical relatives,
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Brothers, my heart's desire and [fervent] request to God is for the salvation of my fellow-Jews. [See 9:3-4].
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in hope that somehow I might stir up jealousy among my fellow-Jews, and thereby save some of them.
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I behaved like a weak person in front of weak people [See 8:9-12], in order to win them over [i.e., to help them become stronger]. I have become all things to all people so that, in every way, I could save some of them.
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Zeal » The Call of Duty » Encouraged
Now, it is fine for someone to want to seek you out anytime, if it is for a good purpose, and not just when I am around [to be impressed].
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"I rebuke and discipline those I love, so be earnest and repent.
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So, you people also, since you are eager for [supernatural] spiritual gifts, should look for ways to excel in building up the church.
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Be enthusiastic instead of lazy. Be fervent in your spirit [Note: Some translators take "spirit" here to refer to the "Holy Spirit"], [as you] serve the Lord.
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The reason I am reminding you [of these things] is so that you will rekindle the gift from God, which is in your life through the laying on my hands. [Note: This "gift" was probably his ordination to serve as an evangelist (See 4:1-5), and in addition, may have included a supernatural "spiritual gift" bestowed by the apostle Paul].
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But I consider it the right thing to do, as long as I am in this "tent" [Note: This is an allusion to his still being alive], to stir up your memory [of these things],
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