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142Cf. Eph. 6:11; 1 Tim. 3:6-7, 11; 2 Tim. 2:26; 3:3; Tit. 2:3; also Acts 13:10, where Paul addresses Elymas the sorcerer as υίὲ δɩαβóλου.
143Gk. Σατανᾶς (cf., in addition to 2 Cor. 2:11, Rom. 16:20; 1 Cor. 5:5; 7:5; 2 Cor. 11:14; 12:7; 1 Thess. 2:18; 2 Thess. 2:9). Heb. śāṭān means “adversary” or, in a forensic setting, “accuser,” “prosecutor”; in the latter sense Gk. δɩάβολος, “calumniator,” is its equivalent.
144See R. F. Hock, The Social Context of Paul’s Ministry: Tentmaking and Apos-tleship (Philadelphia, 1980).
145Gk. λóγος σαπϱóς, “‘rotten’ language”; cf. αὶσϰϱολογία, Col. 3:8 (and αὶσϰϱóτης in Eph. 5:4).