{"id":6112,"date":"2015-09-03T23:52:41","date_gmt":"2015-09-03T17:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/?p=6112"},"modified":"2022-11-19T18:55:03","modified_gmt":"2022-11-20T00:55:03","slug":"romans-part-59","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/?p=6112","title":{"rendered":"Romans, Part 59"},"content":{"rendered":"

The most obvious translation of Do not lag in zeal<\/em>[1]<\/sup><\/a> (\u03c4\u1fc7 \u03c3\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03b4\u1fc7 \u03bc\u1f74 \u1f40\u03ba\u03bd\u03b7\u03c1\u03bf\u1f77) is something like \u201cthis haste not slothful.\u201d\u00a0 Thus we urged Titus<\/em>, Paul wrote the Corinthians, that, just as he had previously begun this work, so also he should complete this act of kindness for you. \u00a0But as you excel in everything \u2013 in faith, in speech, in knowledge, and in all eagerness<\/em> (\u03c3\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03b4\u1fc7<\/a>) and in the love from us that is in you \u2013 make sure that you excel in this act of kindness too. \u00a0I am not saying this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love by comparison with the eagerness<\/em> (\u03c3\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03b4\u1fc6\u03c2, a form of \u03c3\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03b4\u03ae) of others<\/em>.[2]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

The translation of \u03c3\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03b4\u1fc7 and \u03c3\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03b4\u1fc6\u03c2 as eagerness<\/em> above is not wrong if I recognize that Paul\u2019s concern was the timeliness of completing this act of kindness<\/em> rather than an emotional affect.\u00a0 Certainly Paul was also interested in the Corinthians\u2019 emotional affect, but he used a different word for that (2 Corinthians 8:10b-12 NET):<\/p>\n

It is to your advantage, since you made a good start last year both in your giving and your desire to give, to finish what you started, so that just as you wanted to do it eagerly (\u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03b8\u03c5\u03bc\u1f77\u03b1<\/a>)<\/em>, you can also complete it according to your means. \u00a0For if the eagerness (\u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03b8\u03c5\u03bc\u1f77\u03b1)<\/em> is present, the gift itself is acceptable according to whatever one has, not according to what he does not have.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Greek words \u03c3\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03b4\u1fc7 and \u03c3\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03b4\u1fc6\u03c2 seem to refer here to the fact that the Corinthians made a good start last year<\/em> but had failed thus far to finish what<\/em> [they] started<\/em>.\u00a0 I know your eagerness<\/em> (\u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03b8\u03c5\u03bc\u1f77\u03b1\u03bd, a form of \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03b8\u03c5\u03bc\u1f77\u03b1) to help<\/em>,[3]<\/sup><\/a> Paul assured them. \u00a0The Corinthians\u2019 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03b8\u03c5\u03bc\u1f77\u03b1 and \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03b8\u03c5\u03bc\u1f77\u03b1\u03bd were not at issue.\u00a0 It was \u03c3\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03b4\u1fc7 and \u03c3\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03b4\u1fc6\u03c2 they lacked or needed to address (2 Corinthians 9:2b-4 NET):<\/p>\n

