Ephesians 6:4-παιδείᾳ καὶ νουθεσίᾳ Κυρίου

Καὶ οἱ πατέρες, μὴ παροργίζετε τὰ τέκνα ὑμῶν, ἀλλὰ ἐκτρέφετε αὐτὰ ἐν παιδείᾳ καὶ νουθεσίᾳ Κυρίου (Ephesians 6:4 WH)

Observations from Charles Hodge's Commentary on Ephesians:

"Παιδείᾳ is a comprehensive word; it means the training or education of a child, including the whole process of instruction and discipline. Νουθεσίᾳ, from νουθετέω (νοῦς, τίθημι) to put in mind, is included under the more general term, and is correctly rendered admonition. It is the act of reminding one of his faults or duties. Children are not to be allowed to grow up without care or control. They are to be instructed, disciplined, and admonished, so that they be brought to knowledge, self-control, and obedience."

An additional insight from Vincent's Word Studies:

"Νουθεσία admonition occurs only here, 1 Corinthians 10:11, and Titus 3:10. The kindred verb νουθετέω to warn or admonish, is found only in Paul's letters, with the single exception of Acts 20:31 (see note). Its distinctive feature is training by word of mouth, as is shown by its classical usage in connection with words meaning to exhort or teach. Xenophon uses the phrase νουθετικοὶ λόγοι admonitory words. Yet it may include monition by deed."

Compare Deuteronomy 6:6-9.

See https://fosterheologicalreflections.blogspot.com/2023/07/words-of-month-july-2023.html

"Bosom position"? (Screenshot for John 1:18--Keener)

 Some have criticized the NWT translating John 1:18 with "bosom position"

HCSB: "No one has ever seen God. The One and Only Son-- the One who is at the Father's side-- He has revealed Him."

Quote From William Most Dealing With Grammatical Gender

"In passing, sophia, wisdom, is grammatically feminine in Greek, as is also Hebrew hochmah. But to anyone with even a slight knowledge of the languages, these are purely artificial grammatical genders, and have nothing whatever to do with sex or gender. Further, Christ is the wisdom of the Father, and He is not feminine" (William Most).

While I do not advocate all or the majority of his beliefs and ideas, here is a site that contains writings by Most: https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/most/browse.cfm

Words of the Month

1. Nous/νοῦς (Greek)-mind, intellect,  intelligence, reason, intelligent faculty. See https://biblehub.com/greek/nous_3563.htm

https://www.billmounce.com/greek-dictionary/nous

2. Corpus (Latin)-"body, entity, group of people, collection, compendium." See https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corpus

3. Amad (Hebrew)-to take one's stand, stand, stand forth. See https://www.biblestudytools.com/lexicons/hebrew/kjv/amad.html