{"id":23974,"date":"2024-05-28T09:05:42","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T14:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/?p=23974"},"modified":"2026-06-26T13:24:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T18:24:23","slug":"keep-yourselves-from-idols-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/?p=23974","title":{"rendered":"Keep Yourselves From Idols, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

I mentioned in another essay<\/a> how difficult it is for me to recognize when I’m worshiping an idol. This essay will be somewhat exploratory because I suspect that there is an idol in here somewhere. I’m just not entirely sure where as I begin.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>In a Bible study on the book of James my Pastor quoted from Ephesians (Ephesians 2:8-10 ESV):<\/span><\/p>\n

For by grace you have been saved through faith<\/a>. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God [Table<\/a>]<\/em>, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sometime later, as we shared a meal, I said that it was nice to hear those verses without the customary caveat. He didn’t know what I was talking about. I explained that this <\/i>and faith <\/i>were different genders in Greek, and so faith <\/i>was excluded from the phrase not your own doing<\/i>. He had never heard such a thing and pulled up the verses on his phone. I admitted I didn’t really believe it any more in any practical way but that I had heard it all my life, and that it still came to mind whenever I considered Ephesians 2:8.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said it didn’t make any sense: yes, \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c4\u03bf<\/a>, translated this<\/i> (ESV), is neuter and \u03c0\u03af\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c9\u03c2<\/a>, translated faith <\/i>(ESV), is feminine, but so is \u03c7\u03ac\u03c1\u03b9\u03c4\u03b9<\/a>, translated grace <\/i>(ESV). I said I should probably look more deeply into it. So, here I go.<\/span><\/p>\n

First, \u03c7\u03ac\u03c1\u03b9\u03c4\u03b9<\/a> in the text was actually \u03a4\u1fc7<\/a>…\u03c7\u03ac\u03c1\u03b9\u03c4\u03b9<\/a>, translated by grace <\/i>(ESV) because both words are in the dative case<\/a>. The example cited in GREEK NOUNS (Shorter Definitions)<\/a> was, do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God<\/i>.1<\/sup><\/a> Here \u03c4\u1fc7<\/a> \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03b5\u03c5\u03c7\u1fc7<\/a> and \u03c4\u1fc7<\/a> \u03b4\u03b5\u1f75\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9<\/a> were translated by prayer and <\/i>[by] supplication <\/i>respectively because all are in the dative case. <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>The Greek words translated faith <\/i>were \u03c0\u1f77\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c9\u03c2<\/a> in the NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and NA28<\/sup><\/a>, and \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2<\/a> \u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c9\u03c2<\/a> in the Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a>.2<\/sup><\/a> My Pastor was right: If \u03c0\u1f77\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c9\u03c2<\/a> is excluded from this <\/i>(\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c4\u03bf<\/a>) is not your own doing<\/i>,3<\/sup><\/a> because \u03c0\u1f77\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c9\u03c2<\/a> is feminine and \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c4\u03bf<\/a> is neuter, then \u03a4\u1fc7<\/a>…\u03c7\u03ac\u03c1\u03b9\u03c4\u03b9<\/a> should be excluded for the same reason. In other words, both grace and faith would be your own doing <\/i>(\u1f10\u03be<\/a> \u1f51\u03bc\u1ff6\u03bd<\/a>); literally, \u201cout from you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>In another essay<\/a> I wrote: \u201cI\u2019m not qualified to engage that argument,\u201d thinking, I suppose, that it was too esoteric for my current knowledge of Koine Greek. But now it appears that I was just too lazy to engage the text. My reasons for including grace <\/i>in the clause this is not your own doing <\/i>have nothing to do with the genders of \u03a4\u1fc7<\/a>…\u03c7\u03ac\u03c1\u03b9\u03c4\u03b9<\/a> and \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c4\u03bf<\/a>, but with many other passages of Scripture and a not insignificant amount of personal experience. I cannot exclude faith solely on the basis of the gender of \u03c0\u1f77\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c9\u03c2<\/a> and \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Are there other Scriptures that persuade me that faith is of my own doing<\/i>? I’ll begin with a New Testament survey of \u03c0\u1f77\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c9\u03c2<\/a>4<\/sup><\/a> (Acts 11:19-24 ESV). <\/span><\/p>\n

Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen (Acts 8:1-3<\/a>)<\/em> traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews. But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming<\/a> to Antioch spoke<\/a> to the Hellenists<\/a> also, preaching the Lord Jesus. And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who<\/a> believed turned to the Lord [Table<\/a>]<\/em>. The report of this came to the ears of the church in5<\/sup><\/a><\/em> Jerusalem,6<\/sup><\/a><\/em> and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. When he came and saw the grace of<\/a> God, he was glad, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose [Table<\/a>]<\/em>, for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many people were added to the Lord.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Greek words translated who believed <\/i>in\u2014and a great number who<\/a> believed turned to the Lord<\/i>7<\/sup><\/a>\u2014were \u1f41<\/a> \u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u1f7b\u03c3\u03b1\u03c2<\/a> in the NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and NA28<\/sup><\/a>, and simply \u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c5\u03c3\u03b1\u03c2<\/a> in the Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> (KJV: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord<\/i>). Adding \u1f41<\/a> to \u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u1f7b\u03c3\u03b1\u03c2<\/a> (a participle of the verb \u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03cd\u03c9<\/a>) leaves the possibility open that some who believed <\/i>had not yet turned <\/i>(\u1f10\u03c0\u1f73\u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u03b5\u03c8\u03b5\u03bd<\/a>, a form of \u1f10\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u03ad\u03c6\u03c9<\/a>) to the Lord <\/i>(Matthew 13:18-23<\/a>; Luke 8:11-15<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

What interests me more in this context is: And the hand of the Lord was with them<\/i>:8<\/sup><\/a> \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76<\/a> \u1f26\u03bd<\/a> \u03c7\u03b5\u1f76\u03c1<\/a> \u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5<\/a> \u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u1fbf<\/a> \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd<\/a>. The pronoun \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd<\/a> is masculine, feminine and neuter, and most likely9<\/sup><\/a> refers back to the Hellenists <\/i>(\u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2<\/a> \u1f19\u03bb\u03bb\u03b7\u03bd\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u1f70\u03c2<\/a>) and forward to a great number who believed<\/i>: \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u1f7b\u03c2<\/a> \u03c4\u03b5<\/a> \u1f00\u03c1\u03b9\u03b8\u03bc\u1f78\u03c2<\/a> \u1f41<\/a> \u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u1f7b\u03c3\u03b1\u03c2<\/a>. In other words, the hand of the Lord <\/i>is cited preceding the faith of a great number <\/i>of the Hellenists<\/i>. Was Luke simply being polite to the Lord when the actual situation was that the faith of a great number <\/i>of the Hellenists <\/i>was of their own doing<\/i>? <\/span><\/p>\n

When <\/i>[Barnabas] came and saw the grace <\/i>(\u03c4\u1f74\u03bd<\/a> \u03c7\u1f71\u03c1\u03b9\u03bd<\/a>) of<\/a> God, he was glad<\/i>.10<\/sup><\/a> What was the grace of God <\/i>that Barnabas saw <\/i>(\u1f30\u03b4\u1f7c\u03bd<\/a>, a form of \u03b5\u1f34\u03b4\u03c9<\/a>)? he exhorted <\/i>[the great number <\/i>of the Hellenists who believed<\/i>] to remain faithful <\/i>(\u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd<\/a>, an infinitive form of \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03c9<\/a>) to the Lord with steadfast purpose<\/i>.11<\/sup><\/a> It sounds as if Luke attributed their faith to the grace of God. Was he puffing God up with false praise when the actual situation was that the faith of a great number <\/i>of the Hellenists <\/i>was of their own doing<\/i>?<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>The text continued: for <\/i>[Barnabas] was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith.<\/i>12<\/sup><\/a> The Greek word translated faith<\/i> here was \u03c0\u1f77\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c9\u03c2<\/a>, a form of the noun \u03c0\u03af\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03c2<\/a>. Being full of the Holy Spirit <\/i>(\u03c0\u03bb\u1f75\u03c1\u03b7\u03c2<\/a> \u03c0\u03bd\u03b5\u1f7b\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2<\/a> \u1f01\u03b3\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5<\/a>) precedes <\/i>being full of faith<\/i>. This makes sense since \u03c0\u1f77\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03c2<\/a>, translated faithfulness <\/i>(ESV), is an aspect of the fruit of the Spirit. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law<\/i>13<\/sup><\/a>…the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness<\/a>, self-control; against such things there is no law<\/i> [Table<\/a>].14<\/sup><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

