Article May 21, 1966 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 May 29, 1966.

Ye are ... a peculiar people (I Pet. 2:9)

The adjective "peculiar" (pekul'yer—first e as in event, u as incube, second e as in maker) derives from the Latin peculiaris, which means "of private property, owned privately, special, extraordinary." The English word means "belonging exclusively or especially to a person or group; ... different from the usual or normal; singular; special." In the present context, the Revised Standard Version suggests, "You are ... God's own people."

Circumspectly (Eph. 5:15)

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