Lesson 121 Amplified -- APOLOGIA

 APOLOGIA

American: a plea, giving an account, a defense 

As Christians, we are urged (when asked) to explain our faith in God. This is true evangelism, not forcing our views on someone at an inopportune time but seizing the opportunity to humbly confess our childlike faith in God. 

Almost Greek: (Words in italics are translator’s additions.) 

1^st Corinthians 9.3: My apologia to those examining me is this: Haven’t I the privilege of eating and drinking? Haven't I the privilege to take along a sister (a gunaika [woman, wife]) as do the rest of the apostoloi [delegates, ambassadors, apostles] and the Kuriou’s Lord’s, Master’s] half-brothers and Rock? Or do only Joses Bar Nabas [“Son of Consolation”] and I not have the privilege not to toil. Who serves as a soldier at his own wages [no wages] at any time? Who plants a vineyard and not eats from the fruit of it? Or who shepherds a flock and not eats of the milk of the flock? I not speak these things down to man’s judgment, do I? Or not says The Law also these things? For in the Law of Moses [Pentateuch, 1^st five books of the Old Testament] it has been written,

“You shan’t muzzle a threshing ox.”

 

DEUTERONOMY 25.4: You shan’t muzzle an ox when he is treading out grain. 

Theos isn’t concerned about oxen, is He? Or is He speaking altogether for us [our sakes]? Yes! for our sakes. For us it was written because the one plowing ought to plow upon elpidi [expectation, hope] and he threshing to thresh upon elpidos of sharing in the elpidi harvest. If we sowed to you spiritual things, is it mega if we shall reap from you the fleshly things? If others in you have a share, shouldn’t we have more? But we not used this privilege; conversely, we patiently endured all in order that we not give anyone a hindrance to receiving the euaggelion [good news, Gospel, Evangel] of the Christou [Anointed One, Messiah, Christ].” 

2^nd Corinthians 7.10: For sadness down to the choice of Theos works metanoian [reversal, repentance, compunction] to irrevocable soterian [rescue, safety, salvation] but worldly sadness fully works out death. Notice this same issue (for you to be grieved down to the choice of Theos), how much it fully worked out (in you) spouden [speed, alacrity, eagerness] also apologian, also indignation, also fear, also a longing, also zelon [heat, zeal, ardor], also retribution! 

2^nd Corinthians12.19: You think that again I apologoumetha [am defending] myself. Before Theos (in the Christo), I speak the whole truth for your upbuilding, agapetoi [unconditionally beloved]. Now I fear, lest coming, I somehow find you not what I wish and may be found by you not what you wish. How is it among you? Is there quarreling, zeloi, thumoi [passions, anger, indignation], intrigues, defamations, whisperings, haughtiness, instability? I fear lest my Theos again humble me with you at my coming and that I shall grieve over many of those having previously done hamartia [misses of the mark or goal, errors, offenses, sins] and not metanoesanton [thinking differently, turning about 180 degrees, repenting] over the impurity and poneria [depravity] and licentiousness that they have practiced. 

Romans 2.9: Theos will give to those (in fact) by cheerful endurance in good work seeking glory, timen [value, esteem] and incorruptibility [immortality] eternal life but to those emergent from intrigue (even in fact willfully disbelieving the truth but approving injustice), He gives thumos [passion, anger, indignation] and orge [violent passion, fury, rage, wrath]. There will be stress and calamity for every psuche [soul, life, psyche, ego] of man working totally kakon [the worthless], (firstly for the Jew and also for the Greek) but glory, time [value, esteem] and peace for everyone working good (firstly for the Jew and also for the Greek) for there isn’t partiality with Theos. For as many as hamarton without The Law will be totally destroyed without The Law; as many as are hamarton in [under] The Law will be krithesontai [judged, put on trial] via The Law for the hearers of The Law aren’t dikaioi [equitable, just, right] with Theos; conversely, the performers of The Law dikaithesontai [shall be rendered just]. For when the ethne (not having The Law by nature) do the deeds of The Law, these (not having The Law) are a law to themselves (who show the work of The Law written in their hearts), their consciences testifying and their thoughts alternately accusing or else apologoumenon [defending] them in the day when (down to my euaggelion) Theos krinei [will distinguish, will decide, will judge, will put on trial] the hidden actions of men via Jesus, the Christou. 

Philippians 1.3: I always eucharisto [express gratitude, give thanks] to my Theos Father God]  over all my remembrance of you in all my deesei [petitions, requests, prayers] over you, amidst all charas [cheerfulness, calm delight, joy] making the deesin over your koinonia [sharing, partnership] into the euaggelion from the first day that you heard it until now; being convinced of this very thing, that He having begun a good work in you will fulfill [finish] it until the day of Jesus, the Christou. Just as it is dikaion to me to think this over you all via holding you in my heart (in both my bonds [imprisonment] and in the apologia and confirmation of the euaggelion), all of you being co-participants with me of the charitos [graciousness]. For Theos is my witness of how I yearn for you all in the splen [spleen, guts, bowels, sympathy] of Jesus, the Christou. And this I proseuchomai [humbly beg God, pray] in order that your agape yet more and more superabound in discernment and in all perception to your bearing through testing in order that you be proven sincere and inoffensive to the day of the Christou; you having been made replete [complete] with fruits of dikaiosunes [equity, justification, rightness] via Jesus, the Christou, to the glory and the praise of Theos.

