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On Being a Wise Master-Builder
What the Greek word behind Paul's famous phrase reveals about how God calls us to build Most of us read right past it. In First Corinthians 3:10, the Apostle Paul describes himself as a "skillful master builder" — and we nod, file it away as a metaphor, and move on. But if you slow down long enough to look at the Greek, something remarkable opens up. The word Paul uses is architektōn — the root of our English word "architect." In modern usage, an architect is the one who draw
Steve Gordon
Apr 294 min read
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