Since I am making so much of the word order, should I assume that Barnabas was full of the Holy Spirit and of faith<\/i> because he was a good man <\/i>(\u1f26\u03bd<\/a> \u1f00\u03bd\u1f74\u03c1<\/a> \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03b8\u1f78\u03c2<\/a>)? I’ve made that assumption before. It’s not false unless I’m thinking causatively: goodness <\/i>(\u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03b8\u03c9\u03c3\u1f7b\u03bd\u03b7<\/a>) is another aspect of the fruit of the Spirit. So I assume now that Luke and the Holy Spirit used full of the Holy Spirit and of faith<\/i> to clarify their intended meaning: for he was a good man<\/i>.15<\/sup><\/a> And a great many people were added to the Lord<\/i>.16<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

This is not my experience. I don’t see a great many people<\/i>…added to the Lord <\/i>in my immediate vicinity. I won’t blame the hand of the Lord<\/i>. That leaves: I am not a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith<\/i>. I’ll own that and continue to Do <\/i>[my] best to present <\/i>[myself] to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth<\/i>.17<\/sup><\/a> But If I rejected that diagnosis, would I blame those who are dead in…trespasses and sins<\/i> for their lack of faith in Christ? <\/span><\/p>\n

And you were dead in the trespasses and sins<\/a> [Table<\/a>]<\/em> in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were<\/a> by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind [Table<\/a>].18<\/sup><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, blaming them would depend, I suppose, on who I credit for making me alive together with Christ<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ\u2014by grace you have been saved\u2014and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches<\/a> of his grace (\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/a> \u03c7\u1f71\u03c1\u03b9\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2<\/a> \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/a>)<\/em> in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus [Table<\/a>].19<\/sup><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Approached in this way it becomes quite telling that my faith and my works are absent here: This is about God’s mercy<\/i>, God’s great love<\/i>, God made us alive together with Christ<\/i> (\u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b5\u03b6\u03c9\u03bf\u03c0\u03bf\u1f77\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd<\/a> \u03c4\u1ff7<\/a> \u03a7\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u1ff7<\/a>) by<\/i> God’s grace<\/i>, God raised us up with him <\/i>(\u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u1f75\u03b3\u03b5\u03b9\u03c1\u03b5\u03bd<\/a>, a form of \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b5\u03b3\u03b5\u03af\u03c1\u03c9<\/a>) and seated us with him <\/i>(\u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b5\u03ba\u1f71\u03b8\u03b9\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd<\/a>, a form of \u03c3\u03c5\u03b3\u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u03af\u03b6\u03c9<\/a>) in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus<\/i>. Why? For his own purpose: so that in the coming ages he might show<\/i> (\u1f10\u03bd\u03b4\u03b5\u1f77\u03be\u03b7\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/a>, a form of \u1f10\u03bd\u03b4\u03b5\u03af\u03ba\u03bd\u03c5\u03bc\u03b9<\/a>) the immeasurable riches<\/a> of his grace<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is nothing uncertain about so that<\/i>…he might show<\/i>: \u1f10\u03bd\u03b4\u03b5\u1f77\u03be\u03b7\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/a> is a subjunctive<\/a> form of \u1f10\u03bd\u03b4\u03b5\u03af\u03ba\u03bd\u03c5\u03bc\u03b9<\/a> in a purpose clause: \u201cthe action should not be thought of as a possible result, but should be viewed as a definite outcome that will happen as a result of another stated action.\u201d20<\/sup><\/a> The only uncertainty here is why English translators persist in their refusal to translate Greek verbs in the subjunctive mood in purpose or result clauses into English. But when does\/did all of this happen?<\/span><\/p>\n