[Philippians continues] Brothers! I want you to know that my things [circumstances] have come for the greater progress of the euaggelion. So too, my bonds have been caused to be clearly apparent to be in the Christo in all the praetorian [courtroom] guards and to all the rest [everyone else]. The majority of the brothers trusting in the Kurio (because of my bonds) dare to speak the logos more superabundantly without fear. Some (in fact) the Christon kerussousin [proclaim, herald] via love of silver [money] and quarreling but some via delight [goodwill]. Those [the former] (in fact) kataggellousin [promulgate, publish, officially make known] the Christon emergent from intrigue (not purely [sincerely], in order to add to my bonds) but these [the latter] proclaim the Christos emergent from agapes, knowing that I lie [languish] for apologian [defending] the euaggelion. 

Luke 21.10: Then, He [Jesus] said to them,“Ethnos [nation, race, non-Jew, gentile] will rise up against ethnos and kingdom against kingdom; both megaloi earthquakes down to place [from place to place] and there will be famines and plagues; there will be both great terrors and great semeia [signs, indications] from Ouranou [Heaven]. But before these occurrences, absolutely all will throw their hands upon you and will pursue [persecute] you, surrendering you into the synagogues and keeps, being led before kings and governors because of My name but it will turn into a testimony to you. Accordingly, put this into your hearts, not to premeditate apologethenai [make a defense, a plea] for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which not even one of all those opposing you will be able to refute. 

2^nd Timothy 4.9: Directly make haste to come toward me for Demas deserted me. He egapesas the present age and has traveled to Thessalonica, Macedonia. Crescens [“Increasing”] went into Galatia, Asia Minor. Titus [“Honorable”] went into Dalmatia. Only Luke is with me. Pick up John Mark and bring him with you for he is euchrestos [useful] to me to [for] service. I sent out Tychicus [“Chance”] to Ephesus, Asia Minor. Coming, bear [bring] the outer garment which I left with Carpus in Troas, Mysia and the biblia, especially the parchments. Alexander [“Man-Defender”], the coppersmith, showed to me much kakia [worthlessness]. The Kurios will give away to him down to his works. You also greatly be on guard against him for he opposed our logois [words]. In my first apologia, not even one man was present with me, but all deserted me. (May it not be charged to them!) But the Kurios stood beside me and empowered me in order that via me, the kerugma [proclamation] might be fully carried out and all the ethne [nations, races, non-Jews, gentiles] might hear. I was rescued emergent from the mouth of the lion. The Kurios will also rescue me from all ponerou [hurtful] work and sosei [will make safe, will save] me into His above the sky [heavenly] kingdom, to Whom be glory to the ages of the ages. Amen! 

End of One Hundred Twenty-first Lesson

Lesson 120 Amplified -- SPOUDE

 SPOUDE

American: speed, alacrity, eagerness 

A happy frame of mind may include eagerness to see what transpires next in one’s life. We certainly hope that the devout Christian lives in a state of eager expectation and eagerly responds to needs within the Body of Jesus the Christ [Anointed One, Messiah, Christos]. 

Almost Greek: (Words in italics are translator’s additions.) 

2^nd Corinthians 7.5: For even when I came into Macedonia, our [my] flesh hadn’t rest; conversely, we were [I was] crowded [distressed] in every way; externally battles, internally fears. Conversely, Theos, the One parakalon [calling near, inviting, urging, exhorting, encouraging, consoling] the depressed, parekalesen us [me] by the return of Titus, and not only by his return; conversely, the paraklesei with which he was pareklethe over your telling us of your longing for, your mourning for, your zelon [heat, zeal, ardor] for me, causes me to be more joyful. Because even if I grieved you in the first letter, I not regret it now, even though I did regret it then. For I see that that letter (even if indeed it grieved you for an hour) has caused change. Now, I am joyful, not that you were grieved, conversely, that you were grieved to metanoian [thinking differently, turning about 180 degrees, repenting]. For you grieved down to the choice of Theos in order that you might not be injured in even one word emergent from me. For sadness down to the choice of Theos works metanoian to irrevocable soterian [rescue, safety, salvation] but worldly sadness fully works out death. Notice this same issue (for you to be grieved down to the choice of Theos), how much it fully worked out (in you) spouden, also apologian [a plea, giving an account, a defense], also indignation, also fear, also a longing, also zelon, also retribution! In all you present yourselves clean of this deed [incest]. Therefore, even if I wrote to you, it was not for the one being unjust nor for the one being wronged, conversely, it was because of my spouden toward you before the face of Theos. Via this reason I more superabundantly parakeklemetha [have been encouraged] over your paraklesei and even more, I rejoice over the chara [cheerfulness, calm delight, joy] of Titus, because he has been rested [refreshed] off [by] all of you, that if I have boasted anything over you all to him, I wasn't shamed down. As we [I] spoke the whole truth to you, so also our [my] boasting over Titus was caused to be the truth. Titus’ splen [spleen, guts, bowels, sympathy] is toward you more superabundantly, he remembering the attentive listening obedience of you all as you received him with fear and trembling. I then rejoice that in all I exercise courage [have confidence] in you.

