What Are Words Or Expressions Peculiar To JWs??? (page 2)

minimus

Hmm, never heard of it. We has a DO that loved to say epignosis all the time.

blondie

*** w93 9/15 p. 15 Supply to Your Endurance Godly Devotion ***

The Greek noun for "godly devotion" (eu·se´bei·a) may be translated literally as "well-reverencing." (2 Peter 1:6, Kingdom Interlinear) It denotes a warm heartfelt feeling toward God. According to W. E. Vine, the adjective eu·se·bes´, literally meaning "well-reverential," signifies "the energy which, directed by holy awe of God, finds expression in devoted activity."—2 Peter 2:9, Int.

slimboyfat

5 What did Paul mean by the expression "godly devotion"? The original Greek word (eu·se´bei·a) may be translated literally as "well-reverencing." Regarding its meaning, we read: "Eusebeia occurs occasionally in a sense which suggests personal religious devotion in the contemporary inscriptions . . . but its more general meaning in the popular Greek of the Roman period was ‘loyalty.’ . . . For Christians eusebeia is the highest kind of devotion to God." (Christian Words, by Nigel Turner) So as used in the Scriptures, the expression "godly devotion" refers to reverence or devotion with loyalty to Jehovah God personally. (Watchtower 1990, 3/1, page 11.)

4 The Greek noun for "godly devotion" (eu·se´bei·a) may be translated literally as "well-reverencing." (2 Peter 1:6, Kingdom Interlinear) It denotes a warm heartfelt feeling toward God. According to W. E. Vine, the adjective eu·se·bes´, literally meaning "well-reverential," signifies "the energy which, directed by holy awe of God, finds expression in devoted activity."—2 Peter 2:9, Int. (Watchtower, 1993 9/15, page 15.)

Blondie beat me to it! Really difficult to copy and paste from the new CD Rom format. The old CD ROMs were much easier...

TresHappy

"Undeserved kindness"

slimboyfat

Yes, all the Protestant terms reformed.

Grace - Undeserved Kindness

Justified - Declared Righteous

Gospel - Good News

Elder - Overseer

Deacon - Ministerial Servant

New Testament - Christian Greek Scriptures

juni

Happifying

Dang! I was gonna say that. How about "the brotherhood". It has been sooo many years, I forgot a lot. I guess that's good, heh?

Juni

minimus

Thank you Blondie and SBF. .....Here's a few more---vacation, temporary, auxillary , regular and special pioneers, book study overseers, the Hall, the Truth, the end,Jezebel-like, the work, serving (as in elder), the shepherds.......

greendawn

If jehovah wills (or with jehovah's blessing) we will succeed

it is such a great priviledge to serve jehovah

we are in the truth brothers

the end of this system is just round the corner

the FDS has lovingly prepared a great spiritual banquet for us that we will now procede to enjoy

love2Bworldly

Honest Hearted Ones -- excuse me while I lose my lunch. Yeah all those honest hearted ones who molested kids while being an elder or other fine upstanding member of the congregation.

minimus

Why do soooo many people put a "d" in privilege???

What Are Words Or Expressions Peculiar To JWs???

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