THEOSIS1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel) 15:30Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Then he said: I have sinned: yet honour me now before the ancients of my people, and before Israel, and return with me, that I may adore the Lord thy God.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר חָטָ֔אתִי עַתָּ֗ה כַּבְּדֵ֥נִי נָ֛א נֶ֥גֶד זִקְנֵֽי־עַמִּ֖י וְנֶ֣גֶד יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְשׁ֣וּב עִמִּ֔י וְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֵ֖יתִי לַֽיהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- John 12:43For they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.
- John 5:44How can you believe, who receive glory one from another: and the glory which is from God alone, you do not seek?
- Isa 29:13And the Lord said: Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips glorify me, but their heart is far from me, and they have feared me with the commandment and doctrines of men:
- 2 Tim 3:5Having an appearance indeed of godliness but denying the power thereof. Now these avoid.
- Hab 2:4Behold, he that is unbelieving, his soul shall not be right in himself: but the just shall live in his faith.
- Luke 18:9And to some who trusted in themselves as just and despised others, he spoke also this parable:
- Luke 18:14I say to you, this man went down into his house justified rather than the other: because every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled: and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.