8: We [I] make known to you, Brothers, the charin [graciousness] of Theos being given in the ekklesiais [assemblies, churches] of Macedonia. That in much stress (testing the surplusage of their charas and the profundity of their poverty), they more superabounded to the wealth of their single-mindedness [generosity] because down to dunamin [their power] I testify and over [above and beyond] their dunamin, self-chosen [of their own accord] amid much begging me for the charin and the koinonian [sharing, partnership] of the service toward the hagious [holy ones, sacred ones, consecrated ones; saints] for us to receive their offerings. And not just as I elpisamen [had expected, had hoped], conversely, first gave themselves to the Kurio and to us via the thelematos [determination, choice, decision, decree] of Theos. For this reason, I parakalesai Titus in order that just as he had previously begun, so he should also fulfill [complete] in you this chariti [gift, endowment, faculty, deliverance]. Now, as you more superabound in all (in pistei [faith, reliance], in logos, in knowledge and in all spoude) and the agape in us emergent from you, in order [see] that you may also more superabound in this chariti. I not relate this to you down to command, conversely, via the spoudes of others also testing the genuineness of your agape. For you know of the charin of our Kuriou Jesus, the Christou, that via [because of] you, He, being wealthy, became a beggar in order that you (by His poverty) might be caused to be wealthy. 

2^nd Corinthians 8.16: Charis [gratitude] be to Theos for giving the same spouden for you in Titus’ heart because he indeed received my paraklesin spoudaioteros [more promptly, more earnestly] and the idea silently coming into being [of his own accord], he went forth toward you. We sent with him the brother whose fame in the euaggelion [good news, gospel, evangel] has spread via the whole of the ekklesion and not merely this ekklesia, conversely, also he has been elected by the ekklesion to be a travelling companion to us, serving this chariti together with us toward the Kuriou of glory Himself. And repressing your predisposition [provision for Paul and Titus], lest anyone should carp at us in this fatness [abundance] being served under us, you are planning ahead for the kala [beautiful, virtuous], not merely before the face of the Kuriou, conversely, also before men. We sent with them our brother [Titus], whom I tested in much, he being many times prompt [diligent] and now much more spoudalon in much confidence toward you. If anyone asks over Titus, he is my koinonos [sharer, partner] and co-laborer for you or if anyone asks about our brothers, they are apostoloi [delegates, ambassadors, apostles] of the ekklesion, a glory to the Christou. Accordingly, show to them the evidence of your agapes and of my openly boasting as to you before the ekklesion. 

Romans 12.3: For via the charitos given to me, I say to everyone, being in yourself, not to esteem yourself too much, exercising the nous [philosophizing] beyond what is necessary. Conversely, exercise the nous [intellect, mind] into being sound as Theos has apportioned to each a measure of pisteos. For exactly as in one somati [body] we have many limbs but not all limbs have the same function. So, we the many are one soma in the Christo and individually limbs of one another. Having charismata [gifts, endowments, faculties, deliverances] varying down to the charin given to us, let us operate in them: if propheteian [before telling, speaking under inspiration, prophesying], prophesy down to the proportion of your pisteos; if diakonian [service], in diakonia [serving]; if teaching, in instruction; if parakalon [calling near, inviting, urging, exhorting, encouraging, consoling], in paraklesei; if sharing, in generosity; if presiding, in spoude; if being compassionate, do it in hilaroteti [jubilance, hilarity].

12.9: Sincerely agape. Utterly detest poneron [hurtful], sticking [bonding] to good. In philadelphia [brotherly love], philostorgoi [love as family] one another. In time [value, esteem, dignity] lead the way for others in spoude, not in laziness. Be serving the Kurio in zeontes [fervent, ardent] pneumati [spirit], rejoicing in elpidi [expectation, hope], persevering in stress, constantly in proseuche [humbly begging God, prayer], sharing [contributing] to the needs of the hagion; pursuing hospitality. Elulogeite [Speak well of, praise, bless] those pursuing [persecuting] you; elulogeite and not put a curse upon them. Rejoice with the rejoicing and wail with the wailing. Have the same interest into all of one another, not only having interest in the lofty; conversely, yielding to the lowly. Not be caused to be wise near yourselves [in your own estimation]. Give back to no one kakon [worthless] for kakou. Promote the kala [beautiful, virtuous] before all men. If possible (emergent from yourselves), be peaceable to all men. Not avenge yourselves, agapetoi [unconditionally beloved]; conversely, give place [space, room] for the orge [violent passion, fury, rage, wrath] of Theos for it has been written, “Revenge belongs to Me. I will repay,” says the Kurios. 

DEUTERONOMY 32.35: [YHWH speaking] “... Revenge belongs to Me and recompense.”

 

[Paul continues] “If one who hates you hungers, feed him; if he thirsts, irrigate him; for in doing this you will pile live coals of fire upon his head.”

 

PROVERBS 25.21: “Is your hater hungry, give him bread [food] to eat and if he is thirsty, irrigate him with water for you shall heap glowing embers of fire upon his head and YHWH will reciprocate [repay, reward] you.”

 

[When a household’s fire went out, burning coals from a neighbor’s fire would be carried on a tray (on one’s head) to rekindle the fire. A man would love the man who relit his fire, wouldn’t he?] 

Hebrews 6.9: But agapetoi! even if I (in fact) speak so, I have been persuaded (about you) the better things; even holding fast soterias. For Theos is not unjust to be forgetful of your work and the labor of agapes you showed to His name, having served the hagios and now are serving them. But we want each one of you to show the same spouden to the full assurance of the elpidos unto the telos [the point aimed at, the end of this age] in order that you aren’t caused to be dull but caused to be imitators of those inheriting the promises via pisteos and makrothumias [forbearance, patient restraint]. 

2^nd Peter 1.2: His godly dunameos [force, power] has bestowed upon us all, pertaining to life and godliness, via the full knowledge of the One calling us via His glory and manliness, via which He has bestowed the greatest and most precious epaggelmata [announcements, proclamations, promises] to us in order that via these you might be caused to be koinonoi of the godly nature, escaping the decay (in lust) in the kosmo [universe, world, cosmos]. Now, for this very reason, also simultaneously introduce all spouden in your pistei. Fully supply manliness and in your manliness, knowledge and in your knowledge self-control and in your self-control, cheerful endurance and in your cheerful endurance, godliness and in your godliness, philadelphian and in your philadelphia, agapen. For these qualities coming into existence and abounding in you, establish you neither idle nor unfruitful in recognition of our Kuriou Jesus, the Christou. 

