Though (ε κα). Not κα ε (even if).

Yet (αλλα). Common use of αλλα in the apodosis (conclusion) of a condit…

For though I be absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in the spirit. That is, I seem to see you. I feel as if I were there, looking upon …

Absent in the flesh.—Compare 1 Corinthians 5:3, I as absent in body and present in spirit.

You…

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, …

Paul was no indifferent spectator of his readers’ problems but had a sincere interest in them. Though not physically with them, he felt his spiritu…

For though I am absent in body. Lest anyone object that the admonition was inappropriate, coming from such a distant place, he says that h…

For though I be absent in the flesh
Or body, as the Ethiopic version reads it, and as it is expressed in ([Reference…

The soul prospers when we have clear knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus. It prospers when we not only believe with the heart but are ready, w…

Previously, the apostle warned the Colo ians against falling away from the faith because of deceptive language. Here, he gives the reason for this …