Article November 17, 1962 Issue

WORDS OF CURRENT INTEREST

[The words in this issue are related to the Lesson-Sermon in the Christian Science Quarterly designated to be read in Christian Science churches on November 25, 1962.]

Limbo (lim'bo—i in is, o as in old). A place of restraint or confinement, or a place or condition of neglect or oblivion.

Abstain from all appearance of evil (I Thess. 5:22)

Our English verb "abstain" (ab-stan'—first a as in account, second as in ace) derives from two Latin words meaning "hold off"; hence it means "to withhold oneself from participation; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites." Then the Greek eidos means not only "appearance" or "visible form," but also "kind" or "species." Thus Weymouth translates, "Keep yourselves aloof from every form of evil."