Bible Question (short): What is iniquity in Matthew 7:23? |
Question (full): Matthew 7:23 "And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity." My question is what is iniquity? This is my reasoning. Iniquity in the Greek is Strong’s 458 anomia, whose root is nomos with the prefix a (which means ‘non’ or ‘without’). The root word nomos is Strong's 3551 which is usually translated as "law". By cross-referencing with the Septuagint (Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures) Jeremiah 31:33 and Hebrews 8:10 the word translated as "law" in English is "nomos" in Greek and "Torah" in Hebrew. Therefore the workers of iniquity are those that are "without Torah", "non-Torah", "do not observe Torah". Which is consistent with verses such as: Rev 22:14, Rev 14:12, Heb 5:9, Matt 5:20, 1John 2:4, etc. Torah observance is also consistent with the lives that Yeshua (Jesus), Peter and Paul led. |
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