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« on: June 02, 2021, 01:58:49 AM »
This verse may be the answer to the true biblical definition of "effeminate"
Deuteronomy 22:5
“The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.”
If you read Chapter 5 and 6 of 1 Corinthians, you can see the context surrounding the word you are confused about. You don't need to look at the Greek Word of it, if that's what you was trying to do. You don't even need a dictionary. Paul is speaking to the Church of Corinth. The people were not using righteous judgement in matters of the church. They was going to unbelievers to judge between the brethren and Paul was saying They should be able to judge these small matters. Paul also is trying to get the brethren to see that those who are living in unrighteousness (sin) and calling themselves brethren is a big problem and they need to removed and not to eat with them. Effeminate are those who are those who are acting soft and feminine because it's the heart of the man desiring to be like a woman through how he carries himself and dresses.
The born again believers should be able to judge these matters of who is being effeminate because the discernment of the Holy Spirit. I know when I see a man acting feminine and dressing feminine and talking like a woman that he most likely is displaying what's in his heart and that's to be like a woman. Visa versa with women acting like men. God created man and woman to be man and woman, not man be woman or woman be man. I understand that there are ppl who have certain attributes that may cause us to question whether they are effeminate or not but their actions will give themselves away by the words and actions they choose. And if they call themselves brethren and walk around all fruity acting then they need to be corrected of their error. The man needs to be a leader and lead in righteousness. If they struggle with the past of who they used to be then there needs to be prayer for self control to not do that which is wrong. If a man used to be effeminate before he was saved then the Lord opens his eyes to the wickedness of being effeminate (dressing like a woman and acting like a woman) and this man repent of this wickedness then the born again believers should be able to see and judge right that the "used to be" effeminate is now humbled and trying to do what pleases God and not themselves then there should be patience and prayer for this man.
The conclusion is... The born again believers should be able to know who is effeminate and who isn't.
Jeremiah 17:10
King James Version
10 I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
Mark 7:21-23
King James Version
21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
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