{"id":64,"date":"2024-11-23T15:56:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T15:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/2024\/11\/23\/tradition-in-scripture\/"},"modified":"2024-11-23T15:56:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T15:56:00","slug":"tradition-in-scripture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/2024\/11\/23\/tradition-in-scripture\/","title":{"rendered":"Tradition in Scripture"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Greek word \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03b4\u1f79\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 (<\/span>paradosis<\/em>)<\/span> is translated in various ways in the KJV and NIV Bibles. This obscures the fact that it’s the same word in Greek G3862<\/i> in Strong’s.<\/p>\n

In this verse, it’s translated as “ordinances” and is a command to keep the traditions that Paul himself delivered to the Church.<\/p>\n

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1 Cor 11:1-2<\/a> Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances<\/b>, as I delivered them to you.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There are many examples where the word is translated as “tradition(s)” and used in a negative sense to separate the traditions of man from the traditions of God. For instance:<\/p>\n

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Matthew 15:3<\/a> But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition<\/b>?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In addition to 1 Cor 11 (see above) there are at least two other passages where Paul instructs the Church to follow the traditions he delivered to the Church.<\/p>\n

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2 Thes 2:15<\/a> Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions G3862 <\/i>which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.<\/p>\n

2 Thes 3:6<\/a> Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition G3862 <\/i>which he received of us.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The Greek word \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03b4\u1f79\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 (paradosis) is translated in various ways in the KJV and NIV Bibles. This obscures the fact that it’s the same word in Greek G3862 in Strong’s. In this verse, it’s translated as “ordinances” and is a command to keep the traditions that Paul himself delivered to the Church. 1 Cor 11:1-2 Be ye followers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible","category-eoc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}