The Beatitudes of Matthew 5:3-12
King James Version (KJV) in aqua Blue
Alternate Word Pictures with Reiterations Version (AWPR) in Yellow
My Comments are in Green
And the LORD Jesus said:
3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for
theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (KJV)
3) Blessed
[to a state beyond need, having the promise of
fulfillment and satisfaction]
(shall be) / (are)
the crouching destitute (ones) - the crouching and begging poor
in Spirit,
because of them is the Kingdom of Heaven.
(AWPR)
4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. (KJV)
4) Blessed
[to a state beyond need, having the promise of
fulfillment and satisfaction]
(shall be) / (are)
the grieving - the mourning - the lamentful (ones),
because they shall be called to the side (by invitation)
and comforted - consoled - encouraged.
(AWPR)
5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. (KJV)
5) Blessed
[to a state beyond need, having the promise of
fulfillment and satisfaction]
(shall be) / (are)
the inwardly graceful (ones) - the meek having a moral toughness
[who only get angry at the right time in the
right measure and for the right reason],
because they shall inherit the Earth.
(AWPR)
6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after
righteousness: for they shall be filled. (KJV)
6) Blessed
[to a state beyond need, having the promise of
fulfillment and satisfaction]
(shall be) / (are)
the (ones) starving - hungering
and (those who are) dry and thirsting
(for / after)
the Righteousness / the Justice [of GOD],
because they shall be filled and fully satisfied.
(AWPR)
7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. (KJV)
7) Blessed
[to a state beyond need, having the promise of
fulfillment and satisfaction]
(shall be) / (are)
the sympathetically compassionate - the compassionately merciful,
because they shall receive compassionate mercy
[Note: implies "and be spared or delivered
(either in the same way or as from punishment)" ].
(AWPR)
8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. (KJV)
8) Blessed
[to a state beyond need, having the promise of
fulfillment and satisfaction]
(shall be) / (are)
the clean - the pure - the made ritually unsoiled and unpolluted
in heart,
because they GOD shall look upon and behold
[with acceptance].
(AWPR)
9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called
the children of God. (KJV)
9) Blessed
[to a state beyond need, having the promise of
fulfillment and satisfaction]
(shall be) / (are)
the Peacemakers - those doing, making, causing, bringing about
Peace and Tranquility;
because they shall be called forth - summoned - invited
(as) Sons of GOD.*
(AWPR)
10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness'
sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (KJV)
10) Blessed
[to a state beyond need, having the promise of
fulfillment and satisfaction]
(shall be) / (are)
those being followed after and pursued - those being persecuted
on account of - for the sake or because of
Justice - Righteousness,
that of them is the Kingdom of Heaven
[Note: this verse implies that the Kingdom of Heaven
is within those being persecuted, (cf. Luke 17:20-21)
and that the persecution of the true believers into Christ Jesus
is mislabeled as justice or righteousness by the world or
its system of order to persecute them.]
(AWPR)
11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute
you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. (KJV)
11) You are blessed
[to a state beyond need, having the promise of
fulfillment and satisfaction]
when they reproach - defame - rail (upon)
you, and follow after pursuing and persecute,
and shall say all - every
evil - grievously wicked - vile - sorrowfully painful and ill
word - saying - statement - utterance - speech
against you,
lying - speaking deceitfully or falsely
on account of - for the sake or because of Me.
(AWPR)
12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward
in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. (KJV)
12) Rejoice with gladness,
and leap and skip in joyful exultation,
because your wage - your reward
(are) many in Heaven.
For - Because in this manner,
they followed after and pursued - they persecuted
the prophets who (were) before you.
(AWPR)
Disclaimer: The Alternate Word Pictures with Reiterations (AWPR) translation, translation mine, should be used as a Bible Study Aid only, and it is recommended that a direct literal translation or the King James Bible be used for regular and ecclesiastical purposes, and that the AWPR be used in association only as a Bible study aid so as to help the reader / user in their Bible Studying to clarify context and Scriptural Intent, and to get the full context and understanding into the English from out of the ancient Greek in which this New Testament passage was first written. Thanks. -- Brianroy
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John 1:12 states:
"As many as, then,
took and seized - laid hold of - received
Him,
He of His own good will and accord gave to
them
mighty permission - rightful authority - the power
to do or not do
to become children - sons and daughters of
GOD,
to those trusting - believing into His Name."
