In the second place, we who preach from the New Testament must be keenly aware of the temptation of spiritual pride in using Greek in ministry. Probably the greatest danger in language study is for Greek to become centered on itself. Then, whether in the study or the pulpit, it subtly starts pushing itself, not Christ. It is distressing to see more and more of this kind of abuse of Greek among ministers. Instead of “holding forth the word of life” (Phil. 2:16), they are pushing themselves and their
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