![]() ![]() What exactly does sophronismos mean? And what is Paul referring to when he tells Timothy that God has given us the spirit of a sound mind? These various interpretations seem to convey different meanings. ![]() In other Bible translations, the word sophronismos is rendered “self-control” (ESV), “self-discipline” (NIV, NLT), “discipline” (NASB), “good judgment” (GW), and “sound judgment” (CSB). ![]() ![]() The original Greek word translated “sound mind” here is sophronismos, and it appears in the Bible only this one time. We encounter the expression sound mind in 2 Timothy 1:7: “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind” (KJV).
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