CHAPTER 7 Defining Evangelizing - Evangelism Unlimited

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7) 2 Tim 3:13, “But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being
deceived”
8) James 5:19, “My brethren, if any among you strays from the truth, and one turns him back”
9) 1 John 2:26, “These things I have written to you concerning those who are trying to deceive you”
10) Rev 12:9, “And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and
Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown
down with him”
h. sulagwge,w: take captive, carry off as captive, Col 2:8, “See to it that no one takes you captive
through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the
elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ.”
1) sulagwge,w is a hapax legomena in the NT and OT LXX
2) This would, however, be a synonym to zwgre,w as in Luke 5:10 and 2 Tim 2:26
Addendum 2B: Verbs describing the OPPOSITE OF evangelizing—linked to an affirmation for the
need to evangelize:
a. avrne,omai: to deny, disown, renounce, refuse, Matt 10:33; 27:70, 72; Mark 14:68, 70; Luke 12:9;
22:53; John 18:25, 27
e.g., John 1:20, “And he confessed, and did not deny, and he confessed, ‘I am not the Christ.’”
b. evpaiscu,nomai (11 total NT uses) to be ashamed of, Mark 8:38; Luke 9:26; Rom 1:16; 2 Tim 1:8,
12, 16:
1) Not only shame of Christ, but also shame of His words, Mark 8:38; Luke 9:26:
Mark 8:38, “For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation,
the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the
holy angels”
Luke 9:26, “For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed
when He comes in His glory, and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels”
2) Ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, Rom 1:16
3) Ashamed of the testimony of the Lord and of Paul, His prisoner, 2 Tim 1:8
4) This inward shame seems to lead to the verb before this, denial; or likewise, the shame is
noticeable because of the lack of confessing!
c. u`poste,llw: hold back, shrink back, keep silent about, Acts 20:20
1) Notice the uses of the cognate diaste,llomai (to warn) in Ezek 3:18, 19, 20, 21 to describe
the communication required by God; Ezek 33:7 uses the Hebrew zahar (hiphil: to instruct,
teach, warn); Ezek 33:8 uses the Hebrew word dabar (to speak) + zahar (to warn), or the
Greek lale,w (to speak) + fula,ssw (to guard); Ezek 33:9 uses proapagge,llw (to warn)
d. siwpa,w: be silent, Acts 18:9; cf. Luke 19:40
1) Note the parallel use of the verb h`suca,zw – to cease, to be silent, to rest, cf. Acts 11:18;
21:14
e. le,gw: to say [denying that he was with Jesus or one of His disciples], Luke 22:60; John 18:17, 25
f. fhmi [NA27]: to say, “I am not [a follower of Christ],” Luke 22:58 [BYZ has the verb le,gw here]