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Soul and Body
The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. . . . thus saith the Lord; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O Lord, save thy people, the remnant of Israel. . . . For the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he. . . . For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
In Scripture, remnant (Hebrew, še ’ērît) commonly describes people who survive a catastrophe—for instance, the Israelites who returned from captivity in Babylon. Joseph employs this Hebrew term, rendered posterity in Genesis 45:7, in reassuring his brothers after the famine: “God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.”
Remnant occurs in several biblical texts, offering encouragement and comfort to God’s children in every circumstance. Second Kings 19:30 and Isaiah 37:31 foretell, “The remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.” Micah 2:12 promises, “I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel.” And Paul applies the remnant concept to believers, calling them “a remnant according to the election of grace” (Romans 11:5).
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Resources quoted in this issue
Cit. 2: Mays, James Luther, et al., eds. Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching. Vol. 33, First Corinthians. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 1982–; Barclay, William. The Daily Study Bible: The Letters to the Corinthians. Edinburgh: Saint Andrew, 1955. Revised and updated by Saint Andrew, 2001. Reprinted as The New Daily Study Bible: The Letters to the Corinthians. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2001–04.
Cit. 5: Keck, Leander E., et al., eds. The New Interpreter’s Bible Commentary. Vol. 3, Introduction to Hebrew Poetry, Job, Psalms, Introduction to Wisdom Literature, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs. Nashville: Abingdon, 2015.
Cit. 6: Barclay, William. The Daily Study Bible: The Letter to the Romans. Edinburgh: Saint Andrew, 1955. Revised and updated by Saint Andrew, 2001. Reprinted as The New Daily Study Bible: The Letter to the Romans. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2001–04; Barnes, Albert. Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Whole Bible. New York, 1834–85. Also available at biblehub.com/commentaries.
Cit. 13: Michaels, J. Ramsey. New International Biblical Commentary—John. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1984.
Cit. 17: Gaventa, Beverly Roberts. The New Interpreter’s Bible: One-Volume Commentary. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2010.
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