New Testament WordsGreek is one of the richest of all languages, with an unrivaled power to express different shades of meaning. In this book, William Barclay examines many of the key words of the Greek New Testament, explaining what these words meant to the writers of the New Testament and to those who read an heard their message for the first time. The William Barclay Library is a collection of books addressing the great issues of the Christian faith. As one of the world's most widely read interpreters of the Bible and its meaning, William Barclay devoted his life to helping people become more faithful disciples of Jesus Christ. |
Contents
Preface | 11 |
The Greatest of the Virtues | 17 |
The Word of an Occupied Country | 30 |
The Disciples Word | 41 |
The Words of the Empty Boast | 47 |
30 | 53 |
The Utter Shamelessness | 60 |
The Perfect Purity | 66 |
The Word of Authority | 162 |
The Word of Christian Discipline | 168 |
The Christian Service | 176 |
The Debt and | 189 |
The Divine Patience | 196 |
The One Between | 204 |
The Word of the Holy Spirit | 215 |
The Arrival of the King | 222 |
The Christian Hope | 72 |
Petition to the King | 85 |
More than Justice | 94 |
The Good News | 101 |
The Mercy which Wipes Out Sin | 116 |
The Words of Impious | 125 |
The Words | 134 |
Acting a Part | 140 |
The Word of Winsomeness | 151 |
The Sin of Greed | 233 |
Christian Gentleness | 240 |
The True Poverty | 247 |
The StumblingBlock in | 255 |
The Word of Salvation | 268 |
The Divine Compassion | 276 |
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Common terms and phrases
Acts adjective Aeschylus aiōnios Aristotle bring called characteristic Christian message Church classical Greek Clement of Alexandria comes command connexion death describes divine duty Epictetus eternal ethical euaggelion eusebeia evil faith fear fellowship followed Jesus give glory God's godliness gods gospel grace Greek word Hamartia heart Herodotus Holy Spirit hubris human Huperēphania hupokritēs idea insolence Jesus Christ Jews John Kalein kalos king koinōnia live logos look Lord Luke lutron makrothumia man's Matt means merimnan mind Moffatt never Nicomachean Ethics noun NT words occurs paidagōgos papyri paraggellein parakalein paraklētos parousia passage Pastoral Epistles Paul Paul's person Peter Phil phobos phronesis Pindar Plato Pleonexia Plutarch poikilos preached pride promise prosagein religion salvation says secular Greek semnos sense Septuagint skandalon someone sophia sorrow sōteria speaks stranger sunesis teach tells Thess things thought tion translates true usage verb wisdom writes Xenophon xenos