End of One Hundred Twentieth Lesson

Lesson 119 Amplified -- DANCE

 CHOREGESAI

American: to be a dance-leader 

CHORON

American: a ring, a round dance 

The ideal life of the Christian has been characterized as dancing with Jesus. He leads, we follow. At celebrations, the Children of Israel “made merry’ with round dancing. Round dancing is still popular in Israel and other Eurasian countries. Jews dance the “hora” (or hore in Yiddish) at special rites and occasions.

Almost Greek: (Words in italics are translator’s additions.) 

2^nd Corinthians 9.10: Now He Who fully supplies sperma [seed] to the one offering [sowing] and bread toward eating, may He be a choregesai and increase your scattering and grow the offspring of your dikaiosunes [equity, justification, rightness] (you being made wealthy in all) toward every single-mindedness [sincerity] which completely works eucharistian [gratefully giving thanks] to Theos via us. 

Luke 15.21: [Jesus’ parable of the prodigal son] Now the son said, “Father! I hemarton [sinned] into Ouranou [Heaven] and before your face and no longer am I worthy to be called your son.” But the father said to his slaves, “Bring out the best stole and dress him and give a finger-ring to his hand and shoes to his feet and bring out the grain-fed calf and sacrifice it. And eating, let us be merry because this son of mine was dead and has recovered life and was lost and was found.” And they began to be merry, but his older son was in a field and (as coming) he drew near the house. He heard a symphony and choron. And having summoned one of the children, he inquired what this might be. Now he [the child] said to him, “Your brother arrived, and your father sacrificed the grain-fed calf because he received him back healthy.” 

End of One Hundred Nineteenth Lesson

Lesson 118 Amplified -- SING

 ADO

American: to sing

HUMNEO

American: to hymn, to sing

HUMNOS

American: hymns

PSALLO

American: playing a stringed instrument while singing

Hebrew Aramaic: zamar

PSALMOIS

American: psalms 

Even the secular world agrees that singing lifts the psuchai [soul, life, psyche]. Singing spiritual songs is positive reinforcement of truth and faith. Singing spiritual songs not only lifts us but it blesses our Father in Heaven when the songs praise Him. 

Almost Greek: (Words in italics are translator’s additions.) 

Ephesians 5.15: See that you carefully walk all around, not as the unwise but as the wise, ransoming the time because the days are ponerai [hurtful]. Because of this, don’t be foolish but rather understanding what is the thelema [determination, choice, decision, decree] of the Kuriou [Lord, Master]. Don’t be drunk with wine (in which is debauchery) but be totally filled by the Hagios [holy, sacred] Pneuma [Spirit, Ghost]; speaking to yourselves in psalmois, humnois, adontes [singing] praises [to God] and pneumatikais [spiritual] odais [songs]; adontes and psallontes in your heart to the Kurio; always eucharistountes [expressing gratitude, giving thanks] for all in the name of our Kuriou Jesus, the Christou [Anointed One, Messiah, Christ], to Theos (even the Father), being subject to one another in the fear of Theos. 

Colossians 3.12: Accordingly, dress yourself in the manner of the chosen of Theos: hagioi [holy, sacred, consecrated ones; saints] and egapemenoi [unconditionally loved], splen [spleen, guts, bowels, sympathy] of oiktirmon, [pity], chrestoteta [usefulness], humility, gentleness, makrothumian [forbearance, patience]; enduring one another and forgiving yourselves. In case anyone (toward any) has a complaint, just as (in fact) the Christos forgave you, so also should you. Above all these things, put on agapen which is the perfect bond. Let the peace of Theos rule in your hearts (to which indeed you were called in one somati [body]) and be eucharistoi [grateful, thankful]. Let the Logos [Word] of the Christou copiously dwell in you, teaching and nouthetountes [calling attention to, warning, cautioning, admonishing] yourselves in psalmois, humnos and pneumatikais odais in your hearts in chariti [thankfullness] to the Kurio. Everything, whatever you do in logos or in work, do all in the name [authority] of the Kuriou Jesus. Eucharistountes [express gratitude, give thanks] via Him to our Theos and Father. 

Acts 16.22: And the magistrates, tearing their clothes off them, ordered the lictors to flog them (Paul and Silas) with rods. They were both imposing many strokes on them and throwing them into a place of confinement, charging the jailer securely to guard them, who accepting this sort of charge, threw them into the interior keep [cell] and rendered their feet secure into timber [stocks]. Now down to midnight, Paul and Silas proseuchomenoi [humbly begged God, prayed] and humnoun [hymned, sang praises] to Theos. Now, the other prisoners intently listened to them. Now, there unexpectedly was caused to be a megas earthquake such that the foundations of the place were broken open. Also, all the doors and all the shackles instantly were loosened. 

Hebrews 2.11: For both He [Jesus] hagiazon [making holy] and the One hagizoneboi [being made holy] are all of one for which reason He isn’t ashamed to call them brothers, saying, “I will announce Your name, Father, to My brothers and I will humneso you in the midst of the ekklesias [assembly, church].”

 

PSALM 22.22: [Jesus] “I will celebrate Your name to My brothers. I will halal [praise] You among the assembly.”

