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Thursday, May 20, 2021

Hating and being Hated

Titus 3:3 paints a pretty dark picture of who we were before Christ. It may seem like a small point, but does Paul say we were “detestable,” or both being hated and hating others”? Either way, do we really believe this? The ramifications for evangelism are significant.

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Submitted by Garth D. Wiebe on Thu, 2021-05-20 09:32
Also check this comment in the LSJ on στυγεω: "...never in Att. Prose: stronger than μισέω, for it means to show hatred, not merely to feel it, τὸ πρᾶγμα . ., ἢν μὲν ἀξίως μισεῖν ἔχῃ, στυγεῖν δίκαιον E.El.1017..." [Euripides, Electra, Line 1017]. So, I think στυγητοι refers to the action/behavior, with μισουντες the root motivation of that action, that we feel hate for one another and so act in a hateful manner.

Submitted by Eniskuseh on Tue, 2021-05-25 10:12
I don't believe it because there's no manuscript evidence to support the wording attributed to Saul-Paul in Titus 3:3.