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2 Timothy 1:7 Bible Verse Comparisons & Commentaries

NKJV: For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

KJV: For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

NIV: For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.

NLT: For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.

Geneva Bible: For God hath not given to us the Spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Bible Breakdown – Commentary

The NKJV MacArthur Study Bible tells us: (find on here: http://bit.ly/JMstudybible -not an affiliate link)

- spirit of fear - the Greek word, which can also be translated “timidity”, denotes a cowardly, shameful fear caused by a weak, selfish character. The threat of Roman persecution, which was escalating under Nero, the hostility of those in the Ephesian church who resented Timothy’s leadership, and the assaults of false teachers with their sophisticated systems of deceptions may have been overwhelming Timothy. But if he was fearful, it didn’t come from God. - power - Positively, God has already given believers all the spiritual resources they need for every trial and threat (Matt. 10:19-20). Divine power—effective, productive spiritual energy belongs to believers (Eph. 1:18-20; 3:20, Zech. 4:6). - love - This kind of love centers on pleasing God and seeking others’ welfare before one’s own [...]. - sound mind - Refers to a discipline, self-controlled, and properly prioritized mind. This is the opposite of fear and cowardice that causes disorder and confusion. Focusing on the sovereign nature and perfect purposes of our eternal God allows believers to control their lives with godly wisdom and confidence in every situation [...].

The 1599 Geneva Bible simply says: (find on here: http://bit.ly/1599gbible -not an affiliate link)

- To pierce us through, and terrify us, as men whom the Lord will destroy.

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Matthew 6:14

NKJV: For if you #forgive men their trespasses, your #heavenly Father will also forgive you.

KJV: For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

NIV: For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

NLT: If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you.

1599 Geneva: For if ye do forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

Bible Verse Breakdown

The 1599 Geneva commentary tells us:

They that forgive wrongs, to them sins are forgiven, but revenge is prepared for them that revenge.

Forgiveness is one of the biggest lessons I’ve learned in life. At the end of the day, forgiving someone is more about helping YOU heal, helping YOU move on. 

In extreme cases, that other person couldn’t care less that they hurt you, that they crushed your soul, your spirit, your heart. In order for you to go on, you will have to forgive them, whether they know it, whether or not they care. 

Seen While Reading:

 Do you ever take a gamble on a book at the library..... I do. 

Something just calls to me and I’m rarely disappointed.

part 6

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Large Footnote; transcript from his web page, part of the essay that von Olafur Eliasson published in the book: The Movement Meter for Lernacken, Malmö. Edited by Pat Kalt / Studio Olafur Eliasson, Berlin 2002, (pp. 32-37, 36-37)

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 “In my work on Lernacken, I have taken two basic ideas as my starting point: the countryside that one drives though in a car and a landscape area where one moves around, probably on foot.

This implies two fundamental conditions for movements in the area and hence also for the visual experience of the travellers.

The motorist moves through Lernacken at high speed and with a gliding movement determined by the vehicle. This is a case of a pre-determined system of roads where only large-scale phenomenon or those that may be read quickly make themselves felt.

The pedestrian, on the other hand, may choose freely between a greater number of options within a larger pedestrian system, just as the speed is both much slower and more varied.

The movements, the visual angles and the perspectives will thus differ fundamentally. Between the pedestrian and the motorist, and I have therefore chosen to work on a project relating to, and drawing on, both forms of experience: the rapid, gliding and directed drive through the bridge area and the slow, abrupt and much more individual moving through the park estate.

If one could highlight the visitor’s experience of his or her own presence in the country-side space, be that as a motorist or as a pedestrian, then the various movements would gain an extra quality, and full experience of the area might occur.

 I have chosen to make use of various light sources, the effect of which depend on the viewer’s movements, position, direction of looking, and not least the rhythm of day and night and seasons.

At a specific position in the Lernacken area, a device is place which one might call a movement meter. Movement Meter is a pavilion constructed out of six metal grid sheets with built in sections of coloured glass and metal mirrors, respectively, at various angles. To the pedestrian in the landscape, the pavilion will function as a light source appearing as a particular and transient phenomenon, depending on where the viewer is located and moving around in the landscape. The light source is generated by sunrays which, by way of the mirrors are reflected and which, through the glass sections, are emitted as colour beams in the hilly terrain. Only from clearly defined positions may the light be perceived by the passers-by; and, in relation to the surrounding landscape, I must take into account the many different transports of vision which Movement Meter Works with and challenges.

 The countryside area around Lernacken is Primarily visited by pedestrians during the day for which reason I have specifically worked with sunlight for the Movement Meter.

In the evening, the par is shrouded in darkness in darkness, and the visitors to the area now mostly motorists from the Oresund’s Bridged. Close to the pavilion, facing the bridge and the water, I have hence chosen to situate a tower which in principle echoes the pavilion but the pavilion, but which in this case, by way of electric light, addresses the bridge motorists. Here, it will work as a vantage point within the quickly passing and shimmering surrounding, visible from the bridge.

The area surrounding Lernacken turns out to be a very ambiguous space where a whole range of qualities and significations are interwoven. And where the conditions for individual experiences depend on the many shifting ways of positioning, the individuals: in relation to distance, angle and movement, and not least in relation to reflections and mirroring’s.

Movements are registered through seeing, and the view is registered though movements. Hereby the visitor’s experience of his or her own presence in the landscape space is enhanced.

Olafur Eliasson, spring 1999.”