I keep boasting to the Macedonians about this eagerness of yours, that Achaia has been ready to give since last year, and your zeal (\u03b6\u1fc6\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2<\/a>)<\/em> to participate has stirred up most of them. \u00a0But I am sending these brothers so that our boasting about you may not be empty in this case, so that you may be ready just as I kept telling them. \u00a0For if any of the Macedonians should come with me and find that you are not ready to give, we would be humiliated (not to mention you) by this confidence we had in you.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As a description of love \u201cthis haste not slothful\u201d makes a good deal of sense.\u00a0 A feigned or hypocritical love, the love of an actor, wearing a false face, speaking another\u2019s lines, will tend to be too fast or too slow in action.\u00a0 While the Love<\/em>\u2026without hypocrisy<\/em> (\u1f00\u03bd\u03c5\u03c0\u1f79\u03ba\u03c1\u03b9\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2<\/a>),[4]<\/sup><\/a> the fruit of the Holy Spirit, is timely, at a measured pace, this haste not slothful, full of the recognition that love unfeigned lasts a lifetime and beyond.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis haste not slothful,\u201d however, makes a terrible rule.\u00a0 Here is a listing<\/a> of various English translations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Romans 12:11a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Bible Version<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Never be lacking in zeal\u2026<\/td>\nNew International Version<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Never be lazy\u2026<\/td>\nNew Living Translation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Do not be slothful in zeal\u2026<\/td>\nEnglish Standard Bible<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Do not become apathetic\u2026<\/td>\nBerean Study Bible<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
not lagging in diligence\u2026<\/td>\nBerean Literal Bible<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
not lagging behind in diligence\u2026<\/td>\nNew American Standard Bible, NASB 1977<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Not slothful in business\u2026<\/td>\nKing James Bible, KJV 2000, American KJV, Webster\u2019s Bible Translation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Do not lack diligence\u2026<\/td>\nHolman Christian Standard Bible<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Never be lazy in showing such devotion.<\/td>\nInternational Standard Version<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Be diligent and do not be lazy\u2026<\/td>\nAramaic Bible in Plain English, GOD\u2019S WORD Translation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
not slothful in earnest care\u2026<\/td>\nJubilee Bible 2000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
in diligence not slothful\u2026<\/td>\nAmerican Standard Version, English Revised Version<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
In carefulness not slothful.<\/td>\nDouay-Rheims Bible<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
as to diligent zealousness, not slothful\u2026<\/td>\nDarby Bible Translation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Do not be indolent when zeal is required.<\/td>\nWeymouth New Testament<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
not lagging in diligence\u2026<\/td>\nWorld English Bible<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
in the diligence not slothful\u2026<\/td>\nYoung\u2019s Literal Translation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

I won\u2019t take issue with translating \u03c3\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03b4\u1fc7 (a form of \u03c3\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03b4\u03ae) abstractly as diligent<\/em> or diligence<\/em>: if it is leadership, he must do so with diligence<\/em> (\u1f41 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03ca\u03c3\u03c4\u1f71\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c3\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03b4\u1fc7).[5]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 I do question translating it zeal<\/em> or zealousness<\/em>.\u00a0 Paul did not write \u03b6\u1fc6\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2.\u00a0 Matthew, Mark and John recounted two different occasions when Jesus demonstrated a godly zeal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Matthew<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Mark<\/td>\n\n

John<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Then Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all those who were selling and buying in the temple courts, and turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves.<\/p>\n

Matthew 21:12 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Then they came to Jerusalem. Jesus entered the temple area and began to drive out those who were selling and buying in the temple courts. He turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves, and he would not permit anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts.<\/p>\n

Mark 11:15, 16 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Now the Jewish feast of Passover was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem. \u00a0He found in the temple courts those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting at tables. \u00a0So he made a whip of cords and drove them all out of the temple courts, with the sheep and the oxen. He scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.<\/p>\n

John 2:13-15 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

And he said to them, \u201cIt is written, \u2018My house will be called a house of prayer,<\/em><\/strong>\u2019 but you are turning it into a den of robbers<\/em><\/strong>!\u201d<\/p>\n

Matthew 21:13 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Then he began to teach them and said, \u201cIs it not written: \u2018My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations<\/em><\/strong>\u2019? But you have turned it into a den of robbers<\/em><\/strong>!\u201d<\/p>\n

Mark 11:17 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

To those who sold the doves he said, \u201cTake these things away from here! Do not make my Father\u2019s house a marketplace!\u201d<\/p>\n

John 2:16 (NET)<\/p>\n

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<\/td>\nThe chief priests and the experts in the law heard it and they considered how they could assassinate him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed by his teaching.<\/p>\n

Mark 11:18 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

His disciples remembered that it was written, \u201cZeal<\/em><\/strong> (\u03b6\u1fc6\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2) for your house will devour me<\/em><\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

