Romans 7:6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
English “serve” was translated from Greek verb 1398 douleuo meaning to serve as a slave either voluntarily or involuntarily. In the above context God’s grammatical objects serve voluntarily in “covenant” with God. Greek noun 1397 douleia is the bondage of servitude most often as grammatical objects of religions that profess themselves mediators between God and human beings contrary to 1Timothy 2:5. Greek verb 1398 douleuo means to serve as a slave either voluntarily or involuntarily documented in detail at the end of this paragraph. Greek noun 1399 doule is a female slave either voluntarily or involuntarily in biblical context being Mary the mother of Jesus and “handmaidens” in “And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy” with “servants” being translated from Greek masculine noun 1401 doulos. Greek 1400 doulon does not appear in the Bible or Strong’s Concordance but is the neuter form of Greek masculine noun 1401 doulos which is a male slave either voluntarily or involuntarily best defined in Acts 2:18 above and in 1Corinthians 7:21-22, Galatians 1:10, Galatians 4:1-9, 2Peter 2:18-19, Revelation 1:1-6, 7:2-3 and 22:6-7. Greek verb 1398 douleuo means to serve as a slave either voluntarily or involuntarily best exemplified as “serve” in “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon” with “mammon” being from Greek noun, of Aramaic origin 3126 mamonas. Understanding of Greek noun [of Aramaic origin] 3126 mamonas will be enhanced by the original Greek words contained in Luke 16:9-13 “And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations” “He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much” “If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches” “And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own” “No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon”. Greek noun 3126 mamonas [of Aramaic origin] is confidence in flesh physical things. Money could be one of a plethora of flesh physical things. This post contains bible documentation that flesh physical confidence/mamonas extends to many things that are not right per God’s definition of right.
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