When the Lord set out the description of the godly New Testament woman of grace, He chose a word that deeply communicates His desire. That word is the Greek word sophron.
There are many ways to study the Bible: book studies, chapter studies, verse studies, subject and topic studies, background studies—but perhaps the most fascinating aspect of Bible studies is those that examine closely the individual words that God chose to use in His Book. That is what we will be doing this morning.
Because God’s Word is the best commentary on God’s Word, join me for a study of this very uniquely Christian word. God used this word only to describe believers, and makes it a quality He wants to see in all believers.
The basic meaning of this word, sophron in the New Testament (a Greek word here as an adjective), is being serious about spiritual things; living a disciplined life, which means self-controlled and not addicted to anything.
Sophron is part of a family of New Testament words that use the noun, verb, adverb, and adjective forms of the very same word. Let’s look at these words in the order they appear in the Greek vocabulary of the New Testament.
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