BY and THROUGH

Marcos
Nov 30, 2023
1 min read

As Paul writes about both Jews and Gentiles needing Jesus to be saved, he tells us in Romans 3.30b that,

God will justify the circumcised BY faith and the uncircumcised THROUGH faith.

Those upper-case letters are mine, you probably thought Paul did that. But no...

I am wondering what the difference might be.

Jews are saved by faith.

Marcos is saved through faith.

Hmmm.

Recent Posts

See All

The neighbor, and 20%

Similar to the 10 commandments, the offerings prescribed in the first seven chapters of Leviticus start with righting wrongs that were done to God, and then move on to relationships with others. Quite

Smelling good!

As a reread through the first chapters of Leviticus, it dawns on me just how much God really likes certain smells. Almost all of the offerings mentioned in these chapters are a sweet aroma unto the Lo

No holding back

The grain offering initiated in Leviticus 2, was just prior to the Million Man March in the desert that lasted 40 years (I am exaggerating for the sake of alliteration, it was probably closer to 600,0