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Reuben Smith reu@localnerds.co false episodic https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/isaiah-65-17/ isaiah-65-17 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT “For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things will not be remembered, nor come into mind. — God does not renovate the old order — he replaces the entire framework within which suffering, memory, and identity operate. “For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things will not be remembered, nor come into mind. — God does not renovate the old order — he replaces the entire framework within which suffering, memory, and identity operate. Isaiah 65:17 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/deuteronomy-30-19-20/ deuteronomy-30-19-20 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your descendants; to love Yahweh your God, to obey his voice, and to cling to him; for he is your life, and the length of your days; that you may dwell in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. — Moses's final demand is not an invitation — it is a courtroom summons with witnesses who cannot be bribed. I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your descendants; to love Yahweh your God, to obey his voice, and to cling to him; for he is your life, and the length of your days; that you may dwell in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. — Moses's final demand is not an invitation — it is a courtroom summons with witnesses who cannot be bribed. Deuteronomy 30:19-20 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/james-5-14-15/ james-5-14-15 Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord, and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. — James prescribes a communal act of covenant restoration, not a formula for miraculous healing on demand. Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord, and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. — James prescribes a communal act of covenant restoration, not a formula for miraculous healing on demand. James 5:14-15 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/john-14-16-17/ john-14-16-17 Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever,— the Spirit of truth, whom the world can’t receive; for it doesn’t see him, neither knows him. You know him, for he lives with you, and will be in you. — Jesus doesn't leave his disciples comforted — he leaves them indwelt by another version of himself who never leaves. I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever,— the Spirit of truth, whom the world can’t receive; for it doesn’t see him, neither knows him. You know him, for he lives with you, and will be in you. — Jesus doesn't leave his disciples comforted — he leaves them indwelt by another version of himself who never leaves. John 14:16-17 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/proverbs-30-5/ proverbs-30-5 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT “Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him. — A man who admits he knows nothing about God discovers the only source that does — and it burns away every addition. “Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him. — A man who admits he knows nothing about God discovers the only source that does — and it burns away every addition. Proverbs 30:5 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/john-4-21-23/ john-4-21-23 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father. You worship that which you don’t know. We worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshipers. — Jesus doesn't relocate worship — he detonates the entire framework of place-based access to God. Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father. You worship that which you don’t know. We worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshipers. — Jesus doesn't relocate worship — he detonates the entire framework of place-based access to God. John 4:21-23 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/luke-1-30-31/ luke-1-30-31 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT The angel said to her, “Don’t be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Behold, you will conceive in your womb, and give birth to a son, and will call his name ‘Jesus.’ — Gabriel does not comfort Mary — he conscripts her into the fulfillment of every covenant promise Israel has been waiting for. The angel said to her, “Don’t be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Behold, you will conceive in your womb, and give birth to a son, and will call his name ‘Jesus.’ — Gabriel does not comfort Mary — he conscripts her into the fulfillment of every covenant promise Israel has been waiting for. Luke 1:30-31 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/2-corinthians-9-11/ 2-corinthians-9-11 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT you being enriched in everything to all generosity, which produces through us thanksgiving to God. — God's enrichment has a purpose clause—and it isn't your comfort. you being enriched in everything to all generosity, which produces through us thanksgiving to God. — God's enrichment has a purpose clause—and it isn't your comfort. 2 Corinthians 9:11 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/galatians-3-24-25/ galatians-3-24-25 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. — Paul declares the law a guardian whose tenure expired the moment faith arrived — and most of us are still reporting to a supervisor who has been relieved of duty. So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. — Paul declares the law a guardian whose tenure expired the moment faith arrived — and most of us are still reporting to a supervisor who has been relieved of duty. Galatians 3:24-25 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/romans-14-10-12/ romans-14-10-12 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. For it is written, “‘As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘to me every knee will bow. Every tongue will confess to God.’” So then each one of us will give account of himself to God. — Paul dismantles every Christian's self-appointed judge's bench by reminding them whose courtroom they'll stand in. But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. For it is written, “‘As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘to me every knee will bow. Every tongue will confess to God.’” So then each one of us will give account of himself to God. — Paul dismantles every Christian's self-appointed judge's bench by reminding them whose courtroom they'll stand in. Romans 14:10-12 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/psalm-16-11/ psalm-16-11 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more. — David's claim that God's presence is not a supplement to joy but the saturation point of it — and what that does to every competing source of happiness. You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more. — David's claim that God's presence is not a supplement to joy but the saturation point of it — and what that does to every competing source of happiness. Psalm 16:11 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/psalm-145-17/ psalm-145-17 Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT Yahweh is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works. — A single verse that forces the question: Do you believe God's justice includes the thing that destroyed you? Yahweh is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works. — A single verse that forces the question: Do you believe God's justice includes the thing that destroyed you? Psalm 145:17 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/proverbs-31-8-9/ proverbs-31-8-9 Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate. Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy.” — A royal mother's instruction reveals that silence in the face of injustice is not neutrality — it is abdication of the image of God. Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate. Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy.” — A royal mother's instruction reveals that silence in the face of injustice is not neutrality — it is abdication of the image of God. Proverbs 31:8-9 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/luke-22-42/ luke-22-42 Sun, 31 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.” — The prayer that proves obedience is not the absence of agony but the submission of it. saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.” — The prayer that proves obedience is not the absence of agony but the submission of it. Luke 22:42 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/proverbs-18-10/ proverbs-18-10 Sat, 30 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe. — The Name of YHWH is not a password — it is the entire reality of who God has revealed himself to be, and running into it is not metaphor. Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe. — The Name of YHWH is not a password — it is the entire reality of who God has revealed himself to be, and running into it is not metaphor. Proverbs 18:10 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/acts-12-7/ acts-12-7 Fri, 29 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side, and woke him up, saying, “Stand up quickly!” His chains fell off from his hands. — A single verse dismantles the theology that God always works through natural means — and the theology that rescue always comes. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side, and woke him up, saying, “Stand up quickly!” His chains fell off from his hands. — A single verse dismantles the theology that God always works through natural means — and the theology that rescue always comes. Acts 12:7 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/job-19-26-27/ job-19-26-27 Thu, 28 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT After my skin is destroyed, then in my flesh shall I see God, Whom I, even I, shall see on my side. My eyes shall see, and not as a stranger. “My heart is consumed within me. — A man with rotting skin stakes his eternal hope not on escape from the body but on seeing God through it. After my skin is destroyed, then in my flesh shall I see God, Whom I, even I, shall see on my side. My eyes shall see, and not as a stranger. “My heart is consumed within me. — A man with rotting skin stakes his eternal hope not on escape from the body but on seeing God through it. Job 19:26-27 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/matthew-6-31-32/ matthew-6-31-32 Wed, 27 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT “Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. — Jesus does not say anxiety is unhealthy — he says it is a theological identity marker that reveals whose child you are. “Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. — Jesus does not say anxiety is unhealthy — he says it is a theological identity marker that reveals whose child you are. Matthew 6:31-32 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/isaiah-49-15-16/ isaiah-49-15-16 Tue, 26 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT “Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you! Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands. your walls are continually before me. — God stakes his covenant faithfulness on a love more tenacious than the deepest human bond — and inscribes the proof into his own body. “Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you! Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands. your walls are continually before me. — God stakes his covenant faithfulness on a love more tenacious than the deepest human bond — and inscribes the proof into his own body. Isaiah 49:15-16 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/proverbs-27-17/ proverbs-27-17 Mon, 25 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance. — Biblical friendship is not mutual encouragement — it is mutual abrasion that produces an edge capable of cutting. Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance. — Biblical friendship is not mutual encouragement — it is mutual abrasion that produces an edge capable of cutting. Proverbs 27:17 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/romans-10-4/ romans-10-4 Sun, 24 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT For Christ is the fulfillment of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. — Paul's single sentence demolishes law-based righteousness — and most Christian readings of the demolition. For Christ is the fulfillment of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. — Paul's single sentence demolishes law-based righteousness — and most Christian readings of the demolition. Romans 10:4 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/2-thessalonians-1-9-10/ 2-thessalonians-1-9-10 Sat, 23 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might, when he comes in that day to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired among all those who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed. — Paul defines divine judgment not as annihilation but as permanent banishment from the one thing that makes existence bearable. who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might, when he comes in that day to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired among all those who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed. — Paul defines divine judgment not as annihilation but as permanent banishment from the one thing that makes existence bearable. 