John 2:17 (NET)<\/p>\n

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Paul actually distinguished between this kind of zeal and love: Shall I come to you with a rod of discipline or with love <\/em>(\u1f00\u03b3\u1f71\u03c0\u1fc3, a form of \u1f00\u03b3\u03ac\u03c0\u03b7<\/a>) and a spirit of gentleness?<\/em>[6]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 And though I have no doubt that Jesus consciously fulfilled Scripture, the incidents were also remarkable because they were uncharacteristic and atypical<\/a> of Him.\u00a0 The religious mind is all too eager to consider hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish rivalries, dissensions, factions<\/em>, and envying<\/em>[7]<\/sup><\/a> righteous indignation or zeal for God.\u00a0 Paul gave no law encouraging the religious mind not to lag in this kind of zeal<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The description continues, be enthusiastic in spirit<\/em> (\u03c4\u1ff7 \u03c0\u03bd\u03b5\u1f7b\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b9 \u03b6\u1f73\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 [a form of \u03b6\u03ad\u03c9<\/a>]), literally \u201cthis spirit boils\u201d or \u201cthis boiling spirit.\u201d\u00a0 If I put it back together I have, this haste not slothful, this boiling spirit.\u00a0 These words make sense if applied to a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria<\/em>.[8]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 He was an eloquent speaker, well-versed in the scriptures.\u00a0 He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and with great enthusiasm<\/em> (\u03b6\u1f73\u03c9\u03bd, another form of \u03b6\u03ad\u03c9) he spoke and taught accurately the facts about Jesus <\/em>(KJV: the Lord<\/em>), although he knew only the baptism of John<\/em>.[9]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

The danger of this kind of enthusiasm wasn\u2019t actually revealed until the next chapter of Acts:\u00a0 Paul found some disciples in Ephesus and said to them, \u201cDid you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?\u201d \u00a0They replied, \u201cNo, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.\u201d<\/em>[10]<\/sup><\/a> It gives me a different impression when Apollos began to speak out fearlessly <\/em>(\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03c1\u03b7\u03c3\u03b9\u1f71\u03b6\u03b5\u03c3\u03b8\u03b1\u03b9, a form of \u03c0\u03b1\u1fe4\u1fe5\u03b7\u03c3\u03b9\u03ac\u03b6\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9<\/a>) in the synagogue<\/em>.[11]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 I contrast it to Paul and Barnabas in Iconium<\/a>, \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03c1\u03b7\u03c3\u03b9\u03b1\u03b6\u1f79\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c4\u1ff7 \u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u1f77\u1ff3 (literally, \u201cspeaking freely upon the Lord\u201d).\u00a0 Here, I think, Paul and Barnabas relied<\/a> on the Lord rather than their own \u201cfearlessness\u201d and He testified to the message of his grace, granting miraculous signs and wonders to be performed through their hands<\/em>.[12]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Priscilla and Aquila, who had spent time with Paul,[13]<\/sup><\/a> slowed Apollos\u2019 haste (without dampening his enthusiasm): when Priscilla and Aquila heard<\/em> him<\/em> [speak out fearlessly<\/em> in the synagogue<\/em>], they took him aside and explained the way of God to him more accurately<\/em>.[14]<\/sup><\/a> \u00a0Apollos traveled from Ephesus to Achaia.\u00a0 When he arrived, he assisted greatly those who had believed by grace<\/em>,[15]<\/sup><\/a> the sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals, thieves, the greedy, drunkards<\/a>, the verbally abusive, and swindlers<\/em>[16]<\/sup><\/a> who had responded to Paul\u2019s presentation of the Gospel.[17]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 (No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, <\/em>Jesus said, and I will raise him up at the last day<\/em>.[18]<\/sup><\/a>)\u00a0 Apollos greatly assisted them, not by browbeating them to live better lives, but by preoccupying those who might have done so: for he refuted the Jews<\/em> (\u1f38\u03bf\u03c5\u03b4\u03b1\u1f77\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2, a form of \u00a0\u1f38\u03bf\u03c5\u03b4\u03b1\u1fd6\u03bf\u03c2<\/a>) vigorously in public debate, demonstrating from the scriptures that the Christ was Jesus<\/em>.[19]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

