Romans 4:4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
When I prepare a document to post I just follow where God leads which is sometimes far from where we started as happened with Romans 4:3 post where I pasted Acts 17:29-31 but neglected to provide God’s definition of God’s Greek noun 3625 oikoumene which was translated into English “the world” in Acts 17:31. English “world” in the new testament has been translated from Greek noun 165 aion being an earth age, Greek noun 1093 ge being earth, Greek noun 2889 kosmos being the earth and it’s inhabitants, Greek verb 3195 mello being God’s plan for the future if God is your grammatical subject. Greek verb 3195 mello was translated into “the world to come”. English “world” in the new testament was also translated from Greek noun 3625 oikoumene which encompasses the inhabitants of earthly kingdoms as found in Luke 2:1, Luke 4:5, Acts 11:28, Acts 17:6, Acts 19:27, Acts 24:5, Revelation 12:9 and Revelation 16:14. Greek noun 3625 oikoumene also encompasses the inhabitants of God’s kingdom, pursuant to God’s will and future process “That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him”. Greek noun 3625 oikoumene applies to God’s kingdom of heaven in Matthew 24:14, Acts 17:31, Romans 10:18, Hebrews 1:6, Hebrews 2:5 and Revelation 3:10. Millions of self proclaimed evangelicals are purveyors of English words that actually hide and cover God’s intrinsic truth contained in God’s original Hebrew and Greek words and reconfirms Luke 12:51 and Hebrews 4:12.
What Does The Bible Really Say? 