kosmos being translated as "Christians" or "God's people" or "the chosen"

David McKay musicke at ozemail.com.au
Sun Apr 2 06:31:42 EDT 2000


We need to understand the meaning of a word in context.
There are many places where the word KOSMOS does not literally mean every
single person in the world, such as in John 12:19
IDE hO KOSMOS OPISW AUTOU APHLQEN

But it does seem the height of eisegesis to say that KOSMOS in John 3:16
means "the Christians."
David McKay
musicke at ozemail.com.au




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