The verbs \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b5\u03b6\u03c9\u03bf\u03c0\u03bf\u1f77\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd<\/a>, \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u1f75\u03b3\u03b5\u03b9\u03c1\u03b5\u03bd<\/a>, \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b5\u03ba\u1f71\u03b8\u03b9\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd<\/a> and even \u1f10\u03bd\u03b4\u03b5\u1f77\u03be\u03b7\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/a> are in the aorist tense<\/a> and \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b5\u03b6\u03c9\u03bf\u03c0\u03bf\u1f77\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd<\/a>, \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u1f75\u03b3\u03b5\u03b9\u03c1\u03b5\u03bd<\/a> and \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b5\u03ba\u1f71\u03b8\u03b9\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd<\/a> are in the indicative mood<\/a>: <\/span><\/p>\n

The aorist is said to be “simple occurrence” or “summary occurrence”, without regard for the amount of time taken to accomplish the action. This tense is also often referred to as the ‘punctiliar’ tense. ‘Punctiliar’ in this sense means ‘viewed as a single, collective whole,’ a “one-point-in-time” action, although it may actually take place over a period of time. In the indicative mood the aorist tense denotes action that occurred in the past time, often translated like the English simple past tense.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

For example: “God…made us alive together with Christ.” Eph 2:5<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

“He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Christ Jesus.” Phil 1:621<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When I begin to perceive any of this as true corresponds to when I received the Holy Spirit. When I as a five-year-old child prayed a sinner’s prayer to Jesus to escape from burning in hell for all eternity, nothing happened except that I believed I didn’t need to fear hell.22<\/sup><\/a> When I as a twenty-something atheist stoner prayed, \u201cIf you’re really out there, I really want to know you,\u201d23<\/sup><\/a> the Holy Spirit invaded my \u03c8\u03c5\u03c7\u03ae<\/a>: \u201csoul, life, creature, living being, physical life, life-force; corpse, dead person; an individual person.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t think much of the Gospel then. Been there, done that, I thought. The Gospel just didn\u2019t work out for me. This time I was going to do it right. The objective truth of the Bible was irrelevant to me. Its truth was like that of a contract. There were things for me to do and things God would do in exchange. He knew what the contract I held in my hand said, and so could I.24<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/a>In no objective sense did I as a twenty-something atheist stoner turn in faith to Jesus Christ. I was more like a bibliolater<\/a> standing before the Bible as Israel stood before Mount Sinai, saying, All that the LORD has spoken <\/i>[I] will do<\/i>.25<\/sup><\/a> I didn’t keep my promise. He certainly knew I couldn’t keep my promise. Why did He give me his own Holy Spirit then and not when I was five?<\/span><\/p>\n

I want to pause here to compile a brief dossier on Barnabas (Acts 4:33-37; 9:26-31; 11:22, 25, 26 ESV): <\/span><\/p>\n

And with great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all. There was<\/a> not a needy person among them, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold and laid it at the apostles\u2019 feet, and it was distributed<\/a> to each as any had need. Thus Joseph<\/a>, who was also called by<\/a> the apostles Barnabas (which means son of encouragement), a Levite, a native of Cyprus, sold a field that belonged to him and brought the money and laid it at<\/a> the apostles\u2019 feet [Table<\/a>]<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

And when [Paul, aka Saul<\/a>]<\/em> had come to Jerusalem, he attempted<\/a> to join the disciples. And they were all afraid of him, for they did not believe that he was a disciple [Table<\/a>]<\/em>. But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles and declared to them how on the road he had seen the Lord, who spoke to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus. So he went in and out among them at<\/a> Jerusalem, preaching<\/a> boldly in the name of the Lord<\/a>. And he spoke and disputed against the Hellenists. But they were seeking to kill him [Table<\/a>]<\/em>. And when the brothers learned this, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

