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NASB | 2 Timothy 2:15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Timothy 2:15 Study and do your best to present yourself to God approved, a workman [tested by trial] who has no reason to be ashamed, accurately handling and skillfully teaching the word of truth. |
Bible Question: I am writing a paper on "Are the heathen lost?" What is the answer to this, and what scriptures back up that view? |
Bible Answer: Hi, Titanic13... welcome to the forum... Heathen, broadly speaking, means an unbeliver. Since belief is a necessary ingredient of salvation, one must conclude that the heathen are lost. In your paper you might do a careful study of the word itself as it is used in the Bible. The word heathen is ethos in Greek and goee in Hebrew. Generally you can substitute the word Gentile and retain the proper sense of a passage. You should also keep in mind that heathen has a distinctly perjorative connotation. Heathens typically do not enjoy being called heathens. Which thing -- in the typical nature in which my neurons fire in a purely random fashion -- reminds me of joke I once heard: "An agnostic is a person who says 'I know nothing of God,' and gets angry when you agree with him." In Him, Doc |