1 Corinthians 4:2-Paul's Use of the Word "Pistos" in Corinthians

According to Louw-Nida, the adjective πιστὸς has the potential meaning: "pertaining to being trusted - ‘faithful, trustworthy, dependable, reliable.’"

Compare 1 Peter 4:19.

1 Corinthians 4:2 (Greek): ὧδε λοιπὸν ζητεῖται ἐν τοῖς οἰκονόμοις ἵνα πιστός τις εὑρεθῇ.

Paul's use of πιστός in 1 and 2 Corinthians:

1 Corinthians 1:9-πιστὸς ὁ θεὸς δι' οὗ ἐκλήθητε εἰς κοινωνίαν τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν.

1 Corinthians 4:17-Διὰ τοῦτο ἔπεμψα ὑμῖν Τιμόθεον, ὅς ἐστίν μου τέκνον ἀγαπητὸν καὶ πιστὸν ἐν κυρίῳ, ὃς ὑμᾶς ἀναμνήσει τὰς ὁδούς μου τὰς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, καθὼς πανταχοῦ ἐν πάσῃ ἐκκλησίᾳ διδάσκω.

1 Corinthians 7:25-Περὶ δὲ τῶν παρθένων ἐπιταγὴν κυρίου οὐκ ἔχω, γνώμην δὲ δίδωμι ὡς ἠλεημένος ὑπὸ κυρίου πιστὸς εἶναι.

1 Corinthians 10:13-πειρασμὸς ὑμᾶς οὐκ εἴληφεν εἰ μὴ ἀνθρώπινος· πιστὸς δὲ ὁ θεός, ὃς οὐκ ἐάσει ὑμᾶς πειρασθῆναι ὑπὲρ ὃ δύνασθε, ἀλλὰ ποιήσει σὺν τῷ πειρασμῷ καὶ τὴν ἔκβασιν τοῦ δύνασθαι ὑπενεγκεῖν.

2 Corinthians 1:18-πιστὸς δὲ ὁ θεὸς ὅτι ὁ λόγος ἡμῶν ὁ πρὸς ὑμᾶς οὐκ ἔστιν Ναί καὶ Οὔ·

2 Corinthians 6:15-τίς δὲ συμφώνησις Χριστοῦ πρὸς Βελίαρ, ἢ τίς μερὶς πιστῷ μετὰ ἀπίστου;

Why Depict Death As An "Enemy"? 1 Corinthians 15:26

Greek (SBLGNT): ἔσχατος ἐχθρὸς καταργεῖται ὁ θάνατος

YLT: "the last enemy is done away -- death"

ESV: "The last enemy to be destroyed is death."

καταργεῖται is present passive indicative third singular of καταργέω (bring to an end, make to cease, to render useless, annul).

One question I have is what's the derivation of the language depicting death as an enemy.

ἐχθρὸς is applied to Satan in Matthew 13:25, 28, 39 (he's the Enemy), it's used generically in Romans 12:20. Paul asked the Galatians whether he became their enemy by imparting truthful counsel to them, and James warns that if anyone loves the world, he is making himself an enemy of God (James 4:4). Therefore, what influences Paul to employ this language?

Jeffrey Keiser suggests that Psalm 8:7 LXX might supply inspiration for viewing death as an enemy. Compare Euripides, Alcestis 62-71.

See https://comingbacktolife.library.mcgill.ca/article/view/9/65

Others point to Genesis 3:19 and all that transpired in that account: see also Revelation 6:8.

A verse that occurred to me is Ecclesiastes 8:8 (ESV): "No man has power to retain the spirit, or power over the day of death. There is no discharge from war, nor will wickedness deliver those who are given to it."

There are a host of intriguing issues raised by Paul's language in 1 Corinthians 15:55-57. For instance, the apostle utilizes the vocative to address death, which is not the normal usage of the vocative case. Secondly, Paul speaks of death's "sting." Compare his language with the Hebrew of the OT texts he quoting and see the LXX.