CHAPTER 7 Defining Evangelizing - Evangelism Unlimited

Thomas P. Johnston 419
Etheridge
(1849)
Tyndale
(1534);
Geneva
Bishops
(1595);
KJV;
Webster’s;
Murdock;
Darby;
Douais-
Rheims ✠ ;
NKJ
Young’s
(1862);
HCSB
Translations of prokoph, in Phil 1:12
RSV
(1952);
NIV; ESV
NET (2005) NAS (1977)
ERV
(1885);
ASV
God’s
Word to
the
Nations
(1995);
NLT
BBE (1949) NJB ✠
Most Active Most Passive
Forwarding
tendeth the
more to the
forwarding
of the
gospel
Furtherynge
is
happened
vnto the
greater
furtherynge
of the
gospel
Furtheraunce
hath come
rather vnto
the furtheraunce
of
the Gospell
Advancement
rather to an
advancement
of the
good news
have come
served to
advance
that what
has
happened
to me has
really
served to
advance
the gospel
turned out
to advance
has actually
turned out
to advance
the gospel
Greater
progress
that my
circumstances
have turned
out for the
greater
progress of
the gospel
Progress helped to
spread
have fallen
out rather
unto the
progress of
the gospel
that what
happened
to me has
helped to
spread the
Good News
cause …
has been
helped
that the
cause of
the good
news has
been
helped by
my
experiences
111) evxereu,gomai (in LXX), to “empty” from the Hebrew naba’, meaning to pour forth, bubble
forth, fig. utter:
Liddell-Scott: evx&ereu,gomai, Pass., of rivers, to empty themselves, Hdt.
Psa 119:171, “Let my lips utter praise”
Psa 145:7, “Thine abundant goodness will I pour forth” (NAS, “eagerly utter”)
helping
rather than
hindering
the
advance
that the
circumstances
of
my present
life are
helping
rather than
hindering
the
advance of
the gospel
az. Of Shining Forth:
9) Of shining forth:
(112) la,mpw (7 NT uses), meaning to shine:
Matt 5:16, “Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works,
and glorify your Father who is in heaven”
Concerning the results of evangelizing:
2 Cor 4:6, “For God, who said, ‘Light shall shine out of darkness,’ is the One who has
shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face
of Christ.”
(113) fwti,zw (11 NT uses), meaning to shine; give light, light up; enlighten, shed light
upon; enlighten, reveal:
Eph 3:9 (Darby), “And to enlighten all with the knowledge of what is the administration of the
mystery hidden throughout the ages in God, who has created all things”
2 Tim 1:10, “But now has been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who
abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.”
See also (some of these deal with the result of evangelism,enlightenment as to salvation):
John 1:9, “There was the true light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man.”
Heb 6:4, “For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the
heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit”
Heb 10:32, “But remember the former days, when, after being enlightened, you endured a
great conflict of sufferings”