Study it in the app“For whatever was written beforehand was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and through the comfort of the Scriptures we might have hope.”
The Scriptures give perseverance and comfort so that we may have hopeHope
Forγὰρwhateverὅσαwas written beforehandπροεγράφηwas writtenἐγράφηforεἰςourτὴν ἡμετέρανinstruction,διδασκαλίανso thatἵναthroughδιὰperseveranceτῆς ὑπομονῆςandκαὶthroughδιὰthe comfortτῆς παρακλήσεωςof the Scripturesτῶν γραφῶνwe might haveἔχωμενhope.τὴν ἐλπίδα
write beforehand
To set something down ahead of time.
Where else “proegraphē” appearswrite
To set down words in writing: letters, laws, books.
Where else “egraphē” appearsour
Our.
Where else “hēmeteran” appearsteaching
Teaching, instruction.
Where else “didaskalian” appearsendurance, perseverance
Endurance, perseverance: holding out patiently under trial.
Where else “hypomonēs” appearscomfort
The relief God or fellow believers give.
Where else “paraklēseōs” appearsScripture
Scripture: the sacred text; "the Scriptures", the Old Testament.
Where else “graphōn” appearshave
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echōmen” appearshope
Hope: confidence in what God will do.
Where else “elpida” appears3For even the Messiah did not please himself, but, as it is written: The insults of those who insult you fell on me.
4 · This verse (above)
5And may the God of perseverance and of comfort grant you to be of the same mind among one another according to the Messiah Jesus,
1. What it says
What does Paul ask in v. 7, and what example does he give?
2. What it means
Why does Paul say the Scriptures were written to give us hope? (v. 4)
3. How I live it
"Welcome one another" (v. 7). Whom could you welcome this week who feels out of place?
