Epiphany 5 • 1 Corinthians 9:16–23 • February 8, 2015


Epiphany 5 • 1 Corinthians 9:16–23 • February 8, 2015

Editor’s note: The following homiletical help is adapted from Concordia Journal, January 2006. By Arthur F. Graudin Textual Considerations For the Apostle Paul the proclamation of the gospel was not a basis for boasting on his part but ανάγκη, a matter of necessity, constraint, obligation. “He is under divine constraint which he cannot escape” (TDNT, I, 340). ..


Easter 3 · 1 Peter 1:17-25 · April 6, 2008


Easter 3 · 1 Peter 1:17-25 · April 6, 2008

By Arthur E. Graudin, Textual Considerations: The words “judges each one according to each one’s deeds” (1:17) (ESV) are a reminder of the final judgment described by Jesus in Matthew 25:31-46. Good deeds do not earn salvation but are the evidence of faith. The words εv φοβω (1:17) have been translated “with fear” (ESV), “in fear” ..