This is what I consider to be a bit of wisdom; It is what I wrote in my journal on July 14:
G4190 - the word in Greek means "hurtful"; why was it translated "evil"?
If I were to ask someone what they thought was the percentage of "evil" people in the world, I know for a fact that it would be a lower percentage than if I had asked what they thought was the percentage of "hurtful" people.
My point for this is; if a word is translated as something different than what it is originally intended to mean,it changes the meaning of the verse and more so, it can (by the mind-set of man), remove some people from a group that were supposed to be included in that group in the first place (including themselves in that removal).
If the word was translated as "hurtful" in the Bible, rather than "evil", there would be a lot more people that would be brought to mind by a person who read any verse it was contained in; and I have no doubt, that "I" would have come to mind also. If ... in my reading and studying of God's word ... I had read the word "hurtful" rather than "evil", "I" (myself, me) would have been brought to mind a lot sooner than I had been.
We are brought up in this society with the mind set of; an evil person is one who murders, rapes, steals, and so on, and because of that, if we do not do these things, we do not consider ourselves to be evil. But, if from childhood, we were brought up with the mind set of; to be evil is to be hurtful to another, there would be a lot more people who would understand what God considers to be evil.
My point to this is; the Bible is used by God for the purpose of showing us who we are, it is to be used by Him, the One who is mature; it is not for us (as children; students of the word) to use it against another in order to point out their sins, because in doing so, we (as children; being immature) neglect examining ourselves in the process. If we (being immature) are focused on someone else (thinking we are mature), our focus is not on ourselves. Also, since it is to be used by God (the mature) to show us who and what we are (immature), to show us our own immature heart; by using it towards others to point out their sins, (being immature while thinking we are mature) we think more highly of ourselves than we ought to and we have made ourselves out (in our own mind) to be something we are not. We have made ourselves into a hypocrite and do not even realize it.
I will say this about using the Bible to point out the sins of another, it should only be done under the circumstance that the other person understands exactly and completely the same idea of how it is to be used (that he also is mature), for in knowing this same idea, that person already knows that it is God working through another to help them (for their benefit). The problem being, that is an authority that is completely abused by those who do not understand that idea (by the immature) and in doing so, that is when it becomes "evil"; it becomes "hurtful".
The Bible was not intended for us (as children; as students; as the immature) to use it "against" others, it was intended to be use "for" our benefit as individuals by God (to increase us to maturity), to make us a better person, a more loving person; a more forgiving person; a more compassionate person (a person mature in the ways of God). In other words, we are to be a person of "increase", a person of increase in love, forgiveness and compassion. It is God's Holy Spirit working in us, decreasing the hate, unforgiveness and non-compassion in our spirit, while at the same time, bringing to life and increasing the new spirit of love, forgiveness and compassion; (that which will be our own). God is putting to death (getting rid of) the evil that is in our spirit and replacing it with goodness (with Himself) and that is my understanding of salvation (the "process" of salvation, a continuing action of God); it is a matter of God getting rid of the evil (the hurtfulness), in a person, it is not a matter of God getting rid of the evil (hurtful) person and casting them from His presence.
WISDOM IS: KNOWLEDGE THAT IS UNDERSTOOD AND APPLIED