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τεκνίον is repeatedly translated as "little children" in 1 John, when the original intent seems to mean "students"
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#Does an insistence on translating the wedding drink as "wine" rather than "grape juice" lose the support of many teenagers who identify better with "grape juice"?  [[Faith]] is decided by many before age 21, the minimum age for drinking wine.
 
#Does an insistence on translating the wedding drink as "wine" rather than "grape juice" lose the support of many teenagers who identify better with "grape juice"?  [[Faith]] is decided by many before age 21, the minimum age for drinking wine.
 
#There are many uses of "δεξιός", which literally means "right" but metaphorically means "cautious" and "authority" and ... "conservative"?  In Matt 25:33 (sheep to the right, goats to the left) and John 21:6 (cast your nets on the right side), "δεξιός" could potentially be taken to connote the "conservative" side for benefits to all.
 
#There are many uses of "δεξιός", which literally means "right" but metaphorically means "cautious" and "authority" and ... "conservative"?  In Matt 25:33 (sheep to the right, goats to the left) and John 21:6 (cast your nets on the right side), "δεξιός" could potentially be taken to connote the "conservative" side for benefits to all.
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#τεκνίον is repeatedly translated as "little children" in 1 John, when the original intent seems to mean "students"
    
In deciding original intent, we keep in mind the availability of alternative terms in the Greek in assessing why the authors chose one word rather than the alternatives.
 
In deciding original intent, we keep in mind the availability of alternative terms in the Greek in assessing why the authors chose one word rather than the alternatives.
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