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A Word for the Day: Key Words from New Testament is unavailable, but you can change that!

The purpose of this book is to share the richness of some of the Greek words used in the New Testament and help make them practical in the reader's Christian living. Simply because words matter, the words of the New Testament matter most. And in a day when words don't seem to mean much, the need for precision in Christian doctrine and practice has never been more critical. Each day of the year a...

episkopos The term bishop is one that in our day has been encumbered with a lot of ecclesiastical trappings. In the NT, however, this term (which we find, for example, in that list of leadership qualifications in 1 Timothy 3:1–7) refers to the same person as pastor and elder. The Greek episkopos (, English episcopal) means “overseer, guardian.” Its basic roots are in Greek culture. Emperors appointed bishops to oversee captured or newly formed cities. It’s also possible that it had
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