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To: Roman_War_Criminal

BTW, you quoted Proverbs 9:10. The word “fear” has many meanings. And regarding MY Lord, I see this one:

reverential awe, especially toward God:
the fear of God.
From dictionary.com

Fear is the opposite of faith, and faith is the opposite of fear.


17 posted on 02/23/2015 12:37:58 PM PST by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: cuban leaf

The “fear” used here is the Greek “phobos” which means “(to be put in fear); alarm or fright: - be afraid, + exceedingly, fear, terror.”

Php 2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

In context, it’s therefore difficult to make the case this “fear” is of the awestruck variety.

The Greek “phobeo” has awe as a possible translation, but not “phobos.” “Phobos” in the same context was also used in 2 Cor. 7:1 & Eph. 5:21.


24 posted on 02/23/2015 2:12:44 PM PST by afsnco
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