 

Ephesians 5.15: See that you carefully walk all around, not as the unwise but as the wise ones; ransoming the time because the days are ponerai [hurtful]. Because of this, don’t be foolish but rather understanding what is the thelema [determination, choice, decision, decree] of the Kuriou. Don’t be drunk with wine (in which is debauchery) but be totally filled by the Hagios Pneuma; speaking to yourselves in psalmois, humnois and pneumatikais odais; adontes and psallontes in your heart to the Kurio; always eucharistountes for all in the name of our Kuriou (Jesus the Christou) to Theos (even the Father) being subject to one another in the fear of Theos.

 

Mark 14.26: And having humnesantes [sung the “Hallel”, which means “praise”], they went forth into the Mount of Olives.

[The “Egyptian Hallel” {Psalms 113 through 118} is traditionally read or sung at the Passover supper.] 

End of One Hundred Eighteenth Lesson

Lesson 117 Amplified -- PATIENCE

 STEGO

American: patiently endure

MAKROTHUMEO

American: forbearing, patient, patiently enduring

MAKROTHUMIA

American: forbearance, patience, fortitude, patient restraint

HUPOMONE

American: cheerful endurance, constancy 

Mature Christians thoroughly understand that Father God is constantly making decisions for their growth and for their wellbeing. When faced with apparently bad circumstances, they patiently endure with wide open eyes, seeking the next step to take, listening for directions. 

Almost Greek: (Words in italics are translator’s additions.) 

1^st Corinthians 9.9: For us it was written because the one plowing ought to plow upon elpidi [expectation, hope] and he threshing to thresh upon elpidos of sharing in the elpidi harvest. If we sowed to you spiritual things, is it mega if we shall reap from you the fleshly things? If others in you have a share, shouldn’t we have more? But we not used this privilege; conversely, we stegomen [patiently endured] all in order that we not give anyone a hindrance to receiving the euaggelio [good news, gospel, evangel] of the Christou [Anointed One, Messiah, Christ]. Don't you know that those toiling in sacred things eat the food of the temple? Those attending the altar partake with the altar. So also, the Kurios instituted that those kataggellousin [announcing, proclaiming] were to live off the euaggeliou. But I haven’t used even one of these privileges. I not write these words in order that it should be done so with me for I would rather die than that anyone should make my boast empty. For if I euaggelizomai [announce good news, evangelize], there isn’t a thing to boast of for the necessity to do so rests upon me and woe is to me if I not euaggelizomai. For if I voluntarily do this, I have wages but if involuntarily, am I still entrusted with administration? What then are my wages? that when I euaggelizomenos, I lay out the euaggelion of the Christou without charge so as not to use my privilege in the euaggelio to the full. 

2^nd Corinthians 6.3: I should not even one person (in not even one issue) be giving cause of stumbling in order that the service not be blamed. Conversely, in all I am presenting myself as a servant of Theos: in much hupomone, in stress, in constraint, hemmed in, in stripes [whipped], in imprisonment, in riot, in toil, in sleeplessness, in fasting, in purity, in knowledge, in makrothumia, in kindness, in the Hagios Pneuma, in unfeigned agape, in a logos of truth, in the dunamei [force, power] of Theos; via the implements of dikaiosunes [equity, justification, rightness] of the right hand [offensively] and of the left hand [defensively]; via glory and via infamy; via defamation and via praise; as a vagrant and yet as true; as unknown and yet as well-known; as dying and notice, I live; as paideuomenoi [trained, chastened, chastised] and yet not killed; as grieved and yet always joyful; as a beggar but making many wealthy; as not having even one possession and yet possessing the whole world. 

Colossians 1.9: Via this [From the day we heard], we also don’t pause [stop] proseuchomenoi [humbly begging of God; praying] to Theos over you and asking that you be made replete [complete] in recognition of His thelematos [determination, choice, decision, decree] in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. And that you be made to walk appropriately of the Kuriou, compliant to all in every good work; that you are being fertile and growing into the recognition of Theos in all dunamei, being empowered [enabled] down [according] to the great vigor of His glory to all a hupomone and makrothumian; that you amidst charas [cheerfulness, calm delight, joy] eucharistountes [are gratefully giving thanks] to the Father to qualify us to the portion of the lot of the hagion [holy, sacred, consecrated ones; saints] in the Light [Jesus]. 

Luke 5.7: Then be makrothumeo, brothers, until the return of the Kuriou. LO! the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the earth, being makrothumon over it until it might receive the early and the later ueton [rain]. You also be makrothumesate! Sterizate [securely set, make steadfast] your hearts because the return of the Kuriou has drawn near. Not bring pressure [stress] down against one another, brothers, in order that you not katakrithete [are distinguished, are judged, are put on trial]. LO! the krites [judge] stands in front of the door. As an example of suffering hardship and of makrothunias, my brothers, take the prophetas who spoke in the name [authority] of the Kuriou. LO! we pronounce those enduring, fortunate. You heard of the hupomone of Job, and you know the Kuriou’s telos [end] for him; that the Kurios is extremely compassionate and merciful. 

James 1.2: Count it all joy, my Brothers, when you fall into various temptations, knowing that the testing of your pisteos [faith, reliance] works hupomone. Now let hupomone have its perfect [complete] work in order that you may be perfect and complete, having lacked in not even one thing.

 

Hebrews 6.9: But we want each one of you to show the same spouden [speed, alacrity, eagerness] to the full assurance of the elpidos unto the telos [point aimed at, the end of this age], in order that you aren’t caused to be dull but caused to be imitators of those inheriting the promises via pisteos and makrothumias.

