"ADIAKRITOS, ON: pertaining to not being prejudiced -
'impartial, free from prejudice.' hH DE ANWQEN SOFIA
PRWTON MEN hAGNH ESTIN . . . ADIAKRITOS, ANUPOKRITOS
'but the wisdom from above is first of all pure . . .
free from prejudice and hypocrisy' Jas 3:17"
(Louw-Nida Greek-English Lexicon 88.242).
"ANUPOKRITOS . . . pert. to being without pretense,
genuine, sincere, lit. 'without play-acting' AGAPH
(ApcSed 1:4) Ro 12:9; 2 Cor 6:6. FILADELFIA 1 Pt 1:22
PISTIS 1 Ti 1:5; 2 Ti 1:5, SOFIA Js 3:17. DELG s.v.
KRINW. M-M. TW. Spicq" (BDAG Greek-English Lexicon, page 91).
Sporadic theological and historical musings by Edgar Foster (Ph.D. in Theology and Religious Studies and one of Jehovah's Witnesses).
Sunday, November 26, 2017
James 3:17 and ADIAKRITOS, ANUPOKRITOS
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https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zRiuhniGEsoC&pg=PA115&lpg=PA115&dq=ADIAKRITOS,+ANUPOKRITOS&source=bl&ots=7OAWnoZgUi&sig=16DN2izbn6_DQEKLTGHH3HqXxxE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj5_diVt97XAhVkDcAKHWIyBKQQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=ADIAKRITOS%2C%20ANUPOKRITOS&f=false
Witherington is usually good on the rhetorical aspect of letters (epistles). Thanks.
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