About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible:

About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible: I was uncertain of how to accomplish this, mindful of Revelation 22:18-19, which says that nobody is to add to, or to take away from what was written in the Bible. After lots of prayerful contemplation, the Lord had it on my heart that I’m not to change the meaning of what is written in the Bible. He has also shown ways to add to people’s understating of that meaning, without altering the meaning, by putting that info within [brackets]. This is primarily accomplished with the KJV Bible and lots of prayers, but at times, BibleGateway.com, Biblehub.com, NIV Bible, Webster Dictionary, and other internet resources, as needed. Debra Seiling

About Understanding the Bible:

Understanding the Bible: After reading Isaiah 28:10 many times over the years and not totally understanding it, it recently became apparent to me that the Lord God has this passage as the means for understanding the Bible. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. Isaiah 28:10 KJV. Being prayerful about this passage, and looking up 'precept' in the Webster's Dictionary, it gave this passage a whole new meaning, once 'commandment' is substituted for 'precept'. Within brackets are additional words the Lord had on my heart to aid in understanding the meaning. For commandment must be [built up] upon commandment; commandment upon commandment; line upon line, line upon line; [developing understanding] here a little, and there a little.

The Table Format:

The Table Format: I was overwhelmed with how to explain the process for determining if someone had leprosy in Leviticus 13, which seemed very complicated. After praying, "Lord, if this is difficult for me to understand after reading it many times, how can this be explained to others?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was for me to put it into a vertical chart to visually see the process. This made it much easier for me to follow the progression. After doing so, I prayed, "Lord, how can this be conveyed to readers, so that they can understand this process?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was to put it within the lines of a table. Being a stiff-necked, stubborn person, as it's often called in the Bible, I prayed, asking the Lord God if He's sure that's really what He wanted me to do? I reluctantly put Leviticus 13 into a table format. When I read this difficult leprosy process within a table format, it suddenly became easier for me to understand. That's because it builds line upon line, as explained in the Understanding the Bible section. Shortly after that, the Lord God had it on my heart, to put all of The Books of the Bible in Smaller Chunks within a table format, to aid in understanding, line upon line.

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 The Greatest of These is Charity & Love

 

The Greatest of These is Charity & Love

1 Corinthians 13:1-13   Paul's 1st Epistle to the Corinthians [in Smaller Chunks] 

[Although] I speak with the tongues, [a.k.a. languages,] of men, & Angels, & haven't charity, [a.k.a. love,] I [have] become [like] [a] sounding brass [gong,] or a tinkling cymbal. 

And though I have the gift of prophecy, & understand all mysteries, & all knowledge & though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, & [I] [don't] have charity, I'm nothing. 

And though: I bestow, [a.k.a. present,] all my goods, [a.k.a. possessions,] [in order] to feed the poor, & I give my body to be burned, & haven't charity, it [doesn't benefit] me. 

Charity [suffers long, a.k.a. is patient;] & is kind. Charity [doesn't envy.] Charity [doesn't magnify] itself, & isn't puffed up [& prideful.] [Charity] [doesn't] behave [rudely,] & [doesn't seek] its own [desires,] & isn't easily provoked, & [doesn't think] [what is:] evil. 

[Charity] [doesn't rejoice] in iniquity, [a.k.a. sinfulness;] but [rejoices] in the truth; & [bears, a.k.a. puts up with,] all things; [believes] all things; [hopes] [in] all things; & [endures] all things. [Romans 15:1-2 Then, we [who] are strong ought to bear, [a.k.a. carry,] the infirmities of the weak, & to not please ourselves. Let everyone of us please his neighbor, [for] edification, [a.k.a. encouragement,] for his [benefit.] 

Charity never [fails;] but whether there [are] prophecies, they shall fail. Whether there [are] tongues, [a.k.a. believers speaking in different languages,] they shall cease. Whether there [is] knowledge, it shall vanish away. 

For we know in part, [a.k.a. a portion,] & we prophesy [a portion.] But when that [Who] is perfect [comes,] then that which is [a portion] shall be done away, [a.k.a. no longer needed.]    

When I was a child, I [spoke like] a child. I understood [like] a child, & I thought [like] a child. But when I became a man, I put away childish things. For we see [dimly] through a [dark] glass, [a.k.a. window;] but then, [we will be] face to face. 

I know [a] part now; but then I shall know, even [like] I am also known. And now abides, [a.k.a. remains,] these 3: faith; hope; & charity; but the greatest of these is charity, [a.k.a. love.] 

[Matthew 22:36-40 Then, one of them, [who] was a lawyer, asked [Jesus] a question, tempting, [a.k.a. testing,] Him, saying, Master, [a.k.a. Teacher,] which is the [greatest] commandment in the Law? Jesus said to him, You [shall] love the Lord your God with all your heart, & with all your soul, & with all your mind. This is the first, & [greatest] commandment. And the second is [similar] to it, You [shall] love your neighbor as yourself. All the [Laws], & the [messages of the] prophets [hangs on, a.k.a. is based on,] these two commandments.]