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ian juliane ian juliane various things that i found interesting life journal if you re interested in reading my reflections on the life journal bible readings check out ian s life journal blog friday 2 may 2025 the curious case of ephesians 5 2 in nasb in my bible study blog i have recently been studying ephesians using the new american standard bible and today i noticed something very odd in ephesians 5 2 in this verse the nasb says and walk in love just as christ also loved you and gave himself up for us an offering and a sacrifice to god as a fragrant aroma while every other translation i looked up says something like and live in love just as christ also loved us and gave himself for us a sacrificial and fragrant offering to god i looked up the greek and it says ἡμᾶς us turns out there is a variant reading the net bible translators explain a number of significant witnesses have ὑμᾶς humas you e g א a b p 0159 81 1175 al it co as well as several fathers other equally valuable witnesses read ἡμᾶς hēmas us p א d f g ψ 0278 33 1505 1739 1881 2464 al lat sy it is possible that ἡμᾶς was accidentally introduced via homoioarcton with the previous word ἠγάπησεν ēgapēsen on the other hand ὑμᾶς may have been motivated by the preceding ὑμῖν humin in 4 32 and second person verbs in 5 1 2 further the flow of argument seems to require the first person pronoun a decision is difficult to make but the first person pronoun has a slightly greater probability of being authentic in other words even though you shows up in a handful of important early manuscripts the context of ephesians points more naturally toward us christ s love and self giving for us the community of believers this fits paul s usual pattern of theology and syntax much better so this explains why all the other bible translations say us instead of you and the main meaning of the passage doesn t change whether it says us or you so it s fine posted by ian at 12 52 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday 5 january 2022 do you ever feel like you re not good enough to be used by god do you ever feel like you re not good enough to be used by god rich mullins struggled with pornography one night on tour in amsterdam mullins lay in bed waiting for his bandmate in the next bed to start snoring so he could go out and walk through the red light district because sometimes it s nice to be tempted but there was just one problem his bandmate never did snore that night and finally after a long night of tossing and turning he picked up a notebook and wrote this song aside from porn he was also addicted to smoking rich mullins is a very good example of a very flawed human being who was committed to jesus and greatly used by jesus in spite of his flaws so he can also use you and me with all our flaws posted by dr ian at 13 40 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday 24 march 2021 malaysian christians are not trying to restrict muslims i read in selangor sultan calls on state islamic councils to intervene in allah case appeal that his majesty sultan sharafuddin of selangor said if muslims in selangor can respect those of other religions by not interfering in their religious matters then i also urge non muslims to respect muslims especially on the use of the word allah i believe his royal highness has been misinformed regarding this situation it is not that non muslims are interfering in islam but rather that muslims are effectively interfering in non muslims practice of their religion in this case malaysian christians are a minority in a relatively small country so the amount of christian materials produced here is relatively small i am an english speaking christian i have no problems getting christian materials and music from overseas for my own religious education and for the religious education of my children similarly for chinese speaking and tamil speaking christians the situation is much more difficult for our bahasa speaking christian brothers and sisters the biggest source of christian materials and music in bahasa is indonesia in indonesia they follow the centuries old practice of translating the word elohim as allah because elohim is a hebrew cognate of the word allah another word in the bible for god yahweh or adonai is translated tuhan therefore the phrase yahweh elohim which appears in the bible many times is translated tuhan allah in bahasa in english translations it is usually rendered as l ord god therefore if bahasa speaking christians were forced to only use the word tuhan and not allah they would have to say tuhan tuhan for yahweh elohim which would sound as if they were worshiping gods rather than the one true god creator of the universe by making it illegal for the word allah to be used by christians it has become impossible to legally obtain bibles christian teaching materials worship songs etc from indonesia this cuts bahasa speaking christians off from the biggest source of christian material in bahasa bahasa speaking christians seek to uphold the sanctity of the name allah that the word allah is used by bahasa speaking christians is a testimony of the resounding success of bahasa malaysia being taught as the national language many orang asal are literate only in bahasa and hence use the word allah for god almighty just like their counterparts in arab countries and indonesia for further explanation on this please refer to the letter berkenaan kalimah allah therefore i urge selangor islamic authorities to recognize that this law is being unjustly restrictive on the free practice of religion by bahasa speaking christian selangorians posted by ian at 13 50 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday 18 march 2021 lovely sunrise we had a lovely sunrise this morning posted by dr ian at 13 20 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday 4 march 2019 someone told me it was dr seuss s 115th birthday someone told me it was dr seuss s 115th birthday so i decided to post this picture which i modified from something i found on the internet some years back posted by ian at 14 28 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday 5 may 2018 amen by watoto the watoto children s choir came to malaysia and i heard them sing this song it touched me so much especially since it was so in line with the sentiments of the national evangelical christian fellowship s 21 21 21 call for prayer therefore i figured out the chords and am sharing it with my friends for us to pray this for malaysia even as they have been praying it for uganda i hope they don t mind i changed the word uganda to malaysia in this version for this purpose amen malaysian adaptation d let justice fill this nation bm have mercy jesus please forgive our sin d take the heart of stone away bm teach our hearts to bow before your name g a d amen d break the chains that bind us bm breathe your word of life unto this land g let our country rise again bm a for the glory of your name g bm amen amen d let your kingdom come a let your will be done g bm amen amen d a in this nation as it is in heaven g a d amen d standing on your promise bm jesus we repent and seek your face g let our country rise again d a for the glory of your name g bm amen amen d let your kingdom come a let your will be done g bm amen amen d a in this nation as it is in heaven g bm amen amen d let your kingdom come a let your will be done g bm amen amen d a in malaysia as it is in heaven bm now we your people f m called by your name em humble ourselves and 3x a return to seek your face bm f m lord hear from heaven draw near a heal our land g bm amen amen d let your kingdom come a let your will be done g bm amen amen d a in malaysia as it is in heaven g a d amen posted by ian at 11 40 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday 28 august 2017 sunrise sunset in recent months i ve been getting up at dawn every day for exercise and have seen some spectacular sunrises i also occasionally see some great sunsets here s my collection of sunrise sunset photos posted by ian at 14 48 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest older posts home subscribe to posts atom subscribe via email enter your email address delivered by feedburner contributors dr ian ian juliane past entries 2025 1 may 1 the curious case of ephesians 5 2 in nasb 2022 1 january 1 2021 2 march 2 2019 1 march 1 2018 1 may 1 2017 3 august 1 may 1 march 1 2016 1 march 1 2015 2 april 2 2014 6 december 1 july 1 may 2 march 1 january 1 2013 9 december 1 october 1 september 2 june 1 may 1 february 1 january 2 2012 13 december 3 november 1 august 1 july 1 june 1 may 3 january 3 2011 14 october 1 september 1 august 1 june 1 may 5 april 2 february 2 january 1 2010 19 december 3 november 1 october 1 august 1 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