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Each volume of the Jimmy Swaggart Bible Commentary contains a detailed exposition of the Scripture and an easy-to-read commentary. Each passage is reviewed in its context and with its historical perspective, and the finished work of Christ is revealed from Genesis to Revelation. The work of the Holy Spirit is seen as never before as the Scriptures come alive for believers and their walk today!

However, context determines the Biblical meaning that the Holy Spirit intends. In I Thessalonians 5:6, therefore, katheudo is used metaphorically as “carnal insensibility to Divine things involving conformity to the world.” The Apostle Paul contrasted spiritual sleep (Vs. 6) with the natural sleep that comes at night and with the drunkenness that dulls a person’s senses (Vs. 7). Another Greek word for “sleep” may be mentioned here that carries the same connotation as katheudo, but with a little different
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