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How can biblical exegesis be fruitful and meaningful when commentaries and lexicons provide contradictory interpretations, seeming to support opposing translations? The two-volume continuation of the Exegetical Summaries Series asks important exegetical and interpretive questions phrase by phrase, summarizing and organizing content from every major Bible commentary and dozens of lexicons. You can...

except HCSB, NRSV]: train yourself in order to become more godly. It refers to conducting himself more and more in a godly manner [LSA]. The metaphor of exercise is used of spiritual discipline that helps a person become godly [ICC]. 2. It indicates that area in which one trains himself [Herm, Lns, NIGTC; HCSB, NRSV]: train yourself in the matter of godliness. Timothy is told to exercise the godliness he already has for the purpose of becoming more godly [NIGTC]. QUESTION—What is meant by εὐσέβεια
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