Whats that word mean?

[Mark]

1Co 6:9  Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
1Co 6:10  Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

effeminate? Whats that word mean?

Strong's G3120 - malakos
effeminate

1) soft, soft to the touch

2) metaph. in a bad sense

a) effeminate

1) of a catamite

2) of a boy kept for homosexual relations with a man

3) of a male who submits his body to unnatural lewdness

4) of a male prostitute

Webster 1828

effeminate

EFFEM'INATE, a. [L. effoeminatus, from effoeminor, to grow or make womanish, from foemina, a woman. See Woman.]

    1. Having the qualities of the female sex; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; tender; womanish; voluptuous.

    The king, by his voluptuous life and mean marriage, became effeminate, and less sensible of honor.

    2. Womanish; weak; resembling the practice or qualities of the sex; as an effeminate peace; an effeminate life.

    3. Womanlike, tender, in a sense not reproachful.

    EFFEM'INATE, v.t. To make womanish; to unman; to weaken; as to effeminate children.

    EFFEM'INATE, v.i. To grow womanish or weak; to melt into weakness.

    In a slothful peace courage will effeminate.

[Christian40]

Thanks for that, that is clear, also i remember that a man should not dress as a woman, yet that goes on today sometimes.

[William]

I have been wondering what a "Reprobate" is. It talks about your in the faith unless you be a reprobate in II Corinthians 13:5.

What does that word mean? I have heard some say it means "abandoned to sin". However I thought there might be more to it.

Would you, or could you know whether your a reprobate?

Another place it talks about in the scriptures that they are disobedient and reprobate unto every good work (I think Titus or Timothy).

Does it mean you don't get a conviction of sin? This is something that has been on my mind and if anyone is able to clarify let me know.

[Mark]

2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?


reprobates

Strongs:
1) not standing the test, not approved

a) properly used of metals and coins

2) that which does not prove itself such as it ought

a) unfit for, unproved, spurious, reprobate


Webster 1828

reprobate
REPROBATE, a. [L. reprobatus, reprobo, to disallow; re and probo, to prove.]


1. Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected.

Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them. Jer. 6.

2. Abandoned in sin; lost to virtue or grace.

They profess that they know God, but in works deny him, being abominable and disobedient, and to every good work reprobate. Titus 1.

3. Abandoned to error, or in apostasy. 2Tim. 3.

[William]

2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?


reprobates

Strongs:
1) not standing the test, not approved

a) properly used of metals and coins

2) that which does not prove itself such as it ought

a) unfit for, unproved, spurious, reprobate


Webster 1828

reprobate
REPROBATE, a. [L. reprobatus, reprobo, to disallow; re and probo, to prove.]


1. Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected.

Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them. Jer. 6.

2. Abandoned in sin; lost to virtue or grace.

They profess that they know God, but in works deny him, being abominable and disobedient, and to every good work reprobate. Titus 1.

3. Abandoned to error, or in apostasy. 2Tim. 3.

So it kind of describes people are in doctrinal error, or that are believing a false Gospel and other things like that?

At least according to number [3] about being abandoned to error or in apostasy [2Tim. 3.]

Also it talks about being abandoned to sin. Does this mean like someone who starts sinning and does it on purpose and enjoys it? or does it describe something else?

[Mark]

So it kind of describes people are in doctrinal error, or that are believing a false Gospel and other things like that?

At least according to number [3] about being abandoned to error or in apostasy [2Tim. 3.]

Also it talks about being abandoned to sin. Does this mean like someone who starts sinning and does it on purpose and enjoys it? or does it describe something else?

It describes a person that knows what is right and doesnt do it.

[Kilika]

It would be doctrinal error if a person claims to be acting as a Christain, and doesn't know that Jesus Christ is in us. Knowing the other things of Christianity and not knowing Christ is in us would be reprobate.

Another way might be to say reprobate is a lack of truth, or being reprobate is not having the truth.

[Psalm 51:17]

All of the meanings of effiminate from the dictionaries are very interesting - it seems like homosexuality among men is not the only meaning...just think about the rise of feminism, and how today's modern day church did not take a stand. Or a household where the wife decided to take authority, and the husband didn't have the backbone to stand. Or modern day churches where more women are taking pastoral/deacon roles and the men are doing nothing about it(ie-the SBC is yes one example).

Yes, in these instances, the men have been soft and weak.

[AlexMay]

i like this thread theres so many words i dont understand. as soon as i remember them ill post them here!

[Psalm 51:17]

i like this thread theres so many words i dont understand. as soon as i remember them ill post them here!

Do a search for 1828 Websters Dictionary on yahoo - has everything in it!

[Christian40]

SEVENTEEN Indisputable, universally recognized “errors” in the King James Bible

After years of Bible study and prayer I have been able to find only 17 indisputable errors in the King James Bible. Here they are:

2 Samuel 6:7 - “And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his ERROR; and there he died by the ark of God.”

Job 19:4 - “And be it indeed that I have erred, mine ERROR remaineth with myself. “

Psalm 19:12 - “Who can understand his ERRORS? cleanse thou me from secret faults. “

Ecclesiastes 5:6 - “Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an ERROR: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?”

