Galatians 5:19-20
Now the works of the flesh are manifest,
which are these;
Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, pharmakeia, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like:
of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past,
that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
19.
|5318| clearly revealed
|1161| Now
|2076| are
|3588| the
|2041| works
|3588| of the
|4561| flesh,
|3748| which
|2076| are:
|4202| sexual sin,
|0167| uncleanness,
|0766| lustfulness,
20.
|1495| idolatry,
|5331| pharmakeia,
|2189| hostilities,
|2054| fightings,
|2205| jealousies,
|2372| angers,
|2052| rivalries,
|1370| divisions,
|0139| heresies,
21.
|5355| envyings,
|3178| drunkennesses,
|2970| revellings,
|2532| and
|3664| similar things
|5125| to these,
|3739| which
|4302| I tell before
|5213| you,
|2531| as
|2532| also
|4280| I said previously,
|3754| that
|3588| those who
|5108| such things
|4238| are practicing
|9999| {the}
|0932| kingdom
|2316| of God
|3756| not
|2816| will inherit.
Revelation 9:20-21
And the rest of the men
which were not killed by these plagues
yet repented not of the works of their hands,
that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
Neither repented they of
their murders,
nor of their pharmakeia,
nor of their fornication,
nor of their thefts.
20.
|2532| And
|3588| the
|3062| rest
|0444| of men,
|3739| who
|3756| not
|0615| were killed
|1722| by
|4127| plagues
|5025| these,
|3756| not
|3340| change their hearts
|1537| of
|3588| the
|2041| works
|3588| of the
|5495| hands
|0846| of them,
|2443| that
|3361| not
|4352| they will worship
|1140| demons
|2532| and
|1497| idols
|5552| gold
|2532| and
|0693| silver
|2532| and
|5470| bronze
|2532| and
|3035| stone
|2532| and
|3585| wood,
|3739| which
|3777| neither
|0991| to see
|1410| are able,
|3777| nor to
|0191| hear,
|3777| nor to
|4043| walk.
21.
|2532| And
|3756| not
|3340| they did change their hearts
|1537| of
|3588| the
|5408| murders
|0846| of them
|3777| nor
|1537| of
|3588| the
|5331| pharmakeia
|0846| of them,
|3777| nor
|1537| of
|3588| the
|4202| sexual sins
|0846| of them
|3777| nor
|1537| of
|3588| the
|2809| thefts
|0846| of them.
mark wrote:webmaster wrote:
CHURCH FATHERS: The Didache
http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/didache.html
Further evidence is found in the Didache, also called the Teachings of the Twelve Apostles,
written about the year 80 A.D.
This book was the Church's
first manual of morals, liturgical norms and doctrine.
In the first section?
two ways are proposed:
the way of life
and the way of death.
In following the way of life,
the <Didache> exhorts, "
You shall not murder.
You shall not commit adultery.
You shall not seduce boys.
You shall not commit fornication.
You shall not steal.
You shall not practice magic.
You shall not use potions.
You shall not procure abortion, nor destroy a new-born child.
You shall not covet your neighbor's goods...."
Again, scholars link such phrases as "practice magic" and "use potions" with artificial birth control.
you skipped the fact that tehy seemed to have linked it with
murder... and adultery too... an oversite no doubt.
The fact wasn't skipped neither was it an oversite, it backs up Galatians 5:19-20 & Revelation 9:20-21 which was written around the same time.
So pharmakeia has nothing to do with witchcraft(as we know it today) but does deals with exactly with what the word implies!
Strong's Number: 5332
Transliterated: pharmakeus
Phonetic: far-mak-yoos'
Text: from pharmakon (a drug, i.e. spell-giving potion); a druggist ("pharmacist") or poisoner, i.e. (by extension) a magician: --sorcerer.
Strong's Number: 5331
Transliterated: pharmakeia
Phonetic: far-mak-i'-ah
Text: from 5332; medication ("pharmacy"), i.e. (by extension) magic (literally or figuratively): --sorcery, witchcraft.