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102 SIGNS IN JOHN’S GOSPEL
a somewhat synonymous sense, with apokueo showing “results.”
Apokueo is a medical term which refers to that occurring at the
end of a pregnancy — “a bringing forth,” “a giving birth.”
Tikto is used in the first part of the verse (“bringeth forth
sin”); and apokueo is used in the latter part of the verse showing
the results, in the sense of “sin” having given birth to (“bringeth
forth death”).
Then in verse eighteen, apokueo is used relative to life instead
of death, as seen in verse fifteen. And, again, the word is used in
a medical respect. Apokueo is used in this verse relative to the power
of the Word in a Christian’s life, effecting, giving birth to, the metamorphosis
— the results of the power of the Word (ref. the author’s book,
SALVATION OF THE SOUL, Ch. IV):
“Of his own will begat he us with the Word of truth…”
Thus, these two words are used in James relative to Christians
either being brought forth from below (through that associated
with sin, resulting in death) or being brought forth from above
(through the Word, resulting in life).
I Peter
The Epistles of I, II Peter were written to encourage Christians
who were being tried and tested by holding up before them prizes,
rewards, compensations, which are described in the epistles as the
salvation to be revealed, the salvation of the soul. And, in connection
with the reason why these epistles were written, Peter opens his
first epistle in the same manner that John opened his gospel — by
referencing the birth from above, the bringing forth from above, in
two different places.
1) A Living Hope, an Inheritance, a Salvation (1:3-9)
According to I Peter 1:3-9, those to whom Peter was writing
(vv. 1, 2) had been brought forth from above “unto [‘with respect to’]
a living hope by [‘through’] the resurrection of Jesus Christ from
the dead.” And they had been brought forth in this manner with
respect to an awaiting inheritance associated with a future salvation,