What is the Church - Daily Notes Transcription
Though the
word “church” is not used, this description of the assembly of believers is
picturing the believers as a church and uses the metaphor of a building. As I began looking at the 5 characterizations
of this metaphor, I was struck by the emphasis Peter expresses as he begins
this verse. The Greek is καὶ αὐτοὶ, and the
usage makes the expression emphatic. The
simple English translation is “and you…” but the combination and placement of
the words at the beginning of the verse is closer to our expression, “and you
yourselves….” In verse 4, Peter speaks
of Jesus the Stone rejected by the builders as the “living stone by men
rejected,” so in verse 5, he associates us with Christ as living stones by
using the words καὶ αὐτοὶ – and you yourselves
are living stones!
No comments:
Post a Comment