Spiritual Authority

Spiritual Authority

Eph 5:21-22, 1 Pet 2:13 & Heb 13:17
Says that we are to obey or submit to husbands, other christians church and world leaders "....For they keep watch on the behalf of your souls...."

Obey "Peitho":
1. Be persuaded. To be persuaded, to suffer one's self to be persuaded; to be induced to believe: to have faith: in a thing
a) to believe
b) to be persuaded of a thing concerning a person
c) to listen to, obey, yield to, comply with
2. to trust, have confidence, be confident.
Used a total of 55 times in the NT, and variously translated as: persuade, trust, obey, have confidence, believe, and be confident.
Also used in Acts 13:49, 14:19, 17:4, 18:4, 19:26, 21:14, 26:26 & 28, 27:11, 28:24.

Submit "Hupotasso"
1. to arrange under, to subordinate
2.to subject one's self, obey
3.to submit to one's control
4. to yield to one's admonition or advice.

"A Greek military term meaning "to arrange [troop divisions] in a military fashion under the command of a leader".
In non-military use, it was "a voluntary attitude of giving in, cooperating, assuming responsibility, and carrying a burden."
Used a total of 40 times in the NT, and variously translated as: put under, be subject unto, be subject to, submit (one's) self unto, submit (one's) self to, be in subjection unto, and put in subjection under.
Also used in 1 Peter 2:13, 5:5, Ephesians 5:24, Col 3:18, Titus 2:5, 1 Peter 3:1 & 5.

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2 Thes 1:8, 3:14
Says that we are to "obey the words in this episle"... "obey Christ"... "Children, obey your parents"... "and Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters..."

Obey "Hupakouo":
1. to harken to a command
a) to obey, be obedient to, submit to
Used a total of 21 times in the NT, variously translated as: obey, be obedient to, and hearken.
Also used in Romans 6:12, 16 & 17, 10:16, Ephesians 6:1 & 5, Col 3:20 & 22, Heb 5:9, 11:8.

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1 Cor 9:12 & 18, & 2 Cor 10:8
Is talking about the; 1. authority that church leaders have; 2. The authority a woman has on her own head in 1 Cor 11:10

Authority "Exousia":
1. power of choice, liberty of doing as one pleases,
2. Leave or permission
a) physical and mental power
b) the ability or strength with which one is endued, which he either possesses or exercises
c) the power of authority (influence) and of right (privilege)
Used in the NT 103 times, and translated as: power, authority, right, liberty, jurisdiction, and strength.
Also used in Luke 4:32 & 36, 5:24, 9:1, 10:19, 12:5, 19:17, 20:2, 8 & 20, 22:53, 23:7, Revelation 2:26, 9:3, 13:4, 20:6, 1 Cor 7:37, 8:9, 9:4, Acts 5:4 & 26:18.

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Titus 2:15
Talks about the type of authority that we are to exhort and rebuke with.

Authority "Epitage":
1. an injunction, mandate, command
Used a total of 7 times in the NT and 6 of them translated as "Commandment."
Also used in Romans 16:26, 1 Corinthians 7:6 & 25, 1 Tim 1:1, Titus 1:3

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