 

Hebrews 10.35: Then don’t cast away your confidence which has megalen reward. For you have need of hupomones, in order that, having done the thelema [determination, choice, decision, decree] of Theos, you may obtain the epaggelian [announcement, proclamation, promise]. For “yet a micron of time, the coming One will come and not delay but the just will live emergent from pisteos” and “if he draws back My psuche [soul, life, psyche, ego] isn’t pleased in him” [added by Paul from another Scripture]. 

Hebrews 12: So, we having such a cloud of witnesses encircling us, putting [throwing] away [behind] every weight [an Olympics dash racing metaphor] and the easily surrounded hamartian [misses of the mark or goal; errors, offenses, sins], let us run the race set before us via hupomones; looking to the Author and Finisher of our pisteos -- Jesus. Who against the charas set before Him, endured the stake, despising shame and sat down at the right of Theos’ throne. 

End of One Hundred Seventeenth Lesson

Lesson 116 Amplified -- CHARA

 CHARA

American: cheerfulness, calm delight, joy

Hebrew Aramaic: shashay 

A Christian’s life is adorned by a bright flame of joy burning in the psuche. Through trial and travail this inner graciousness from Theos [Father God] carries one through and provides a continual assurance that one is safe in the loving arms of Theos. 

Almost Greek: (Words in italics are translator’s additions.) 

1^st Thessalonians 1.2: We always eucharistoumen [gratefully give thanks] to Theos concerning you all, continually making mention of you in our proseuchon [humbly begging God, praying], remembering your work of pistis [faith, reliance], draining effort of agape [unconditional love] and the cheerful endurance of our Kurios Jesus, the Christos [Anointed One, Messiah, Christ] before our Theos and Father; knowing your election, brothers, you having been egapemenois [unconditionally loved] by Theos. Our euaggelion [good news, gospel, evangel] came to you not only in logos [word] but also in dunamis [force, power] and in the Hagios [Holy, Sacred, Consecrated] Pneuma [Wind, Breath, Spirit] and in much assurance. You know what kind of men we were, in [among] you via you [for your sakes]. You were caused to be imitators of us and of the Kurios, receiving the logos under much stress with the charas of the Hagios Pneuma so to be caused to be patterns to all those having pistis in Macedonia and Achaia. 

1^st Thessalonians 2.19: For what is our elpis [expectation, hope] or chara or crown of boasting? Indeed, isn’t it you in front of our Kurios Jesus, the Christos, in His coming? For you are my glory and chara. 

2^nd Corinthians 7.4: Great is my outspokenness [frankness] toward you; much is my boasting over you. I have been filled with paraklesie [imploration, urging, exhortation, encouragement, consolation]. I super-abound with chara over all our [my] stress.

 

Romans 14.16: Accordingly, not let the to-you-good foods be vilified, for the kingdom of Theos isn’t eating and drinking; conversely, it is dikaiosune [equity, justification, rightness] and peace and chara in the Hagios Pneuma.

 

Romans 15.13: Now may the Theos of elpidos make all of you complete with charas and peace in pisteuein (to make you superabound in elpidi) in the dunamei of the Hagios Pneuma.

 

Colossians 1.9: Via this [From the day we heard], we also don’t pause [stop] proseuchomenoi to Theos over you and asking that you be made replete [complete] in recognition of His thelematos [determination, choice, decision, decree] in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. And that you be made to walk appropriately of the Kuriou, compliant to all in every good work; that you are being fertile and growing into the recognition of Theos in all dunamei, being empowered [enabled] down [according] to the great vigor of His glory to all a cheerful endurance and makrothumian [forbearing, patiently restraining]; that you amidst charas eucharistountes [are gratefully giving thanks] to the Father to qualify us to the portion of the lot of the hagion [holy, consecrated ones; saints] in the Light. He Who rescued us emergent from the authority of shadiness and transferred us into the Kingdom of the Son of His agapes.

 

Philippians 1.21: For to me to live is the Christos and to die is gain but if I am to live on in the flesh, this will be to me fruitful work and I not know which I should choose for myself. For I am hard pressed emergent from the two choices, having much stronger the longing to depart and to be with the Christo but to remain in the flesh is necessary via [for] you. And being convinced of this, I know that I will stay with all of you for your progress and charan of your pisteos, in order that your boast may superabound in Jesus, the Christo, (Him in me) via my return again to you.

 

ISAIAH 61.1: “The Ruwach [Pneuma] of the Adonay YHWH is upon Me for YHWH has anointed Me to call out good news to the depressed. He has sent Me to bandage the burst heart; to call out freedom to those transported into captivity and the opening of confinement to the yoked; to call out a year of delight of YHWH and a day of revenge of our Elohiym; [Triune God] to sigh over [comfort] the whole of the mourners, to put [grant] consolation and joy to the mourners of [in] Zion; to give them embellishment instead of the depths of ashes, the oil of sasown instead of the depths of mourning; the vestment of praise instead of the depths of the ruwach [pneuma] of feebleness and all of this such that one calls out to them: ‘Strong of rightness, plants of YHWH,’ to make Him gleam.”

 

Philippians 2.25: Now, I deemed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditon [“Fair”, “Graceful”], my and your brother, co-worker, co-campaigner , and apostolon [delegate, ambassador, apostle] and servant to my needs, since now he has yearning for you all and is distressed, in as much as you had heard that he had been sick nearly to death. But Theos had compassion on him and not only on him but also upon me, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. Accordingly, I sent him sooner in order that, seeing him again, you may rejoice so I also may be less sorrowful [concerned] about you. Accordingly, receive him in the Kurio with all charas and truly hold this one precious because via the work of the Christou he nearly came so far as death, disregarding his psuche [soul, life, psyche, ego] in order that he fill up the deficiency of your service to me.

