It is the best and truest friend who honestly tells us the truth about ourselves even when he knows we shall not like it. False friends are the ones who hide such truth from us and do so in order to remain in our favor.

— R.C.H. Lenski (1864–1936), Kommentator

Topics: Freedom & Truth, Relationships & Family, Wisdom & Understanding

R.C.H. Lenski

Richard Charles Henry Lenski (1864–1936) war ein deutsch-US-amerikanischer lutherischer Theologe, Pfarrer und Seminarprofessor in Columbus, Ohio. Bekannt ist er für seinen monumentalen, eng am griechischen Grundtext orientierten Kommentar zum gesamten Neuen Testament, dessen grammatikalische Exegese von der neueren Sprachwissenschaft jedoch als teils starr und methodisch veraltet eingestuft wird. Heutigen Bibellesern bietet sein Werk eine detaillierte Vers-für-Vers-Auslegung aus einer strikt altkonfessionell lutherischen Perspektive.

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