For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another. Titus 3:3 NASB Spending our life – “To behave in a certain way.” That’s the meaning of Paul’s Greek word diagō. It’s about a lifestyle, a constant behavior, a way of conducting oneself. The verb is…
For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another. Titus 3:3 NASB Lusts and pleasures – What’s the difference between lusts and pleasures? Paul seems to think we need to know both words. Why? The Greek roots are epithymía and hēdonḗ. Epithymía is desire, especially…
For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another. Titus 3:3 NASB Disobedient, deceived, enslaved – “Foolish” keeps company with a host of friends. You remember that Greek term anóētos with all its nuances. Well, Paul provides a list of some of the compatriots of anóētos. The…
For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another. Titus 3:3 NASB Foolish – “No fool like an old fool.” But we were all “old fools” once, weren’t we? Even Paul says so. The Greek term is anóētos. If you look carefully, you’ll see that…
“For we also were once foolish ourselves, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.” Titus 3:3 Deceived – Have you noticed something important in Paul’s list? The first three words are all about mental processes, not about behavior. This is the third…
“For we also were once foolish ourselves, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.” Titus 3:3 Disobedient – What is the essential characteristic of disobedience? Did you say, “Not keeping the rules” or something like that? Did you think that disobedience is…
“For we also were once foolish ourselves, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.” Titus 3:3 Foolish – Airhead! The term was not coined by Hollywood (although it certainly applies there). If you want to meet the original airheads, you have to…
