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missionaries, 2 Thess. 3:7, 9; the faith of spiritual guides, Heb. 13:7; (b) that which is
good, 3 John 11. The verb is always used in exhortations, and always in the continuous
tense, suggesting a constant habit or practice. See
FOLLOW
.
B. Nouns.
1.
(
)
, 3402), akin to A, “an imitator,” so the
RV
for
KJV
, “follower,” is
always used in a good sense in the NT. In 1 Cor. 4:16; 11:1; Eph. 5:1; Heb. 6:12, it is
used in exhortations, accompanied by the verb
, “to be, become,” and in the
continuous tense (see A) except in Heb. 6:12, where the aorist or momentary tense
indicates a decisive act with permanent results; in 1 Thess. 1:6; 2:14, the accompanying
verb is in the aorist tense, referring to the definite act of conversion in the past. These
instances, coupled with the continuous tenses referred to, teach that what we became at
conversion we must diligently continue to be thereafter. See
FOLLOW
,
Note
(4).¶
2.
$
(
)
, 4831) denotes “a fellow imitator” (
$
, “with,” and No.
1), Phil. 3:17,
RV
, “imitators together” (
KJV
, “followers together”). See
FOLLOW
,
Note
(4).¶
IMMEDIATELY
1.
(
$ $
, 3916), lit., “with the matter (or business) itself” (
,
“with,”
, “a business,” or “event”), and so, “immediately,” Matt. 21:19 (
KJV
,
“presently”), 20; Luke 1:64; 4:39; 5:25; 8:44, 47, 55; 13:13; 18:43; 19:11; 22:60; Acts
3:7; 5:10; 12:23; 13:11; 16:26, 33; it is thus used by Luke only, save for the two instances
in Matthew. See
FORTHWITH
. It is also rendered “presently,” “soon,” “straightway.”¶
2.
$
$
(
' "
, 2117): see
FORTHWITH
.
3.
$
(
' !
, 2112): ditto.
4.
@ $
(
# "
, 1824): ditto.
IMMORTAL, IMMORTALITY
(
&
, 110), lit., “deathlessness” ( , negative,
, “death”), is
rendered “immortality” in 1 Cor. 15:53, 54, of the glorified body of the believer; 1 Tim.
6:16, of the nature of God. Moulton and Milligan (
F !
) show that in early times the
word had the wide connotation of freedom from death; they also quote Ramsay (
6$
8
, p. 273), with reference to the use of the word in sepulchral epitaphs. ln a
papyrus writing of the sixth century, “a petitioner says that he will send up ‘unceasing
(
$
)’ hymns to the Lord Christ for the life of the man with whom he is
pleading.” In the NT, however,
expresses more than deathlessness, it suggests
the quality of the life enjoyed, as is clear from 2 Cor. 5:4; for the believer what is mortal
is to be “swallowed up of life.”¶
Note:
The adjective
, translated “immortal” in 1 Tim. 1:17,
KJV
, does not
bear that significance, it means “incorruptible.” So with the noun
,
“incorruption,” translated “immortality,” in the
KJV
of Rom. 2:7 and 2 Tim. 1:10. See
CORRUPT
, B, No. 3, and C, No. 2.