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With the use of the Greek noun ''[[Politeuomai|politeuma]]''<Ref name="politeuma-n">{{4175}}</Ref>  in Philippians Paul is literally saying that our "administration of civil affairs", our [[citizen]]ship is not of the "[[world]]" of [[Rome]] but is in the [[kingdom of heaven]]<Ref>[[Philippians 3]]:20  For our conversation <[[4175]]> is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:</Ref>  which was [[appoint]]ed<Ref name"appointed"> [[Luke 22]]:29 And I [[appoint]] unto you a kingdom, as my [[Father]] hath [[appoint]]ed unto me;</Ref> by Jesus the [[Christ]] who was another king<Ref>[[Acts 17]]:7  "Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of [[Caesar]], saying that there is another king, [one] Jesus."</Ref> of those who would [[repent]], [[seek]] the [[kingdom of God]] and the [[righteousness]] of God.
With the use of the Greek noun ''[[Politeuomai|politeuma]]''<Ref name="politeuma-n">{{4175}}</Ref>  in Philippians Paul is literally saying that our "administration of civil affairs", our [[citizen]]ship is not of the "[[world]]" of [[Rome]] but is in the [[kingdom of heaven]]<Ref>[[Philippians 3]]:20  For our conversation <[[4175]]> is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:</Ref>  which was [[appoint]]ed<Ref name"appointed"> [[Luke 22]]:29 And I [[appoint]] unto you a kingdom, as my [[Father]] hath [[appoint]]ed unto me;</Ref> by Jesus the [[Christ]] who was another king<Ref>[[Acts 17]]:7  "Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of [[Caesar]], saying that there is another king, [one] Jesus."</Ref> of those who would [[repent]], [[seek]] the [[kingdom of God]] and the [[righteousness]] of God.


You should not be led to think that Paul is suggesting we are supposed to merely "talk to heaven" by this misleading translation of ''[[politeuma]]''<Ref name="politeuma-n">{{4175}}</Ref> when it is clearly defined as "the administration of civil affairs or of a commonwealth" and is from the term ''politeuomai''.
You should not be led to think that Paul is suggesting we are supposed to merely "talk to heaven" by this misleading translation of ''[[Politeuomai|politeuma]]''<Ref name="politeuma-n">{{4175}}</Ref> when it is clearly defined as "the administration of civil affairs or of a commonwealth" and is from the term ''[[politeuomai]]''.
 
=== politeuomai ===
 
: [[Philippians 1]]:27  "Only let your conversation be <4176> as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
 
The term ''politeuomai''<Ref name="politeuomai-v">{{4176}}</Ref> is defined "to be a citizen" and "to administer civil affairs, manage the state" which we see Paul doing his ministry providing emergency relief and a [[daily bread]] for Christians through out the [[world]].
 
Paul is not merely having a ''conversation'' nor was he just being charitable but was conducting the ''administration of the civil affairs and managing the estate'' of the [[Kingdom of God]]. [[Early Christians]] had a [[daily ministration]] that was ''unspotted'' by the [[exercise authority|exercising authority]] of the [[world]] of Rome because it was not like the governments of the the gentiles.<Ref name="exauth">{{exauth}}</Ref> They ate of the [[tables]] of the [[early Church]] and not of the [[tables]] of [[covetous]]ness which was [[idolatry]].<Ref name="Isidolatry">{{Isidolatry}}</Ref>
 
The word is also used in [[Acts 23]]:1:
:  "And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men [and] brethren, I have lived <4176> in all good conscience before God until this day."
 
Paul was brought before the priest who were a pare of the government that had moved from [[fervent charity]] commanded by Moses to [[legal charity]] , the means and method of those tables that were a [[snare]].<Ref name="snaretrap">{{snaretrap}}</Ref>
 
Was he saying that he had been a ''citizen and administered civil affairs''?
 
The practices and [[polity]]<Ref name="polity">Polity.
# "The form of government of a nation, state, church, or organization."
# "An organized society, such as a nation, having a specific form of government."
# "Government; form, system, or method of government: as, civil polity; ecclesiastical polity."<br>The American Heritage® Dictionary, 5th Edition<Br>Webster's 1828 dictionary states,
:  "'''POL'ITY, noun [Gr.]''' The form or constitution of civil government of a nation or state; and in free states, the frame or fundamental system by which the several branches of government are established, and the powers and duties or each designated and defined.
* Every branch of our civil polity supports and is supported, regulates and is regulated by the rest.
* With respect to their interior polity our colonies are properly of three sorts; provincial establishments, proprietary governments, and charter governments.
'''''Webster further states:'''''
"This word seems also to embrace legislation and administration of government."
: 1. The constitution or general fundamental principles of government of any class of citizens, considered in an appropriate character, or as a subordinate state.
: Were the whole christian world to revert back to the original model, how far more simple, uniform and beautiful would the church appear, and how far more agreeable to the ecclesiastical polity instituted by the holy apostles.</Ref> of the [[Early Church]] were substantially different than what we see today. They made the followers of Christ far less dependent upon the [[Welfare state|welfare State]] of [[Rome]].
 
