Am I His Slave?
I love giving myself to the study of the Word. There are times when one word can leap out at me and I am lost in the wonder of what God is saying to me.
Philippians 1:1 — “Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus…”
The word is slave. Our cultural communication has harmed the ability to use that word, so I understand the use of “servant.” But the word is slave. Paul gave himself over to the will of another. There could be no regard for his own interest. Someone else called the shots. Completely.
Am I his slave? Does Jesus truly call the shots? Have I given up my interests for his?
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Nice post. I like how HCSB and to an extent NLT don’t shy away from the word slave.
Jeff
I believe that the HCSB does the best job of all the English language translations in translating dulous as slave throughout the New Testament.
Just another reason why it has become my main translation.