 

Luke 1.8: Now, it was caused to be in the arrangement of his daily serving as a priest, he was in front of [before] Theos down to custom of the priestly function. His lot was to burn incense while entering into the Kuriou [“Holy of Holies” or most sacred room of the Temple]. And all the populace of the people was proseuchomenon outside at the hour of the burning of incense. Now, he gazed wide-eyed at an aggelos [messenger, angel] of the Kuriou who was standing emergent from the right of the altar of incense. And Zekaryahuw [in Hebrew; Zacharias in Greek] was agitated, seeing the angel and fear seized upon him but the aggelos said to him,

“Not fear, Zekaryahuw, since your deesis [petition, request, prayer] was heard and your gune [woman, wife] (Elizabeth) will give birth to a son to you and you shall call the name of the same, John. And he shall be to you chara and exultation and many will rejoice over his birth for he will be megas in the face [eyes] of the Kuriou and he may imbibe neither wine nor hard liquor and he will be filled of the Hagios Pneuma, even as emerging from his mother’s womb. And he will revert many of the sons of Israel onto the Kurion their Theos. And he will precede Him [Jesus] in His face [sight] in the Hagios Pneuma and the dunamei of Elijah to revert the hearts of the fathers upon their children and to revert the insubordinate into the mentality of the dikaion [equitable, just, right]; to prepare for the Kurio a people having been thoroughly prepared.”

 

MALACHI 4.6: And He shall turn back the hearts of the fathers to the sons and the sons to their fathers.

 

[Luke continues] And Zekaryahuw said to the aggelos,

“Down to what shall I know this to be true? for I am an old man and my gune is also advanced in her days.” 

Beginning to speak, the aggelos said to him, 

“I am the angel Gabriel, the one standing by in the face of [before] Theos and I was sent forth to speak to you and to euaggelisasthai [announce good news, evangelize] to you of these events. And LO! you will be mute and unable to speak until the day on which these events are caused to be anti which [because] you not episteusas [had faith] in my logois [words] which same will be fulfilled to their set time.” 

Luke 2.8: And in the same territory there were shepherds camping out and keeping guard (in the night) over their flock. And LO! an aggelos of the Kuriou stood before them and the glory of the Kuriou illuminated all around them, making it as light as day. And they feared with megan fear and the aggelos said to them, 

“Not fear for LO! I euaggelizouai to you of megalen charan which will be to all the people because on the [this] day was born to you a Soter [Deliverer, Savior] who is the Christos, the Kurios, in the City of David. And this is a semeion [sign, indication] to you. You will find a baby (having been swathed in burial strips) lying in a manger.” 

And suddenly there were caused to be with the aggelos a throng of the heavenly army praising Theos and saying,

“Glory in the Highest [Heaven] to Theos and upon the earth, peace in men of His satisfaction.”

And it was caused to be (as the aggelos went off from them into Ouranon) that the men (also the shepherds) said to one another,

“Now, let us traverse up to Bethlehem and let us see this rhema [utterance] having been caused to be, which the Kurios has made known to us.”

 

Luke 8.9: Now, the mathetai [learners, pupils, disciples] of Him, saying,

“What might be [mean] this parable?”

Now, He said,

“To you it was given to know the musteria [secrets, mysteries] of the Kingdom of Theos but to the rest it was given in parables in order that looking at, they might not see and hearing, they might not comprehend.”

 

ISAIAH 6.9: And I clearly heard the voice of the Adonay [Kurios: Lord, Master] saying,

“Whom shall I send out and who shall walk for Us?”

Then, I said,

“Here am I, send me out.”

And He said,

“Walk and tell this people: ‘Attentively hear but not understand and seeing, see but not know. Make the heart of this people shiny [oily, gross, fat] and make his eyes stare, lest he see with his eyes and attentively hear with his ears and with his heart understand and turn back to Me and One heals him.’”

 

[Luke continues] “Now, this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the Logos of Theos and those near the road are those hearing, then comes the diabolos [leader to shame, devil, satyr] and takes away the Logon from their heart in order that (not pisteusantes [having faith] they may not sothesin [be made safe, saved]. Now, those upon the rock are those who hear the Logon. They receive it amidst charas, and these are those who, not having root, pisteuousi [have faith] forward to [for] a time and in time of testing they withdraw [pull back].

 

Luke 10.17: Now, the seventy returned amidst charas, saying,

“Kurie! even the daimonion [demonic beings, demons] submitted to us in Your name [authority].”

But He said to them,

“I was a spectator of Satanan descending from the Ouranou in the manner of lightning. LO! I have given to you the privilege [authority] to trample on snakes and scorpions and upon all the dunamin of the echthrou [hateful one] and not even one thing (in no way) shall harm you but not rejoice in this (that the pneumata [winds, breaths, spirits] submit to you) but rather that your names are written in the Ouranois [Heavens].”

 

Luke 15.3: Now, He spoke toward them a parable, saying,

“What man emergent from you, having a hundred sheep and losing one emergent from them, doesn’t leave down [behind] the ninety-nine in alone and goes toward the lost one until he finds it? And finding it, he puts it on his shoulder rejoicing. And coming to his house, he convenes his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my sheep having been lost!’ I say to you that this chara is in Ourano over one hamartolo [one missing the mark or goal, erring, offending, sinning]; turning to God, more than over the ninety-nine dikaiois [just ones] who haven’t need of metanoias [reversal, repentance, compunction].”

