Today’s Word
Philanthropy Begins at Home
to sum up, let all be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kind-hearted and humble in spirit. 1 Peter 3:8 NASB Humble – In Greek this word is philophrones. Now you get to do a little Greek investigation yourself. You already know both parts of this word. Can you put the two parts together here and create a…
Gut-level Goodness
to sum up, let all be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kind-hearted and humble in spirit” 1 Peter 3:8 NASB Kind-hearted – eusplanchnoi in Greek. Wow! Don’t even try to say this word. The prefix eu means “well” or “good” (you remember eulogize?). But “good” what? The second part of the word (splanchnon) means “intestine” or in…
The City on the Hill
to sum up, let all be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kind-hearted and humble in spirit. 1 Peter 3:8 NASB Brotherly – This is a word you are not likely to forget, once you know what it is. The word is philadelphio. We have a city in Pennsylvania by that name. It literally means “brotherly love.” There…
Sui Generis Sensitivity
to sum up, let all be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kind-hearted and humble in spirit. 1 Peter 3:8 NASB Sympathetic – Sumpatheis. A combination word from sum (with or added to) and pathos (suffering, misfortune). This word means a lot more than the watered down version we have in English. Sympathetic in English carries the idea…
Advice to Husbands (and other Earth-Formed males)
to sum up, let all be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kind-hearted and humble in spirit 1 Peter 3:8 NASB Harmonious – Over the next few days we will look at each of these words. Today we start with homophrones. This word combines homos (the same) and phrone (mind or understanding). Peter tells us that believers who…
Fuller Fear
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge. Proverbs 1:7 NASB Fear – Last year (October 2, 2011) we examined Moses Luzzatto’s insight into the meaning of yirat adonai (YHWH). Ira Stone commented on Luzzatto’s examination. It’s worth reading again: “It should by now be clear that the term yirat Ha-Shem [yirat adonai] cannot simply…
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