2 Corinthians 7:1
New International Version
“7 Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates ‘body’ [nephesh: person, one(-s), etc..] and ‘spirit’ [ruwach: expression, mind, etc..], perfecting ‘holiness’ [ha-kodesh: the-consecrated(-ion), dedicated(-ion), etc..] out of ‘reverence‘ [yare: fear, moral(-ity) reverence, etc..] for ‘God’ [ha-‘Elohiym: the Magistrates, the-Angels, etc..].“
Paraphrasing ‘Jesus’ (YH’shua: YH saves, etc..), ” ‘Your will’ (YHWH ‘Elohiym’s word and works) be done ‘on earth’ (IN US) as it is in heaven.”
‘Amein’ (Amen: So be it, Truth, etc..)
Strong’s Hebrew Lexicon:
Body: נֶפֶשׁ nephesh, neh’-fesh; from H5314; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental):—any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, × dead(-ly), desire, × (dis-) contented, × fish, ghost, greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, × jeopardy of) life (× in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, slay, soul, tablet, they, thing, (× she) will, × would have it.
Spirit: רוּחַרוּחַ rûwach, roo’-akh; from H7306; wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions):—air, anger, blast, breath, × cool, courage, mind, × quarter, × side, spirit(-ual), tempest, × vain, (whirl-) wind(-y). https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h7307/kjv/wlc/0-1/
Holy(-iness): קֹדֶשׁ qôdesh, ko’-desh; from H6942; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity:—consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, (× most) holy (× day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary. https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h6944/kjv/wlc/0-1/
Reverence: יָרֵא yârêʼ, yaw-ray‘; a primitive root; to fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten:—affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), × see, terrible (act, -ness, thing). https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3372/kjv/wlc/0-1/
God: אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem’; plural of H433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative:—angels, × exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), × (very) great, judges, × mighty. https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h430/kjv/wlc/0-1/
Body: נֶפֶשׁ nephesh, neh’-fesh; from H5314; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental):—any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, × dead(-ly), desire, × (dis-) contented, × fish, ghost, greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, × jeopardy of) life (× in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, slay, soul, tablet, they, thing, (× she) will, × would have it. https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h5315/kjv/wlc/0-1/
Jesus [YH’shua]: 3091 Yhowshuwa` yeh-ho-shoo’-ah or Yhowshua {yeh-ho-shoo’-ah}; from 3068 and 3467; Jehovah-[YH–] saved[–s]; Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader:–Jehoshua, Jehoshuah, Joshua. Compare 1954, 3442. https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3091/nkjv/wlc/0-1/
The Significance of YHWH (or YHVH), the Name of the ‘Elohiym of Israel (replaced by the term Lord, in the Bible, ~7000 times):
YHWH or YHVH (I AM THAT I AM):
“According to the Hebrew Bible, in the encounter of the burning bush (Exodus 3:14) Moses asks what he is to say to the Israelites when they ask what ‘gods’ (‘Elohiym) have sent him to them, and YHWH replies, “I am who I am”, adding, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ”
YHWH, the Name that quite literally refers to what the “I AM THAT I AM” – is or will be, “the Way, the Truth, the Life”….
..the Name that defines ‘Elohiym’s Word and Works.
“Used as an emphatic statement,” that of the steward’s wisdom in action; ‘spirit’ (ha-ruwach: ‘Elohiym’s mind, expression, etc..), as seen in the heavenly messengers, ambassadors, appointed men, women, and prophets – leading to ‘YH’shua’ (YH Saves); ultimately as seen in the faithful of YHWH.
“I WILL BE THAT I WILL BE”.
The question is, WILL WE BE?
May, “YHWH bless you and keep you!” Numbers 6: 24-26.
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