So the church<\/a> throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had<\/a> peace and was being built up<\/a>. And walking<\/a> in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied<\/a> [Table<\/a>]<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The report of this (Acts 11:19-21<\/a>)<\/em> came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

So Barnabas<\/a> went to Tarsus to look for Saul [aka Paul]<\/em>, and when he had found him<\/a>, he brought him<\/a> to Antioch. For a whole year<\/a> they met with<\/a> the church and taught a great many people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians [Table<\/a>]<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The people who tried to lead the five-year-old me to the Lord, led me to atheism instead. It was certainly not their intent, just a fact. The twenty-something bibliolater me went back to the same church of the very same people, believing they were right and I was wrong. The difference? I was about twenty years older, but more to the point, I had been given the indwelling Holy Spirit of God. When I heard teaching or preaching the Holy Spirit brought other Scriptures to my mind. Sometimes those Scriptures agreed with what was taught or preached. That was a good day. Sometimes they did not. But I was studying the Bible on my own with the Holy Spirit, the Father and his Son. Eventually, Paul’s writings, writings that may never have been written (Acts 13:1-3<\/a>) if Barnabas had not gone to Tarsus to look for Saul<\/i> and brought him to Antioch<\/i>, led me to Jesus. It is impossible for me to credit all of this to my faith or my effort, though I cannot imagine it transpiring apart from both.<\/span><\/p>\n

The solution I return to over and over is:<\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed (\u1f51\u03c0\u03b7\u03ba\u03bf\u1f7b\u03c3\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5<\/a> , a form of \u1f51\u03c0\u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u03cd\u03c9<\/a>)<\/em> so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation (\u03c4\u1f74\u03bd<\/a> \u1f11\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd<\/a> \u03c3\u03c9\u03c4\u03b7\u03c1\u1f77\u03b1\u03bd<\/a> \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03b3\u1f71\u03b6\u03b5\u03c3\u03b8\u03b5<\/a>)<\/em> with fear and trembling, for it is God<\/a> who works (\u1f41<\/a> \u1f10\u03bd\u03b5\u03c1\u03b3\u1ff6\u03bd<\/a>)<\/em> in you, both to will (\u03c4\u1f78<\/a> \u03b8\u1f73\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd<\/a>)<\/em> and to work (\u03c4\u1f78<\/a> \u1f10\u03bd\u03b5\u03c1\u03b3\u03b5\u1fd6\u03bd<\/a>)<\/em> for his good pleasure (\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/a> \u03b5\u1f50\u03b4\u03bf\u03ba\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2<\/a>) [Table<\/a>]<\/em>.26<\/sup><\/a> <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ll pick this up in another essay. A table comparing Acts 11:22<\/a> in the NET and KJV follows.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Acts 11:22 (NET)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Acts 11:22 (KJV)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

