Studying the use of a particular biblical word, however, is one of the major means by which you can get insight into major biblical concepts. Words and concepts are not always tied tightly together. 3:6, where Paul speaks of Timothy “ the good news” about the Thessalonians’ faith and love. Likewise, the Greek word usually translated “evangelize” or “preach the gospel” (εὐαγγελίζομαι, euangelizomai) shows up in places where the concept of preaching the gospel is simply not present-such as 1 Thess. Psalm 150, for example, is a psalm bursting with joy, but the word is never used. One of the most common mines in the word-study field is mixing up those two things: you can’t just search for the word “joy” to find every time the Bible employs the concept of joy. Notice, however, that I said “concepts,” not “words.” And that brings us to the dangers. So here’s a quick account of the treasures in the word study field: you get to dig into rich and precious biblical concepts such as justification, repentance, reconciliation, redemption, salvation, even (surprisingly frequent) concepts like “going up.” I’d want to know about the treasures first: do they make it worthwhile to even bother learning about the dangers? And then I’d want a detailed accounting of the dangers-so I can live to enjoy the good stuff. Think for a moment: if you were about to enter such a field, what would you want to know about first? The gold or the bombs?
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