Modern use includes all those meanings, but also adds a
connotation of composure; in other words, to handle something “with dignity”
means to react in a calm and thoughtful manner.
While not appearing in the following passage, Peter’s advice to
Christians certainly comes down to a call for Christian dignity in our actions:
“Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly
lusts, which war against the soul; having your conversation honest among the
Gentiles, that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your
good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.” (1Pet
2:11, 12) Remembering what “conversation” means, we find this is certainly good
– necessary – advice for all who would be witnesses of Christ Yahshua.
No comments:
Post a Comment