G5479

• {"n":"chara","s":"Joy. Built on the same root as grace, which is not an accident.","u":"https:\/\/jayms.com\/bible-study-tools-2\/bible-translation-differences\/#id=chara","r":"Philippians 4:4","b":[{"l":"How modern translations read it","t":"Every version reads joy."},{"l":"First, in plain English","t":"**Grateful** and **gratitude** and **gratis** all share a root in English, and you feel the connection without being taught it. Greek does the same with joy and gift."},{"l":"What you are seeing","t":"Chara, joy, and charis, grace or gift, come from the same root, along with charisma and eucharisto, to give thanks. Joy in the New Testament is regularly the response to a gift rather than a mood."},{"l":"Why translators split","t":"English joy and grace have no shared root, so the family is invisible and has to be explained rather than heard."},{"l":"The rule to carry away","t":"Word families in the original language often do argumentative work. When two English words feel unrelated, check whether the originals were cousins."},{"l":"Choosing between them","t":"Joy is universal."},{"l":"The word","t":"\u03c7\u03b1\u03c1\u03ac chara \u00b7 G5479"}],"src":["charis, chara, charisma and eucharisteo from one root","Philippians 4:4; John 15:11; 1 Peter 1:8","Luke 15:7, joy over one sinner who repents"]}