2 Thessalonians 1:9-10 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/romans-8-16-17/ romans-8-16-17 Fri, 22 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God; and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him. — Paul binds divine adoption to co-suffering with Christ — and the church keeps cutting that clause. The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God; and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him. — Paul binds divine adoption to co-suffering with Christ — and the church keeps cutting that clause. Romans 8:16-17 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/micah-5-2/ micah-5-2 Thu, 21 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, being small among the clans of Judah, out of you one will come out to me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings out are from of old, from ancient times. — A prophecy that dismantles every assumption about where power comes from and how long God has been planning the rescue. But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, being small among the clans of Judah, out of you one will come out to me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings out are from of old, from ancient times. — A prophecy that dismantles every assumption about where power comes from and how long God has been planning the rescue. Micah 5:2 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/2-corinthians-1-3-4/ 2-corinthians-1-3-4 Wed, 20 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. — Paul's theology of comfort is a supply chain, not a destination — and most readers stop at the warehouse. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. — Paul's theology of comfort is a supply chain, not a destination — and most readers stop at the warehouse. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/isaiah-43-2/ isaiah-43-2 Tue, 19 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you. — The promise isn't that the water won't rise — it's that drowning is theologically impossible for a redeemed people. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you. — The promise isn't that the water won't rise — it's that drowning is theologically impossible for a redeemed people. Isaiah 43:2 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/micah-6-8/ micah-6-8 Mon, 18 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? — Micah 6:8 is not a bumper sticker about being nice — it is a courtroom verdict that dismantles the entire sacrificial system as a substitute for covenant character. He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? — Micah 6:8 is not a bumper sticker about being nice — it is a courtroom verdict that dismantles the entire sacrificial system as a substitute for covenant character. Micah 6:8 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/romans-8-34/ romans-8-34 Sun, 17 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. — Paul stacks four completed divine actions into a single rhetorical question to make condemnation structurally impossible — not merely unlikely. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. — Paul stacks four completed divine actions into a single rhetorical question to make condemnation structurally impossible — not merely unlikely. Romans 8:34 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/titus-2-11-12/ titus-2-11-12 Sat, 16 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present age; — Paul's grace doesn't excuse behavior — it rewires desire, and the verb tense says the training is happening right now. For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present age; — Paul's grace doesn't excuse behavior — it rewires desire, and the verb tense says the training is happening right now. Titus 2:11-12 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/colossians-3-13/ colossians-3-13 Fri, 15 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do. — Forgiveness in Colossians 3:13 is not emotional release — it is the replication of a completed divine act inside the community that claims to be Christ's body. bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do. — Forgiveness in Colossians 3:13 is not emotional release — it is the replication of a completed divine act inside the community that claims to be Christ's body. Colossians 3:13 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/acts-3-6/ acts-3-6 Thu, 14 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT But Peter said, “I have no silver or gold, but what I have, that I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!” — Peter's poverty isn't an apology — it's a theological claim about where power actually resides after Pentecost. But Peter said, “I have no silver or gold, but what I have, that I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!” — Peter's poverty isn't an apology — it's a theological claim about where power actually resides after Pentecost. Acts 3:6 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/romans-7-6/ romans-7-6 Wed, 13 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that in which we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not in oldness of the letter. — Paul declares that believers died to the law's jurisdiction—not to improve their behavior, but to transfer them to an entirely different operating system. But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that in which we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not in oldness of the letter. — Paul declares that believers died to the law's jurisdiction—not to improve their behavior, but to transfer them to an entirely different operating system. Romans 7:6 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/1-thessalonians-4-16-17/ 1-thessalonians-4-16-17 Tue, 12 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first, then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever. — Paul's answer to a grief crisis is not a rapture timeline — it's a reunion guarantee built on royal arrival language. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first, then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever. — Paul's answer to a grief crisis is not a rapture timeline — it's a reunion guarantee built on royal arrival language. 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/proverbs-22-6/ proverbs-22-6 Mon, 11 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. — A pedagogy proverb about formation strategy has been weaponized into a parental guilt machine — and the Hebrew says something far more unsettling than the English lets on. Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. — A pedagogy proverb about formation strategy has been weaponized into a parental guilt machine — and the Hebrew says something far more unsettling than the English lets on. Proverbs 22:6 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/acts-2-42-44/ acts-2-42-44 Sun, 10 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer. Fear came on every soul, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles. All who believed were together, and had all things in common. — Luke doesn't describe what the early church felt — he describes what they did, and the grammar reveals a community operating under apostolic authority with economic radicalism that would terrify most modern congregations. They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer. Fear came on every soul, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles. All who believed were together, and had all things in common. — Luke doesn't describe what the early church felt — he describes what they did, and the grammar reveals a community operating under apostolic authority with economic radicalism that would terrify most modern congregations. Acts 2:42-44 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/1-peter-2-13-14/ 1-peter-2-13-14 Sat, 09 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme; or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoers and for praise to those who do well. — Peter commands free people to submit — not because the emperor deserves it, but because God's mission requires it. Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme; or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoers and for praise to those who do well. — Peter commands free people to submit — not because the emperor deserves it, but because God's mission requires it. 1 Peter 2:13-14 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/psalm-22-27-28/ psalm-22-27-28 Fri, 08 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to Yahweh. All the relatives of the nations shall worship before you. For the kingdom is Yahweh’s. He is the ruler over the nations. — The psalmist's cry of abandonment resolves not in personal rescue but in the conversion of every nation — and that sequence is the theology. All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to Yahweh. All the relatives of the nations shall worship before you. For the kingdom is Yahweh’s. He is the ruler over the nations. — The psalmist's cry of abandonment resolves not in personal rescue but in the conversion of every nation — and that sequence is the theology. Psalm 22:27-28 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/luke-14-11/ luke-14-11 Thu, 07 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.” — Jesus announces an active divine mechanism that dismantles self-promotion and elevates the forgotten — and he says it at a dinner party. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.” — Jesus announces an active divine mechanism that dismantles self-promotion and elevates the forgotten — and he says it at a dinner party. Luke 14:11 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/psalm-82-3-4/ psalm-82-3-4 Wed, 06 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT “Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.” — God stands in the heavenly council and issues a verdict—not against the oppressed, but against every power that fails them. “Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.” — God stands in the heavenly council and issues a verdict—not against the oppressed, but against every power that fails them. Psalm 82:3-4 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/luke-15-24/ luke-15-24 Tue, 05 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’ They began to celebrate. — The father's declaration over the prodigal is not sentiment — it's a resurrection verdict that obliterates every framework of earned restoration. for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’ They began to celebrate. — The father's declaration over the prodigal is not sentiment — it's a resurrection verdict that obliterates every framework of earned restoration. Luke 15:24 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/matthew-20-28/ matthew-20-28 Mon, 04 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” — The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve — and to give his life as a ransom for many. even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” — The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve — and to give his life as a ransom for many. Matthew 20:28 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/luke-12-25-26/ luke-12-25-26 Sun, 03 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height? If then you aren’t able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about the rest? — Jesus doesn't comfort the worried — he exposes their math. Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height? If then you aren’t able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about the rest? — Jesus doesn't comfort the worried — he exposes their math. Luke 12:25-26 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/hebrews-11-16/ hebrews-11-16 Sat, 02 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them. — God is not ashamed to be called their God — but the verse buried inside that clause assumes they had every reason to think he would be. But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them. — God is not ashamed to be called their God — but the verse buried inside that clause assumes they had every reason to think he would be. Hebrews 11:16 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/isaiah-35-3-4/ isaiah-35-3-4 Fri, 01 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees. Tell those who have a fearful heart, “Be strong. Don’t be afraid. Behold, your God will come with vengeance, God’s retribution. He will come and save you. — The imperative to steady trembling knees is given to those still in the desert — because God's coming is the ground of courage, not its reward. Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees. Tell those who have a fearful heart, “Be strong. Don’t be afraid. Behold, your God will come with vengeance, God’s retribution. He will come and save you. — The imperative to steady trembling knees is given to those still in the desert — because God's coming is the ground of courage, not its reward. Isaiah 35:3-4 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/jeremiah-33-3/ jeremiah-33-3 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known. — Spoken to a prophet in a dungeon during a siege. The 'great and hidden things' are not abstractions. They are the specific mercies a collapsing nation cannot yet see. Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known. — Spoken to a prophet in a dungeon during a siege. The 'great and hidden things' are not abstractions. They are the specific mercies a collapsing nation cannot yet see. Jeremiah 33:3 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/matthew-7-7-8/ matthew-7-7-8 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. — Three verbs in escalating intensity. Not a formula for getting what you want. A description of what faith actually does when it is serious. Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. — Three verbs in escalating intensity. Not a formula for getting what you want. A description of what faith actually does when it is serious. Matthew 7:7-8 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/james-5-16/ james-5-16 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. — James links confession to healing in the same sentence. The connection is not incidental. It is structural. Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. — James links confession to healing in the same sentence. The connection is not incidental. It is structural. James 5:16 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/1-thessalonians-5-16-18/ 1-thessalonians-5-16-18 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. — A command that feels impossible — which is the clue that we have misunderstood what Paul means by 'rejoice.' Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. — A command that feels impossible — which is the clue that we have misunderstood what Paul means by 'rejoice.' 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/matthew-6-9-13/ matthew-6-9-13 Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT Pray then like this: 'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.' — Every phrase is a minor bomb. Say it slowly and it rearranges what you thought you were asking for. Pray then like this: 'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.' — Every phrase is a minor bomb. Say it slowly and it rearranges what you thought you were asking for. Matthew 6:9-13 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/matthew-22-37-40/ matthew-22-37-40 Sat, 25 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT And he said to him, 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.' — Jesus reduces the entire law to two sentences. Not as a simplification. As a structural claim about what holds scripture together. And he said to him, 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.' — Jesus reduces the entire law to two sentences. Not as a simplification. As a structural claim about what holds scripture together. Matthew 22:37-40 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/john-13-34-35/ john-13-34-35 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. — Jesus calls it 'new' on the night of his arrest. What was new about it? And what have we done with the answer? A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. — Jesus calls it 'new' on the night of his arrest. What was new about it? And what have we done with the answer? John 13:34-35 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/1-corinthians-13-4-7/ 1-corinthians-13-4-7 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. — Read at every wedding. Written to a church fracturing over status and spiritual pride. The context is not a ceremony. It is a crisis. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. — Read at every wedding. Written to a church fracturing over status and spiritual pride. The context is not a ceremony. It is a crisis. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/psalm-136-1/ psalm-136-1 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever. — A psalm with a refrain repeated twenty-six times. Not decoration. The repetition is the theology. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever. — A psalm with a refrain repeated twenty-six times. Not decoration. The repetition is the theology. Psalm 136:1 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/romans-8-38-39/ romans-8-38-39 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. — Paul lists ten forces, then adds 'anything else in all creation.' The list is exhaustive on purpose — and every item is load-bearing. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. — Paul lists ten forces, then adds 'anything else in all creation.' The list is exhaustive on purpose — and every item is load-bearing. Romans 8:38-39 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/1-john-4-9-10/ 1-john-4-9-10 Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. — John does not define love as sentiment. He defines it by a single historical act — and then insists that act is the source of every other love we claim. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. — John does not define love as sentiment. He defines it by a single historical act — and then insists that act is the source of every other love we claim. 1 John 4:9-10 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/jeremiah-29-11/ jeremiah-29-11 Sun, 19 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. — The most misquoted verse in the modern era. Unpack the harrowing context of seventy years of exile to discover the actual promise buried inside. For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. — The most misquoted verse in the modern era. Unpack the harrowing context of seventy years of exile to discover the actual promise buried inside. Jeremiah 29:11 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/isaiah-26-3-4/ isaiah-26-3-4 Sat, 18 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock. — The Hebrew doubles the word peace — shalom shalom. Not a feeling. Not an absence of conflict. Something else entirely. You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock. — The Hebrew doubles the word peace — shalom shalom. Not a feeling. Not an absence of conflict. Something else entirely. Isaiah 26:3-4 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/psalm-46-1-3/ psalm-46-1-3 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. — Written for a siege. Meant to be sung when the mountains were literally falling. Modern anxiety is smaller than what this psalm was built to carry — and that is the point. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. — Written for a siege. Meant to be sung when the mountains were literally falling. Modern anxiety is smaller than what this psalm was built to carry — and that is the point. Psalm 46:1-3 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/proverbs-3-5-6/ proverbs-3-5-6 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. — Not anti-intellectual. Not a ban on thinking. The Hebrew verb for 'lean' is physical — it is about where you place your weight when the ground shifts. Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. — Not anti-intellectual. Not a ban on thinking. The Hebrew verb for 'lean' is physical — it is about where you place your weight when the ground shifts. Proverbs 3:5-6 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/romans-1-17/ romans-1-17 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, 'The righteous shall live by faith.' — The verse that ignited the Reformation. Luther called it the gate of paradise. Read it slowly and you will understand why. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, 'The righteous shall live by faith.' — The verse that ignited the Reformation. Luther called it the gate of paradise. Read it slowly and you will understand why. Romans 1:17 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/hebrews-11-6/ hebrews-11-6 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. — Without faith it is impossible to please God — a sentence that has been used to manufacture guilt. In context it is an invitation, not a threshold. And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. — Without faith it is impossible to please God — a sentence that has been used to manufacture guilt. In context it is an invitation, not a threshold. Hebrews 11:6 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/hebrews-11-1/ hebrews-11-1 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. — Faith is not wishful thinking dressed in religious vocabulary. Hebrews uses a legal term — substance, underwriting — that radically reframes what belief actually does. Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. — Faith is not wishful thinking dressed in religious vocabulary. Hebrews uses a legal term — substance, underwriting — that radically reframes what belief actually does. Hebrews 11:1 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/romans-5-8/ romans-5-8 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. — The timing of the cross is the offense of the gospel. Not after repentance. Not after cleanup. While. But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. — The timing of the cross is the offense of the gospel. Not after repentance. Not after cleanup. While. Romans 5:8 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/isaiah-53-5-6/ isaiah-53-5-6 Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. — Seven hundred years before the cross, a prophet describes a man crushed in someone else's place. The question is not whether it fits Jesus. It is what kind of God writes ahead of time. But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. — Seven hundred years before the cross, a prophet describes a man crushed in someone else's place. The question is not whether it fits Jesus. It is what kind of God writes ahead of time. Isaiah 53:5-6 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/1-corinthians-15-3-4/ 1-corinthians-15-3-4 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. — Paul puts the gospel into one sentence and calls it the load-bearing beam. Remove it and everything else collapses — including the ethics we love to major on. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. — Paul puts the gospel into one sentence and calls it the load-bearing beam. Remove it and everything else collapses — including the ethics we love to major on. 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/2-corinthians-5-17/ 2-corinthians-5-17 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. — Not "improved," not "forgiven while unchanged." Paul insists on something more violent: the old self is dead, and the continuity we feel with it is illusion. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. — Not "improved," not "forgiven while unchanged." Paul insists on something more violent: the old self is dead, and the continuity we feel with it is illusion. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/romans-10-9-10/ romans-10-9-10 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. — The mouth and the heart are not separate jurisdictions. Paul binds them into a single movement — and we have spent two thousand years trying to pull them apart. If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. — The mouth and the heart are not separate jurisdictions. Paul binds them into a single movement — and we have spent two thousand years trying to pull them apart. Romans 10:9-10 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/ephesians-2-8-9/ ephesians-2-8-9 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. — You cannot build a life on human effort when the architecture of your salvation is entirely structural mercy. The sequence of verbs changes everything. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. — You cannot build a life on human effort when the architecture of your salvation is entirely structural mercy. The sequence of verbs changes everything. Ephesians 2:8-9 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/romans-3-23-24/ romans-3-23-24 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. — Paul's argument does not stop at guilt. The same sentence that names the fall announces the grace that undoes it. For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. — Paul's argument does not stop at guilt. The same sentence that names the fall announces the grace that undoes it. Romans 3:23-24 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/john-3-16-17/ john-3-16-17 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. — The most quoted verse in scripture, stripped of sentimentality and returned to its context — a conversation with a Pharisee about what gets judged and what gets saved. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. — The most quoted verse in scripture, stripped of sentimentality and returned to its context — a conversation with a Pharisee about what gets judged and what gets saved. John 3:16-17 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/2-corinthians-12-9-10/ 2-corinthians-12-9-10 Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong. — The thorn never left. The prayer for removal was denied three times. What Paul got instead was a rewiring of what strength even is. But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong. — The thorn never left. The prayer for removal was denied three times. What Paul got instead was a rewiring of what strength even is. 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/romans-12-1-2/ romans-12-1-2 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. — Worship is not emotional intensity or Sunday-morning feeling. Paul means something far more costly — the daily offering of a body that still wants the empire's approval. I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. — Worship is not emotional intensity or Sunday-morning feeling. Paul means something far more costly — the daily offering of a body that still wants the empire's approval. Romans 12:1-2 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/philippians-4-6-7/ philippians-4-6-7 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. — Paul writes about anxiety from Roman prison. What he offers is not comfort. It is a reordering of what peace even means when circumstances refuse to change. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. — Paul writes about anxiety from Roman prison. What he offers is not comfort. It is a reordering of what peace even means when circumstances refuse to change. Philippians 4:6-7 Reuben Smith false https://exegesisdaily.com/passages/philippians-4-13/ philippians-4-13 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT I can do all things through him who strengthens me. — Paul's 'all things' is not superhuman achievement. It is the capacity to remain at peace in poverty and plenty, degradation and honor, without fracturing. I can do all things through him who strengthens me. — Paul's 'all things' is not superhuman achievement. It is the capacity to remain at peace in poverty and plenty, degradation and honor, without fracturing. Philippians 4:13 Reuben Smith false