This haste not slothful, this boiling spirit, serve <\/em>(\u03b4\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03b5\u1f7b\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2, a form of \u03b4\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03b5\u03cd\u03c9<\/a>) the Lord<\/a><\/em>,[20]<\/sup><\/a> or serving the Lord<\/em>,[21]<\/sup><\/a> or \u201cthis Lord enslaved,\u201d or \u201censlaved to this Lord.\u201d\u00a0 Ordinarily I might think of being enslaved as a negative thing.\u00a0 But Paul compared the slavery of righteousness to the slavery of sin (admittedly, speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh<\/em>), just as you once presented your members as slaves<\/em> (\u03b4\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bb\u03b1, a form of \u03b4\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2<\/a>) to impurity and lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves<\/em> (\u03b4\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bb\u03b1, a form of \u03b4\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2) to righteousness leading to sanctification<\/em>.[22]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>For we too were once foolish<\/em>, Paul wrote to Titus, disobedient, misled, enslaved<\/em> (\u03b4\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03b5\u1f7b\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2, a form of \u03b4\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03b5\u03cd\u03c9) to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another<\/em>.[23]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 If I think of serving<\/em> (\u03b4\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03b5\u1f7b\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2, a form of \u03b4\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03b5\u03cd\u03c9) the Lord<\/em> or being enslaved<\/em> to the Lord as something like the work I do to please my employer, I will think that I am obeying a rule: serve the Lord<\/em>.\u00a0 If on the other hand I think of serving<\/em> (\u03b4\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03b5\u1f7b\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2, a form of \u03b4\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03b5\u03cd\u03c9) the Lord<\/em> or being enslaved<\/em> to the Lord as something more like being enslaved<\/em> (\u03b4\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03b5\u1f7b\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2, a form of \u03b4\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03b5\u03cd\u03c9) to various passions and desires<\/em>, well, that\u2019s more like what I did on the weekends after work.<\/p>\n

And I think that is more like the \u03b4\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03b5\u1f7b\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 Paul described here, the natural (super-<\/em>natural) outpouring of this boiling spirit.\u00a0 In fact, I should work for my employer in this same way and not like I used to work before I was enslaved to the Lord.\u00a0 Slaves, obey<\/em> (\u1f51\u03c0\u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u1f7b\u03b5\u03c4\u03b5, a form of \u1f51\u03c0\u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u03cd\u03c9<\/a>) your human masters with fear and trembling<\/em>, Paul wrote the Ephesians, in the sincerity<\/em> (\u1f01\u03c0\u03bb\u1f79\u03c4\u03b7\u03c4\u03b9, a form of \u1f01\u03c0\u03bb\u03cc\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2<\/a>) of your heart<\/em> (\u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03b4\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2, a form of \u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03b4\u03af\u03b1<\/a>) as to Christ, not like those who do their work only when someone is watching \u2013 as people-pleasers \u2013 but as slaves<\/em> (\u03b4\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bb\u03bf\u03b9, a form of \u03b4\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2) of Christ<\/em> doing the will of God from the heart<\/em> (\u03c8\u03c5\u03c7\u1fc6\u03c2, a form of \u03c8\u03c5\u03c7\u03ae<\/a>).\u00a0 Obey<\/a> with enthusiasm<\/em> (\u03b5\u1f50\u03bd\u03bf\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2, a form of \u03b5\u1f54\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03b1<\/a>), as though serving<\/em> (\u03b4\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03b5\u1f7b\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2, a form of \u03b4\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03b5\u03cd\u03c9) the Lord and not people<\/em>\u2026[24]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Part of the definition of \u1f01\u03c0\u03bb\u1f79\u03c4\u03b7\u03c4\u03b9 in the NET is \u201cfree from pretence and hypocrisy,\u201d \u201cnot self seeking.\u201d\u00a0 This \u1f01\u03c0\u03bb\u1f79\u03c4\u03b7\u03c4\u03b9 comes from the love that is not self-serving<\/em>.[25]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 <\/a>All of this is accomplished as slaves<\/em> (\u03b4\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bb\u03bf\u03b9, a form of \u03b4\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2) of Christ<\/em>, not as someone in some wretched social condition but as one whose attitudes and actions are produced<\/a> by the fruit of the Holy Spirit<\/a>: For the love of Christ controls <\/em>(\u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u1f73\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9, a form of \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03ad\u03c7\u03c9<\/a>) us<\/em>\u2026[26]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Doing the will of God from the heart<\/em>[27]<\/sup><\/a>\u2026with enthusiasm<\/em> (or, good will<\/em>), as<\/em>[28]<\/sup><\/a>\u2026 serving<\/em> (or, enslaved to<\/em>) the Lord and not people<\/em>.\u00a0 We have died to what controlled<\/em> (\u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5\u03b9\u03c7\u1f79\u03bc\u03b5\u03b8\u03b1, a form of \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03ad\u03c7\u03c9<\/a>) us, so that we may serve<\/em> (\u03b4\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03b5\u1f7b\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd, a form of \u03b4\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03b5\u03cd\u03c9<\/a>) in the new life of the Spirit and not under the old written code<\/em>.[29]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

