who have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil. The Greek term which lies behind this translation of training oneself is one which gives us in English the word ‘gymnasium’. It is about effort and discipline, realising the importance of the goal and setting oneself to do what is necessary to reaching it. The mature believer knows the importance of the word of God for producing the needed spiritual muscles, as it were. Paraphrasing this as a challenge to be working out with God’s word may