Song of Solomon
God Honors Pure Marital Love

Title

The Greek Septuagint (LXX) and Latin Vulgate (Vg.) versions follow the Hebrew (Masoretic Text) with literal translations of the first two words in 1:1—“Song of Songs.” Several English versions read “The Song of Solomon,” thus giving the fuller sense of

Song of Solomon
God Honors Pure Marital Love

Title

The Greek Septuagint (LXX) and Latin Vulgate (Vg.) versions follow the Hebrew (Masoretic Text) with literal translations of the first two words in 1:1—“Song of Songs.” Several English versions read “The Song of Solomon,” thus giving the fuller sense of

Hosea
Unconditional Love and Compassion

Title

The title is derived from the main character and author of the book. The meaning of his name, “salvation,” is the same as that of Joshua (cf. Num. 13:8, 16) and Jesus (Matt. 1:21). Hosea...

First Peter
Persecution of the Church

Title

The letter has always been identified (as are most general epistles, like James, John, and Jude) with the name of the author, Peter, and with the notation that it was his first inspired letter.

Keywords in 1 Peter

Word: Greek logos—1:23;