The Hebrew for blameless is תֶּמִים (tā∙mîm) meaning, complete, whole, sound, wholesome, unimpaired, innocent, having integrity, entirely in accord with truth and fact, without defect.
None of these qualities are in or of men, but only of one man Jesus Christ. Actually it would have been more appropriate for me to emphasize the word "be" above, for because of our own actions we are none of these things, because of Christ we are declared all of these things before God.
None of these qualities are in or of men, but only of one man Jesus Christ. Actually it would have been more appropriate for me to emphasize the word "be" above, for because of our own actions we are none of these things, because of Christ we are declared all of these things before God.
AELW3:79
"That the noun תֶּמִים (tā∙mîm) in this passage is plural—be a man of perfections or of integrities—one can appropriately relate to the fact that there is a twofold righteousness: (1) the perfect righteousness, through which we are righteous before God through faith; (2) the imperfect righteousness, through which we are righteous before God and men so far as our conduct and reputation is concerned."
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