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 |
The Steadfast Gaze | 54 |
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
action Acts Aeschylus Aristotle become begin bring called characteristic Christian Christian message Church classical Greek comes command death describes desire divine duty effective enter eternal eusebeia fact faith father fear feeling follow gift give given God's gods goes grace hand heart Holy hope hubris human idea instance interesting James Jesus Christ John kalos kind king letter live logos look Lord Luke man's Mark master Matt means mind Moffatt nature never noun occurs offer once papyri passage Paul person Peter phobos Plato possess preached presence pride promise received regard relationship religion says sense simply someone sometimes speaks specially Spirit stranger teach tells Thess things thought tion translates true truth usage verb virtue whole wisdom word writes wrong Xenophon
Bibliographic information
| Title | New Testament Words William Barclay Library |
| Author | William Barclay |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Westminster John Knox Press, 2000 |
| ISBN | 066424761X, 9780664247614 |
| Length | 301 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Biblical Reference / General Religion / Biblical Reference / Language Study |
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