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Podcast: Wisdom In All Things
Episode: Be Strong
Description: You could say that the phrase ‘be strong’ follows ‘act like men’ as a definition and prescription.
Let’s have Alexander MacLaren take us back into the mindset of the battle as he elaborates on this connection between the two phrases:
“Play a man’s part in the battle; strike with all the force of your muscles. But the Apostle adds, ‘be strong.’ You cannot play a man’s part unless you are. ‘Be strong’—the original would rather bear ‘become strong.’ What is the use of telling men to ‘be strong’? It is a waste of words, in nine cases out...