G40

• {"n":"hagios","s":"Holy. The idea is set apart for a purpose, not morally spotless.","u":"https:\/\/jayms.com\/bible-study-tools-2\/bible-translation-differences\/#id=hagios","r":"1 Corinthians 1:2","b":[{"l":"How modern translations read it","t":"Versions read holy, and saints for the plural noun. Some read God's people or holy ones."},{"l":"First, in plain English","t":"**The good china.** It is not better china morally. It is the china you do not use on a Tuesday, because it has been set aside for something."},{"l":"What you are seeing","t":"Hagios and Hebrew qadosh both carry separation for a purpose as the core idea. Moral purity follows from whose purpose it is rather than being the word's own content."},{"l":"Why translators split","t":"English holy and saint both imply attained goodness, which reverses the direction: the word is about designation, and the conduct is the response."},{"l":"The rule to carry away","t":"When a word describes a status, check whether English has turned it into an achievement. Status words become merit words very easily."},{"l":"Choosing between them","t":"Holy is the majority rendering and saints is the majority for the plural, though God's holy people is gaining ground."},{"l":"The word","t":"\u1f05\u03b3\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 hagios \u00b7 G40"}],"src":["Paul addresses the Corinthians as hagioi at 1 Corinthians 1:2","qadosh of vessels and days: Exodus 30:29; Genesis 2:3","1 Peter 2:9 quoting Exodus 19:6"]}