A report about them came to the attention of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nThen tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Acts 11:22 (NET Parallel Greek)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Acts 11:22 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Acts 11:22 (Byzantine Majority Text)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u1f28\u03ba\u03bf\u1f7b\u03c3\u03b8\u03b7 \u03b4\u1f72 \u1f41 \u03bb\u1f79\u03b3\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f70 \u1f66\u03c4\u03b1 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u1f10\u03ba\u03ba\u03bb\u03b7\u03c3\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03bf\u1f54\u03c3\u03b7\u03c2<\/a> <\/b>\u1f10\u03bd \u1f38\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b1\u03bb\u1f74\u03bc<\/a> <\/b>\u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u1f76 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03be\u03b1\u03c0\u1f73\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u03b1\u03bd \u0392\u03b1\u03c1\u03bd\u03b1\u03b2\u1fb6\u03bd \u1f15\u03c9\u03c2 \u1f08\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9\u03bf\u03c7\u03b5\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03b7\u03ba\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b8\u03b7 \u03b4\u03b5 \u03bf \u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03c9\u03c4\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b5\u03ba\u03ba\u03bb\u03b7\u03c3\u03b9\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b5\u03bd \u03b9\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03bf\u03bb\u03c5\u03bc\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2<\/a> \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b5\u03be\u03b1\u03c0\u03b5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u03b1\u03bd \u03b2\u03b1\u03c1\u03bd\u03b1\u03b2\u03b1\u03bd \u03b4\u03b9\u03b5\u03bb\u03b8\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd \u03b5\u03c9\u03c2 \u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9\u03bf\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1\u03c2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03b7\u03ba\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b8\u03b7 \u03b4\u03b5 \u03bf \u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03c9\u03c4\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b5\u03ba\u03ba\u03bb\u03b7\u03c3\u03b9\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b5\u03bd \u03b9\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03bf\u03bb\u03c5\u03bc\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b5\u03be\u03b1\u03c0\u03b5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u03b1\u03bd \u03b2\u03b1\u03c1\u03bd\u03b1\u03b2\u03b1\u03bd \u03b4\u03b9\u03b5\u03bb\u03b8\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd \u03b5\u03c9\u03c2 \u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9\u03bf\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1\u03c2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Keep Yourselves From Idols, Part 3<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to 3 John, Part 2<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to Exploration, Part 17<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to Who is a Christian? Part 1<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
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1<\/sup><\/a> Philippians 4:6 (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2<\/sup><\/a> For a brief discussion of these textural differences see \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 and \u1f11\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6, Part 2 <\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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3<\/sup><\/a> Ephesians 2:8b (ESV) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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4<\/sup><\/a> I’ll return to consider Acts 6:5 in another essay.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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5<\/sup><\/a> The NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and NA28<\/sup><\/a> had \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2<\/a> \u03bf\u1f54\u03c3\u03b7\u03c2<\/a> \u1f10\u03bd<\/a> (\u201cthat was in\u201d) here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2<\/a> \u03b5\u03bd<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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6<\/sup><\/a> The NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and NA28<\/sup><\/a> had \u1f38\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b1\u03bb\u1f74\u03bc<\/a> here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had \u03b9\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03bf\u03bb\u03c5\u03bc\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2<\/a> in the dative case<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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7<\/sup><\/a> Acts 11:21b (ESV) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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8<\/sup><\/a> Acts 11:21a (ESV) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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9<\/sup><\/a> Perhaps I should say, \u201cis in closest proximity to.\u201d I can’t eliminate the possibility that \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd<\/a> also refers to some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch spoke<\/i>…preaching the Lord Jesus <\/i>(Acts 11:20 ESV), but then the hand of the Lord <\/i>seems more laissez faire<\/a>, not opposed to them, rather than the cause of what transpired.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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10<\/sup><\/a> Acts 11:23a (ESV) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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11<\/sup><\/a> Acts 11:23b (ESV) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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12<\/sup><\/a> Acts 11:24 (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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13<\/sup><\/a> Galatians 5:18 (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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14<\/sup><\/a> Galatians 5:22, 23 (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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15<\/sup><\/a> Acts 11:24a (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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16<\/sup><\/a> Acts 11:24b (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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17<\/sup><\/a> 2 Timothy 2:15 (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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18<\/sup><\/a> Ephesians 2:1-3 (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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19<\/sup><\/a> Ephesians 2:4-7 (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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20<\/sup><\/a> From \u201cVerbal Moods: Subjunctive Mood<\/a>,\u201d Greek Verbs (Shorter Definitions)<\/a>, on Resources for Learning New Testament Greek<\/a> online.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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21<\/sup><\/a> From \u201cVerb Tenses: Aorist Tense<\/a>,\u201d Greek Verbs (Shorter Definitions)<\/a>, on Resources for Learning New Testament Greek<\/a> online.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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22<\/sup><\/a> You Must Be Gentle, Part 3<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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23<\/sup><\/a> \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 and \u1f11\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6, Part 1<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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24<\/sup><\/a> Who Am I? Part 3<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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25<\/sup><\/a> Exodus 19:8b (ESV) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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26<\/sup><\/a> Philippians 2:12, 13 (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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