 | Christian friend - 1882 - 342 pages
...has provided His word, living, and powerful, which can do what the keenest blade cannot, pierce even to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (12, 13.) Thus by the Word the believer may... | |
 | James Beaty - 1885 - 264 pages
...other men must use the Word of God. That is the only aggressive weapon. All the others are defensive. "The word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword," 6 and pierces men to the heart.? The use of the " sword of the spirit " was not confined to the " bishops,"... | |
 | Samuel Cox, Sir William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt - 1904 - 514 pages
...fi.a^aipai owned by the Apostles were knives. Adopting this translation we have a consistent picture, " The Word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged knife, and piercing to the severing of soul and of spirit [as the knife pierces to the sundering],... | |
 | Charles Cuthbert Hall - 1909 - 260 pages
...Witness of God in the Soul that what is spoken is the thing that is. For example: a Scripture says, "The Word of God is living, and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow and quick to discern the... | |
 | John R. W. Stott - 1961 - 132 pages
...in it. It is 'like fire, . . . like a hammer which breaks the rock in pieces' (Jer. 23:29). Again, 'The word of God is living and active, sharper than...discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart' (Heb. 4: 12). But let it not be thought that its power is principally destructive, like a burning fire,... | |
 | George Eldon Ladd - 1967 - 228 pages
...1:14; Col. 1:25; see Col. 1:5, where the "word of truth" is the gospel). The widely quoted verse, "For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword" (Heb. 4:12) does not refer to the written New Testament, for it had not yet been compiled, nor does... | |
 | Jack T. Sanders - 2004 - 180 pages
...predication of the redeemer, 9epcov TE T& Trdvra TW prmccTt TT|$ 6uvdyEcos carrou; 1 or in Heb. iv. 12, 'For the word of God is living and active, sharper than...discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart' 2 (RSV), Durr calls this a full hypostatization. 3 Still again, the Word receives the power of destruction,... | |
 | Gerrit Cornelis Berkouwer - 1971 - 604 pages
...him with whom we have to do" (Heb. 4:13) . That text follows a reference to the Word of God, which is "sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the...discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart" (4:12). Man's life is revealed before the eyes of God, and man is known in the inner depths of his... | |
 | Myrna Alexander - 1978 - 132 pages
...of God for you. When believed (and therefore acted upon), it transforms your life. No wonder ". . . the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword" (Heb. 4:12). "For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood forth" (Ps. 33:9). As a Christian... | |
 | Origen - 1979 - 324 pages
...peace on earth but to the souls of His disciples and to bring a sword on earth (Mt. 10:34). For since the Word of God is living and active, sharper than...discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart (Heb. 4:12), this Word especially now awards our souls the prize of the peace that passes all understanding,... | |
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For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 
