Going to do that. I asked a Catholic co-worker to let me borrow one of his Bibles.Kreutz wrote:SilentServiceVet wrote:Never read the Sirach verses. Not in my Bible ...
The Catholics, Orthodox, Ethiopians, and (I think) Copts kept it. Luther cut it out because it was written in Greek by a Greek speaking Jew. He only kept the Hebrew OT books; why Protestant bibles are much shorter than others, he whacked alot of books out.
Its a Wisdom Book, so its supposed to convey lessons and I guess well, wisdom, but the weird bit is many of the scenarios and problems the author details are in essence identical in this day.
Worth a read.
Favorite Bible Verses
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Re: Favorite Bible Verses
Some ships are designed to sink ... others require our assistance.
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Re: Favorite Bible Verses
All of the above plus;
Praise be the Lord,my rock,who trains my hands for war and my fingers for battle
Psalm 144:1
Praise be the Lord,my rock,who trains my hands for war and my fingers for battle
Psalm 144:1
There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, in the end, 'Thy will be done.'
-C. S. Lewis
-C. S. Lewis