Ecclesiastes10:5 - “There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an ERROR which proceedeth from the ruler”

Isaiah 32:6 - “For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter ERROR against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. “

Jeremiah 10:15 - “They are vanity, and the work of ERRORS: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.”

Jeremiah 51:18 - “They are vanity, the work of ERRORS: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. “

Daniel 6:4 - “Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any ERROR or fault found in him. “

Matthew 27:64 “Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last ERROR shall be worse than the first. “

Romans 1:27 - “And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their ERROR which was meet.”

Hebrews 9:7 - “But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the ERRORS of the people”

James 5:20 - “Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the ERROR of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins. “

2 Peter 2:18 - “For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in ERROR. “

2 Peter 3:17 - “Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the ERROR of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. “

1 John 4:6 - “We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of ERROR.”

Jude 1:11 - “Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the ERROR of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.”

That’s it! Other than these 17 examples of errors, there are no others errors that can be found in the Authorized King James Holy Bible. By the way, even these “errors” are true!

All of grace, believing the Book,

Will Kinney

http://brandplucked.webs.com/articles.htm

[Mark]

 

[Psalm 51:17]

Very interesting...

[Mark]

32 Facts That Show How Men Are Being Systematically Emasculated In America Today

What is wrong with men in America?  Why isn't our country producing lots of strong, independent, hard working men of character like it once did?  Well, many believe that it starts at a very young age.  When compared with girls, boys in the United States get lower grades, they are much more likely to get into trouble at school and they are much more likely to be put on behavior-modifying drugs.  When it comes time to pursue a higher education, most of our young men are ill-prepared to do that.  Today, nearly 60 percent of the students enrolled at U.S. colleges are women.  And of course it has become much more difficult for men to find good jobs.  In fact, less than 65 percent of all men have a job right now.  Without a good job, a man is not considered to be "marriage material", but a large percentage of our young men don't want to get married anyway.  Society has told them that it is okay to be a "slacker".  Today, far too many of our young men are far more interested in their various addictions (beer, drugs, sex, video games, gambling, etc.) than they are in starting a family.  But the truth is that men are far more happy when they have a purpose.  When men are raising families, starting businesses or doing something to transform society they feel fulfilled.
 
Sadly, the message that our young men are getting from our television shows and our movies is that men are idiots.  Instead of being portrayed as leaders that are eager to get married and raise strong families, young men are often being portrayed as passive slackers that love to party and chase women.
 
Start paying attention to how men are portrayed in the media.  In particular, pay attention to how they are portrayed in our commercials.  Our boys and young men are exposed to thousands upon thousands of hours of this "programming", and it has a dramatic affect on them.
 
Our system beats up our boys and young men so badly that only a relatively small percentage of them emerge into adulthood as strong, independent young men that are able to take care of themselves and start families of their own.
 
In America today, the percentage of men in prison is at an all-time high, the percentage of men with a job is near an all-time low and the percentage of children living without a father is at an all-time high.
 
Do we have a crisis on our hands?
 
Yes, we most definitely have a crisis on our hands.
 
The following are 32 facts that show how men are being systematically emasculated in America today...
 
#1 The labor participation rate for men has been steadily declining over the years...
 

In the 1950s, nearly every man in his prime working years was in the labor force, a category that includes both those who are employed and those actively applying for jobs. The "participation rate" for men ages 25 to 54 stood at 97.7% in early 1956, but drifted downward to a post-war record low of 88.4% at the end of 2012.  (It ticked up very slightly at the start of this year to 88.6%.)
 
So where have all the men workers gone?
 
Some went into prison. Others are on disability. And still others can't find jobs and have simply given up looking.
 
#2 Back in 1950, more than 80 percent of all men in the United States had jobs.  Today, less than 65 percent of all men in the United States have jobs.  The chart posted below illustrates this stunning decline...
 


#3 During the last recession, men lost twice as many jobs as women did.
 
#4 According to Time Magazine, unemployed men are significantly more likely to get divorced than employed men are.
 
#5 According to the Economic Policy Institute, the "real entry-level hourly wage for men who recently graduated from high school" has declined from $15.64 in 1979 to $11.68 today.
 
#6 Between 1969 and 2009 the median wages earned by American men between the ages of 30 and 50 dropped by 27 percent after you account for inflation.
 
#7 Thanks to government policies which are killing off small businesses in America, the percentage of self-employed Americans is at an all-time low today.  This has had a disproportionate impact on men.
 
#8 In 1982, 1.9 percent of all men were receiving disability benefits.  Today, 3.1 percent of all men are receiving disability benefits.
 
#9 According to one very surprising study, "young, urban, childless women" make more money in America today than young, urban, childless men do.
 
#10 More than half of all middle management jobs in America are now held by women.
 
#11 More than half of all health care jobs in America are now held by women.
 