The world system and those of its own who have infiltrated the Church
teach contrary to the Scriptures and make the false or lying claim that we are all GOD's
children. GOD directly contradicts that lying claim that we are somehow
"all" GOD's Chidren (so as to perhaps justify their sins and blame
GOD for them) in His Holy Book, the Bible. Jesus, who is the WORD of
GOD, especially rebukes those who pretend such lies in the Gospel of John in
8:41-47, as I have previously shared.
41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to
him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God. (KJV)
41)
You do - make - perform - cause - bring about
the work performances of the father of you.'
Accordingly - Therefore, they said to
Him,
'We certainly were not
born - begotten
out of fornication - out of
sexual sin
[out of
having sex outside the husband and wife
marraige relationship].
One father we have -
hold - possess and continue
to have - hold -
possess: GOD.'
(AWPR)
42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye
would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of
myself, but he sent me. (KJV)
42)
Jesus - Yeshua said to them,
'If (hypothetically) GOD was your
Father,
you would unquestioningly and
without precondition,
with compassion and duty,
love Me now - at this
(present) time;
for I, out of GOD,
proceeded from and went forth,
and have come to be here.
Because certainly not
from Myself
I have come forth (so as to
make a public appearance),
but that one there sent Me
forth out.
(AWPR)
43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because
ye cannot hear my word. (KJV)
43)
Through which or what (part of) the speech of Mine
do you certainly not know and perceivingly
understand
because you are not able, nor capable, nor
empowered
to listen intently and hear the intelligent word
(of) Mine
(that which belongs to and proceeds from Me)?
(AWPR)
44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of
your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in
the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he
speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. (KJV)
44)
You are out of / from (your) father,
the Devil / he casting or throwing (false
accusations) through;
and the longings and strong desires of the
mind
of the father of you
you willingly wish - desire - intend - are
pleased
to do - make - perform - cause - bring
about.
That one there was homicidal - was a
murderer
from (the) Beginning - from (the) First
Cause;
[Note: in regard to
events at "The Beginning", this verse appears to refer to events in
Genesis Chapter 3. -- Brianroy]
and in the Truth - and in the
True Reality (as it really is)
has certainly not stood - has certainly not
established nor
confirmed,
because the Truth is certainly not in him.
Whensoever he randomly speaks
the falsehood - the lie,
out of his own (privately and apart
from others)
he speaks,
because he is a liar, and the father
of it.
(AWPR)
45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me
not. (KJV)
45)
Then, because I lay down definite words and speak
the Truth - the True Reality (as it really is),
you certainly do not believe - you certainly do not
trust
Me?
(AWPR)
46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say
the truth, why do ye not believe me? (KJV)
46)
Who out of you shames - disgraces - provingly convicts
Me (as in the wrong) round about -
concerning
sin - a guilty offense?
Then, perhaps if I lay down definite
words and speak
the Truth - the True Reality (as it really is),
through which or what (part)
do you certainly not believe - trust Me?
(AWPR)
47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye
therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God. (KJV)
47)
He being out of GOD hears and listens intently to
the speech - statements - discourse of
GOD
[as uttered and taught
by a living voice].
Through this, you certainly do not
listen intently nor hear,
because you are certainly not out of -
out from GOD.'
(AWPR)
Then we
have 1 John 3:1-2, 7-10 which states in the King
James Version, thus:
1 Behold,
what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called
the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it
doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear,
we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he
that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the
devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was
manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin;
for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
10 In this the children of God are manifest, and
the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God,
neither he that loveth not his brother.
And the
Apostle Paul demonstrates in 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 how that we are
invited and called (still having free will and free choice) to come out from
among unbelievers and idolaters as alien peoples to us, attempting to drag us
down in their ignorance and filth, and to live separate (implying something as
basic as separate living quarters or dwelling places from them) as sons
and daughters of the Living GOD, apart from the temporarily living dead
ones obsessed with idols and darkness, they being socially and spiritually
dealt with as those of a different family than we who believe into Jesus
Christ.
2
Corinthians 6:14-18 (KJV)
14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers:
for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion
hath light with darkness?
15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part
hath he that believeth with an infidel?
16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with
idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell
in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my
people.
17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye
separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive
you.
18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be
my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
That's my input.
-- Brianroy
