The word antiloidoreo means to “revile again,” returning bile for bile, spite for spite. When someone else starts the sinning, the easiest thing in the world is to pay him back in his own coin. But this is precisely what Jesus did not do. “When he was reviled, [He] reviled not again” (1 Pet. 2:23).
Modest Advertising
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) Growing Dominion, Part 149 “Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain” (Prov. 25:14). The Scriptures have a lot to say about giving and the “advertisement” of giving. Jesus says not to let the right hand know …
Misleading Infaux
The word antithesis is found one time in the Greek New Testament, referring to the opposition that false information or knowledge present to the faith. Perhaps we should call this false info infaux. “O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: …
A Rare Delight
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) Growing Dominion, Part 148 “As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters” (Prov. 25:13). The gist of this proverb is that good help …
Those Who Oppose
The servant of God must not be a striver, and yet he must correct the obstinate and proud. Paul tells Timothy that he must be prepared to meekly instruct those who oppose themselves (2 Tim. 2:25). The word here is antidiatithemai, and describes those who set themselves up in opposition. This is not because they …
Unholiness and Bad Company
The word anosios means unholy, and Paul uses it twice in the pastorals. One of the purposes of the law that God gave us is the restraint of the wicked and unholy. “Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for …
Poverty and Work
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) Growing Dominion, Part 147 “I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof …
Torah and Law
The Greek word anomos means without law, and should be distinguished for the other Greek word anomos (with an omicron at the end, not an omega). This anomos is used twice in Romans 2:12. “For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law . . .” This is referred to the …
Without the Law
We learn some interesting things about Paul’s use of the law from his use of the word anoma. In 1 Cor. 9:21, he uses it four times — “To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that …
What Sin Is
We have to look at three other renderings of anomia. The word is translated as unrighteousness in 2 Cor. 6:14. “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?” In 1 John 3:4, the word is used twice in order to give …