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the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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Unworthily, Unworthy
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is used in 1 Corinthians 11:27 , of partaking of the Lord's Supper "unworthly," i.e., treating it as a common meal, the bread and cup as common things, not apprehending their solemn symbolic import. In the best texts the word is not found in ver. 29 (see RV).
a, negative, n, euphonic, axios, "worthy," is used in 1 Corinthians 6:2 . In modern Greek it signifies "incapable."
Note: In Acts 13:46 , "unworthy" represents the adjective axios, preceeded by the negative ouk.Copyright Statement
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Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Unworthily, Unworthy'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/u/unworthily-unworthy.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Unworthily, Unworthy'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/u/unworthily-unworthy.html. 1940.
