Bible Discussion Thread

The Bible defines humility as "the fear of the Lord" ( Proverbs 22:4 ) Its etymological root is in the Latin word "humus" meaning "of the earth".To be humble is to be face down in the dirt,submitting to the authority of another,without personal pride. This is the Christian's proper position before the Lord.

Cccampbell55,

I say amen to that! Submitting ourselves to Gods humbling process is what we are to do.

1 Peter 5:6 says Humble yourselves therefore, and here's a translation change:

Instead of humble yourselves, I understand it to be "be humbled." I see it as Passive Voice in the Greek text.

I don't humble myself. That would be considered pride if I were doing the humbling. So we are to be humbled therefore under the mighty hand of God.

So we are to submit to Gods humbling process under His mighty hand. As He keeps trying to push us down every time we pop up in whatever area of life we're popping up in, because we have a tendency in our self-sufficiency to try and do things our way instead of surrendering to Christ, but we are to submit to His humbling process under His mighty hand, and He will exalt us in due time:

In 1 Peter 5:7, there's a Modal Participle explaining what it means to be humbled under the mighty hand of God:

We are told to cast all our care upon him; for He is concerned for us. It's when we become self sufficient in our circumstances that Gods brings us low in order to cause us to trust Him and cast all of our cares on Him. That's how we are humbled, and it is God doing the humbling!