Study it in the app“Such things have, indeed, a reputation for wisdom in self-made religion and humility and harsh treatment of the body, but they are not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.”
Such thingsἅτινάhave,ἐστιν ἔχονταindeed,μὲνa reputationλόγονfor wisdomσοφίαςinἐνself-made religionἐθελοθρησκίᾳandκαὶhumilityταπεινοφροσύνῃandκαὶharsh treatmentἀφειδίᾳof the body,σώματοςbut they are notοὐκofἐνanyτινιvalueτιμῇagainstπρὸςthe indulgenceπλησμονὴνof the flesh.τῆς σαρκός
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appearshave
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echonta” appearsGeneral meaning: Word; account.
Where else “logon” appearswisdom
Wisdom.
Where else “sophias” appearsself-made religion
Self-made worship, a religion one invents for oneself.
Where else “ethelothrēskiai” appearshumility
Humility: not thinking of oneself more highly than is right.
Where else “tapeinophrosynēi” appearssevere treatment
Severe treatment, punishing the body without mercy.
Where else “apheidiai” appearsbody
The person in his physical part, living or dead.
Where else “sōmatos” appearsprice
What is paid for something.
Where else “timēi” appearsindulgence
Indulgence, satisfying a desire to the full.
Where else “plēsmonēn” appearssinful nature
The human nature that opposes God's Spirit.
Where else “sarkos” appearsA difficult verse in Greek; it can also be understood as “but they have no value at all; rather, they serve to satisfy the flesh.”
22(things that all are meant for destruction with use), according to the commandments and teachings of human beings?
23 · This verse (above)
