The Epiousios — ἐπιούσιος, the “daily” of “give us this day our daily bread”. It stands in and , and nowhere else in Scripture.
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Whom the Lord Loveth
“For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.”
(KJV)
The same verb family appears there, and the writer treats the absence of discipline as evidence against sonship.
Not Under the LawNew Testament
“For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.”
(KJV)
Paul makes grace the reason sin will not have dominion, which is the opposite of the objection usually raised.
He Will Teach Sinners in the WayOld Testament
“Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.”
(KJV)
The psalm gives the reason grace can instruct rather than merely pardon: therefore will he teach sinners. The goodness is what makes the teaching possible.
Identify one correction you have received recently and treat it as a father's training rather than an accusation to be defended against.
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Focus: Trace what grace does across these verses — it appears, it teaches, it directs the gaze forward — and note the purpose in the final line.
Ask yourself: When someone corrects you, what happens in the first three seconds? That reaction, rather than the eventual response, is the honest one.
Father of grace, the same grace that saved me also teaches me to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts. Let Your Holy Spirit make that instruction effective in me today rather than merely admired. In the name of the Lord Jesus, who gave Himself to purify a peculiar people. Amen.