[[Early Christians]] would not apply for the [[daily bread]] of [[Rome]] through its [[public religion]] of [[legal charity]] which was dependent upon [[covetous practices]]. The [[early Church]] had a system of emergency assistance for Christians when there were [[dearth]]s in the land.
 
We see the [[early Church]] operating a vast system of [[welfare]] through [[fervent charity]] all over the Roman Empire even though that was often getting [[Persecution|persecuted]] because they would not sign up for the [[legal charity]] and the [[free bread]] and [[dainties]] offered by the Roman State and its [[Imperial Cult of Rome]]. This was the [[Christian conflict]] with Rome and many of the city-states.


Understanding the unique use of ''politeuma''<Ref name="politeuma-n">{{4175}}</Ref> and  the term ''politeuomai''<Ref name="politeuomai-v">{{4176}}</Ref> it may also help to know that they are from the Greek word ''[[polites]]''<Ref name="polites-n">{{4177}}</Ref> consistently meaning [[citizen]] and ''polis'' meaning ''city''.<Ref name="polis">{{4172}}</Ref>
Understanding the unique use of ''politeuma''<Ref name="politeuma-n">{{4175}}</Ref> and  the term ''politeuomai''<Ref name="politeuomai-v">{{4176}}</Ref> it may also help to know that they are from the Greek word ''[[polites]]''<Ref name="polites-n">{{4177}}</Ref> consistently meaning [[citizen]] and ''polis'' meaning ''city''.<Ref name="polis">{{4172}}</Ref>

Latest revision as of 23:06, 6 January 2025

Politeuma

With the use of the Greek noun politeuma[1] in Philippians Paul is literally saying that our "administration of civil affairs", our citizenship is not of the "world" of Rome but is in the kingdom of heaven[2] which was appointed[3] by Jesus the Christ who was another king[4] of those who would repent, seek the kingdom of God and the righteousness of God.

You should not be led to think that Paul is suggesting we are supposed to merely "talk to heaven" by this misleading translation of politeuma[1] when it is clearly defined as "the administration of civil affairs or of a commonwealth" and is from the term politeuomai.

Understanding the unique use of politeuma[1] and the term politeuomai[5] it may also help to know that they are from the Greek word polites[6] consistently meaning citizen and polis meaning city.[7]

The Modern Church is no longer "A city(polis)[7] that is set on an hill" nor the "light of the world"[8] because they have become of the world because the desire its dainties and are willing to bite one another through the men who call themselves benefactors but exercise authority one over the other.[9]

If all this true the Modern Church and the Modern Christians who follow its pernicious ways[10] can no longer claim to be the Body of Christ.

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 4175 ~πολίτευμα~ politeuma \@pol-it’-yoo-mah\@ from 4176; n n AV-conversation 1; 1
    1) the administration of civil affairs or of a commonwealth
    2) the constitution of a commonwealth, form of government and the laws by which it is administered
    3) a state, commonwealth 3a) the commonwealth of citizens
  2. ↑ Philippians 3:20 For our conversation <4175> is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
  3. ↑ Luke 22:29 And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;
  4. ↑ Acts 17:7 "Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, [one] Jesus."
  5. ↑ 4176 ~πολιτεύομαι~ politeuomai \@pol-it-yoo’-om-ahee\@ middle voice of a derivative of 4177 polites "the inhabitant of any city or country" from the word polis; v AV-live 1, let (one’s) conversation be 1; 2
    1) to be a citizen
    2) to administer civil affairs, manage the state
    3) to make or create a citizen 3a) to be a citizen 3b) to behave as a citizen 3b1) to avail one’s self of or recognise the laws 3b2) to conduct one’s self as pledged to some law of life"
  6. ↑ 4177 ~πολίτης~ polites \@pol-ee’-tace\@ from 4172; n m AV-citizen 3; 3
    1) a citizen
    1a) the inhabitant of any city or country
    1b) the association of another in citizenship
    1b1) a fellow citizen, fellow countryman
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 4172 ~πόλις~ polis \@pol’-is\@ probably from the same as polemos 4171 meaning war, or perhaps from polus 4183 meaning many, much, large; n f AV-city 164; 164
    1) a city
    1a) one’s native city, the city in which one lives
    1b) the heavenly Jerusalem
    1b1) the abode of the blessed in heaven
    1b2) of the visible capital in the heavenly kingdom, to come down to earth after the renovation of the world by fire
    1c) the inhabitants of a city
  8. ↑ Matthew 5:14 "Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid."
  9. ↑ Not exercise authority
    Matthew 20:25 "But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you:..."
    Mark 10:42 "But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. But so shall it not be among you:..."
    Luke 22:25 "And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye [shall] not [be] so:..."
  10. ↑ Pernicious ways
    2 Peter 2:2 "And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of."
    2 Peter 2:15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
    2 Peter 2:21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known [it], to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
    Matthew 24:10 "And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved."
    Matthew 24:24 "For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if [it were] possible, they shall deceive the very elect."
    Mark 13:22 "For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if [it were] possible, even the elect."
    1 John 2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would [no doubt] have continued with us: but [they went out], that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
    Romans 2:24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
    Matthew 7:14 Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
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