#12 The United States has the highest incarceration rate on the entire globe by a very wide margin.  Overall, the U.S. has approximately 25 percent of the entire global prison population even though it only has 5 percent of the total global population.  Men make up the vast majority of those that we are holding in our prisons.
 
#13 Incarceration rates for men in America have been steadily increasing over time.  The following is from a recent CNN article...
 

Looking at those born just after World War II, some 1.2% of white men and 9% of black men had been to prison by 2004, according to Bruce Western, a Harvard sociology professor. But looking at those born 30 years later, some 3.3% of white men and 20.7% of black men had been to prison.
 
#14 According to the Pew Research Center, only 51 percent of all American adults are currently married.  Back in 1960, 72 percent of all adults in the United States were married.
 
#15 Males account for approximately 70 percent of all Ds and Fs in U.S. public schools.
 
#16 About two-thirds of all students in "special education programs" are boys.
 
#17 The average American girl spends 5 hours a week playing video games.  The average American boy spends 13 hours a week playing video games.
 
#18 The average young American will spend 10,000 hours playing video games before the age of 21.
 
#19 One study discovered that 88 percent of all Americans between the ages of 8 and 18 play video games, and that video game addiction is approximately four times as common among boys as it is among girls.
 
#20 In 2011, SAT scores for young men were the worst that they had been in 40 years.
 
#21 According to the New York Times, approximately 57 percent of all young people enrolled at U.S. colleges are women.  That means that only 43 percent are men.
 
#22 It is being projected that women will earn 60 percent of all Bachelor's degrees from U.S. universities by the year 2016.
 
#23 Once in college, women are much more likely to complete their education and get a degree...
 

Women born in 1975 were roughly 17% more likely than their male counterparts to attend college and nearly 23% more likely to complete a four-year degree, according to data in Wayward Sons.
 
#24 Young men are nearly twice as likely to live with their parents as young women the same age are.
 
#25 Back in 1950, 78 percent of all households in the United States contained a married couple.  Today, that number has declined to 48 percent.
 
#26 The marriage rate in the United States has fallen to an all-time low.  Right now it is sitting at a yearly rate of 6.8 marriages per 1000 people.
 
#27 Today, an all-time low 44.2 percent of Americans between the ages of 25 and 34 are married.
 
#28 The U.S. family is rapidly breaking down.  100 years ago, 4.52 were living in the average U.S. household, but now the average U.S. household only consists of 2.59 people.
 
#29 At this point, approximately one out of every three children in America lives in a home without a father.
 
#30 The United States produces more pornography than any other nation in the world.  Men consume far more of that pornography than women do.
 
#31 An astounding 30 percent of all Internet traffic now goes to pornography websites, and one survey found that 25 percent of all employees that have Internet access visit sex websites while they are at work.
 
#32 In the United States today, political correctness reigns, and any reference to the male gender is being stamped out of our language.  For example, all over the country the term "manhole" is being replaced with the terms "utility hole" or "maintenance hole".
 
So what do you think?
 
Do you believe that men are being systematically emasculated in America today?
 
Please feel free to share what you think by posting a comment below...

http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/32-facts-that-show-how-men-are-being-systematically-emasculated-in-america-today

[Psalm 51:17]

#14 According to the Pew Research Center, only 51 percent of all American adults are currently married.  Back in 1960, 72 percent of all adults in the United States were married.

#25 Back in 1950, 78 percent of all households in the United States contained a married couple.  Today, that number has declined to 48 percent.
 
#26 The marriage rate in the United States has fallen to an all-time low.  Right now it is sitting at a yearly rate of 6.8 marriages per 1000 people.
 
#27 Today, an all-time low 44.2 percent of Americans between the ages of 25 and 34 are married.
 
#28 The U.S. family is rapidly breaking down.  100 years ago, 4.52 were living in the average U.S. household, but now the average U.S. household only consists of 2.59 people.
 
#29 At this point, approximately one out of every three children in America lives in a home without a father.

This is part of the reason why the pro-gay lobby has been able to get its way - while the "religious right"/moral majority, and other pro-family and Churchianity groups will fight tooth and nail against the homosexual agenda, they haven't said a word exposing no-fault divorce, and for that matter too not much over couples co-habituating with each other, husbands leaving their wives for other women(which happened at a church I attended in the 80's), etc. Come to think of it, "prominent" Christian leaders like Hal Lindsey and Charles Stanley had divorces.

Over the long haul, just no one could take them seriously b/c they had a beam in their own eyes.

[Kilika]

Side thought...

they haven't said a word exposing no-fault divorce, and for that matter too not much over couples co-habituating with each other, husbands leaving their wives for other women(which happened at a church I attended in the 80's), etc. Come to think of it, "prominent" Christian leaders like Hal Lindsey and Charles Stanley had divorces.

The games they play with the law is amazing. The pick and choose how they want to interpret it.

1  Thus saith the LORD, Where [is] the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors [is it] to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
2  Wherefore, when I came, [was there] no man? when I called, [was there] none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because [there is] no water, and dieth for thirst.
3  I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
Isaiah 50:1-3 (KJB)