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“Sound mind”

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Announcements › Forums › Life — January 16th, 2022 › “Sound mind”

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  • January 15, 2022 at 5:11 pm #14097
    KarenM
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    “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” (II Timothy 1:7)
    In looking at my Students New Testament Compilation I found several different meanings for “sound mind”.
    “For God hath not given us a spirit of fear, but of energy, and love, and instruction.” (Mudoch’s Translation)
    “For God gave us not the spirit of cowardice, but of power, and of love and of admonition.” (Notes:”of admonition”, that is courage is giving admonition to others.) (New Testament by George Noyes)
    ”for God has not given us a timid spirit but a spirit of power and love and discipline”( New Testament by James Moffat)

    The term “fear”, in the Greek implies “bondage” or “slavery”. This affords a better contrast to “sound mind”. The expression “sound mind” has been translated by Fenton as “discretion”, by Goodspeed as “self-correction”; in the Twentieth Century New Testament as “self-control”.

    “Admonition” -Gentle reproof; counseling against a fault; instruction in duties; caution; direction. (Websters 1828).

    I pray I have the humility to accept gentle reproof but even more to have the courage to speak up, when necessary, as has been mentioned by others on many occasions that we do not stay silent when we need to speak up.

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