And so I have, \u201cthis haste not slothful, this boiling spirit, enslaved to the Lord.\u201d\u00a0 Transforming a description of Love<\/em>\u2026without hypocrisy<\/em> into three rules\u2014Do not lag in zeal, be enthusiastic in spirit, serve the Lord<\/em>\u2014may be equivalent to the \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03c1\u03b7\u03c3\u03b9\u1f71\u03b6\u03b5\u03c3\u03b8\u03b1\u03b9 of Apollos in the synagogue, but it will never rival the \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03c1\u03b7\u03c3\u03b9\u03b1\u03b6\u1f79\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c4\u1ff7 \u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u1f77\u1ff3 of Paul and Barnabas in Iconium.\u00a0 For it lacks all the power of God.<\/p>\n

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Romans, Part 60<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to Condemnation or Judgment? – Part 11<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to Romans, Part 87<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to My Deeds, Part 3<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
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<\/a>[1]<\/sup> Romans 12:11a (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[2]<\/sup> 2 Corinthians 8:6-8 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[3]<\/sup> 2 Corinthians 9:2a (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[4]<\/sup> Romans 12:9a (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[5]<\/sup> Romans 12:8 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[6]<\/sup> 1 Corinthians 4:21b (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[7]<\/sup> Galatians 5:19, 20 (NET)<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>[8]<\/sup> Acts 18:24a (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[9]<\/sup> Acts 18:24b, 25 (NET) Table<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>[10]<\/sup> Acts 19:2 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[11]<\/sup> Acts 18:26a (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[12]<\/sup> Acts 14:3 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[13]<\/sup> Acts 18:2, 3 (NET)<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>[14]<\/sup> Acts 18:26b (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[15]<\/sup> Acts 18:27b (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[16]<\/sup> 1 Corinthians 6:9b, 10a (NET) Table<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>[17]<\/sup> 1 Corinthians 6:11 (NET)<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>[18]<\/sup> John 6:44 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[19]<\/sup> Acts 18:28 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[20]<\/sup> Romans 12:11 (NET) Table<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>[21]<\/sup> Romans 12:11 (NAS)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[22]<\/sup> Romans 6:19 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[23]<\/sup> Titus 3:3 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[24]<\/sup> Ephesians 6:5-7 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[25]<\/sup> 1 Corinthians 13:5 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[26]<\/sup> 2 Corinthians 5:14a (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[27]<\/sup> The NET note<\/a> on obey<\/em> in verse 7: \u201cThough the verb does not appear again at this point in the passage, it is nonetheless implied and supplied in the English translation for the sake of clarity.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/a>[28]<\/sup> I don\u2019t see anything to translate though<\/em> in the Greek.\u00a0 This is not something to be faked as though<\/em>, but is the real righteousness of God, the love that is the fulfillment of the law..<\/p>\n

<\/a>[29]<\/sup> Romans 7:6b (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The most obvious translation of Do not lag in zeal[1] (\u03c4\u1fc7 \u03c3\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03b4\u1fc7 \u03bc\u1f74 \u1f40\u03ba\u03bd\u03b7\u03c1\u03bf\u1f77) is something like \u201cthis haste not slothful.\u201d\u00a0 Thus we urged Titus, Paul wrote the Corinthians, that, just as he had previously begun this work, so also … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1736,3117,3116,20,2719],"tags":[990,2233,363,2913,2896,2895,1940,2897,2908,2905,2514,2907,2909,2910,2906,2912,2900,2904,2528,2526,2899,2902,2903,2898,2901,737,2067,2232,2911,1148,2060],"class_list":["post-6112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-12","category-do-not-lag-in-zeal","category-love","category-romans","category-section-three","tag-1-corinthians-135","tag-1-corinthians-421","tag-1-corinthians-69-10","tag-2-corinthians-514","tag-2-corinthians-810-12","tag-2-corinthians-86-8","tag-2-corinthians-92","tag-2-corinthians-92-4","tag-acts-143","tag-acts-1824","tag-acts-1824-25","tag-acts-1826","tag-acts-1827","tag-acts-1828","tag-acts-192","tag-ephesians-65-7","tag-john-213-15","tag-john-217","tag-john-216","tag-john-644","tag-mark-1115-16","tag-mark-1117","tag-mark-1118","tag-matthew-2112","tag-matthew-2113","tag-romans-128","tag-romans-1211","tag-romans-129","tag-romans-619","tag-romans-76","tag-titus-33"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6112"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19684,"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6112\/revisions\/19684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}