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

From: Theodore H Mann (thmann@juno.com)
Date: Sat Apr 01 2000 - 10:52:26 EST


Hi Jason:

Does your acquaintance provide a rationale for this viewpoint, other than
personal theological bias?

Ted

Dr. Theodore "Ted" H. Mann / thmann@juno.com
Fax and Voice Mail: 1-562-750-5242
http://www.homestead.com/ChristianResourcesLinks/index.html
http://www.homestead.com/eLOGOS/index.html
http://www.homestead.com/eIXQUS/index.html

On Sat, 1 Apr 2000 09:51:33 EST Rachelsj@aol.com writes:
> Has anyone heard of kosmos being translated as "Christians" or "God's
> people"
> or "the chosen." An aquaintance is trying to say that John 3:16 is
> a
> reference not to the world at large but rather to God's chosen
> people.
> Though some may feel this to be true according to their theology, is
> there
> any proof for this based on possible definitions of kosmos?
>
> Jason Rachels
> Assistant Principal
> Calvary Christian Academy
> Fort Lauderdale, FL
>
> ---
> B-Greek home page: http://sunsite.unc.edu/bgreek
> You are currently subscribed to b-greek as: thmann@juno.com
> To unsubscribe, forward this message to
> leave-b-greek-329W@franklin.oit.unc.edu
> To subscribe, send a message to
> subscribe-b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu
>
>

________________________________________________________________
YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET!
Juno now offers FREE Internet Access!
Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit:
http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

---
B-Greek home page: http://sunsite.unc.edu/bgreek
You are currently subscribed to b-greek as: [cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu]
To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-b-greek-329W@franklin.oit.unc.edu
To subscribe, send a message to subscribe-b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu


This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.4 : Sat Apr 20 2002 - 15:41:05 EDT