 

Luke 24.36: Now, after they said these words, Jesus Himself suddenly stood in the middle of them [changed dimensions again?] and says to them,

“Shalom [safety, peace, health, happiness, prosperity, friendship] to you!”

But being caused to be frightened and in fear, they thought they were spectators of a pneuma [spirit, ghost]. And He said to them,

Why are you agitated? and why do imaginations arise in your hearts? See by My hands, and My feet that I AM HE! Touch Me and see because a pneuma hasn’t flesh and bones, just as you are spectators of Me having.”

But while they were still apistounton [without faith], from charas and marveling, He said to them,

“Have you something edible here?”

They handed Him a piece of cooked fish and a piece of honeycomb. And taking these, He ate them before their faces.

 

Luke 24.50: Now, He led them forth out as far as Bethany [“House of Figs”, a village on the southeastern slope of the Mount of Olives, about two miles east of Jerusalem] and raising up His hands, He eulogesen [fine spoke, commended, blessed] them. And it was caused to be in His eulogein of them, He withdrew from them. And they, proskunesantes [having worshipped, as a dog licks his master’s hand] Him, returned into Jerusalem amidst megales charas and were via all [continually] in the Temple ainountes [praising] and eulogountes Theos. Amen!

 

Acts 8.4: Accordingly, those being sown traveled throughout, euaggelizomenoi the Logon. Now, Philip [“Lover of Horses”] going down into a town of Samaria, he ekerussen [proclaimed, heralded] the Christon to them. And the ochloi [crowds] unanimously paid attention to that being said via Philip, both in their hearing and in their looking at the semeia which he was doing for many of those were holding impure pneumata. Shouting with a megale phone [sound, tone, noise, voice], they exercheto [issued forth]. Now, many enfeebled [paralyzed] and limping [lame] etherapeuthesan [were relieved] and there was megale chara in that town.

 

Acts 13.46: ..… “LO! we turn to the ethne for the Kurios commanded us:

‘I have placed you into a luminescence of the ethnon. You are to be working for soterian [rescue, safety, salvation] until [as far as] the ends of the earth.’”

 

ISAIAH 49.6: He [YHWH] said,

“Is it too light [trifling] that You should be to Me a servant to rouse up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the delivered [preserved] ones of Israel? I will also give You for a light of the gowi [ethnoi] to be My deliverance [salvation] to the end of the earth.”

 

[Acts continues] Now, hearing this, the ethnon rejoiced and rendered glory to the Logon of the Kuriou and as many as episteusan [had faith] were assigned into eternal life. Now, the Logos of the Kuriou was carried via the whole territory but the Judaeans incited the devout, well-formed [high-ranking] gunaikas and the chiefs of the city and roused persecution upon Paul and Joses Bar Nabas and they ejected the same from their borders. Now, they (vigorously shaking off the dust of their feet as a judgment upon them [the Judaeans]) came into Iconium the capitol of ancient Lycaonia. Now, the mathetai were made full of charas and the Hagios Pneuma.

 

James 1.2: Count it all charan, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, knowing that the testing of your pisteos [reliance, faith] works hupomone [cheerful endurance]. Now, let hupomone have its perfect [complete] work in order that you may be perfect and complete, having lacked in not even one thing.

 

Hebrews 10.32: But call to mind the former days in which (having been enlightened), you endured much struggle [soul conflict] of sufferings; this conflict (being exposed both to afflictions and to reproaches) and this issue of being caused to be koinonoi [sharers, partners] of those so living. For in fact, you also suffered together with me in my bonds and accepted the seizure of your possessions with charas, knowing yourselves to have a better and abiding possession in Ouranois [Heavens].

 

Hebrews 12: So, we having such a cloud of witnesses encircling us, putting [throwing] away [behind] every weight [an Olympics dash racing metaphor] and the easily surrounded hamartian, let us run the race set before us via cheerful endurance, looking to the Author and Finisher of our pisteos -- Jesus. Who against the charas set before Him, endured the stake, despising shame and sat down at the right of Theos’ throne.

 

Hebrews 13.15: Via Him [Jesus], let us always offer up a sacrifice [offering] of praise to Theos, that is the fruit of the lips confessing to His name. But don’t be forgetful of doing good and sharing for Theos is well-pleased with such sacrifices. Obey those leading you and submit to them for they watch over your psuchon [souls, lives, psyches, egos]; giving an account in order that they may do this with charas and not with groaning for this would be profitless to you.

 

1st John 1.4: I write these words to you in order that your chara may be complete.

 

John 3.27: John Bar Zekaryahuw answered,

“A man cannot receive even one thing unless it has been given to him emergent from Ouranou. You (yourselves) are my witnesses that I said, ‘I am not the Christos but have been sent before that One as His forerunner.’ The one having the bride is the bridegroom but the friend of the ‘groom (who stands by listening to the ‘groom) heartily rejoices via His phone. Then, this my chara is now fulfilled. That One must increase in prominence; I must decrease in prominence.”

 

John 15.7: [Jesus speaking]

If you remain in Me and My rhemata [utterances] remain in you, you will ask whatever you thelete [determine, choose, decide] and it shall be caused to be to you. In this is My Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and that you will be mathetai to Me. Just as the Father egapese Me, I also egapesa you. You remain in My agape if you keep My commands, just as I have kept My Father’s commands and remain in His agape. I have spoken these words to you in order that My chara remain in you and that your chara may be totally filled up. 

End of One Hundred Sixteenth Lesson