When we understand the process, we get a better understanding of this proverb. This is why God left us with the treasure of the new creation inside an earthen vessel. Here is when the ministry of reconciliation comes into view. Our carnal natures tend to cause friction, not only in our lives, but also in the lives of our brothers and sisters. It is part of the process of growing in grace and knowledge of the Lord. As we become more dependent on the Lord, and more interdependent in our extended families (the local churches we attend), the activity of us rubbing up against one another also molds and changes us in our personal relationships.
In the New Covenant, our interactions in local bodies of believers will cause this to be understood. In this sense, we are not looking for sharpening in the cutlery sense, but rather the molding and accommodating sense. In this context, I believe iron is being used as a symbol of a human being. God does use the correct word(s) to get His point across. I think we tend to get sidetracked by our own limited understanding of spiritual truth. he slowly raises the heat… he purifies one part of you at a time… the heat only gets really hot when your not responding… to something he is trying to teach us… Stepping out speaking my thoughts… hope this helps … I believe this is similar to God putting us in the fire…. , one person may have a weakness the other does not… so I feel it is a very loose statement… thus saying we can be there for each other we can choose to speak up and sharpen our friend or not… ” hold accountable” for there actions for an example…generally speaking that friend has to want to be sharpened…I feel it is a committed relation ship once this process starts…If the two objects where too “quote un quote “rough “on each other it would wear the other one down at a rate they may not be able to handle or ready for yet… so if the two substances where similar in density this would make since… Our God is a gentle God… he will not step over our own “Will”… we have to be willing to be sharpened… and we have to be willing to be used… That is why it is so important to really listen to the Holy Spirit prompting you, and to be gentle with your sharpening… No one wants to be beat up… or roughed up… I do feel this can shift from one person to the other depending on the “need”, the “battle” etc. we all have things that we do better than others or have learned some lessons that others have not… Thus as one iron sharpens another is talking about one being stronger that the other… yes… I agree…. In reading all the post my conclusion is… The passage talks about friends… as Christians… people…. Iron sharpens iron so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend. I thought what better way to explain that to add this scripture. There are two different kind of people… ones that add “people” to them to make them “look” better, and then there are those that add “people” to them to make them “be” better… Penny H. I have read all the comment, because I was wanting to post something on facebook… This what I have posted so far… I’m looking forward to being sharpened by you, as we interact with each other in our comments.
27:17 be worded so that it more accurately and clearly communicates what the author of this verse was referring to? Or am I the only one who doesn’t picture an iron sharpening tool sharpening some other iron tool when I hear the words “as iron sharpens iron”? How might a translation of the Hebrew of Prov. This line expresses the common human experience that a knife or other iron tool can be sharpened by using a file or some other iron tool. Note what the UBS Handbook on Proverbs says about the phrase “iron sharpens iron”: To me, none of the English versions I have consulted adequately express the action of iron on iron that is referred to in the Hebrew Bible. And some kind of iron must be able to sharpen it. At least one of the kinds of iron referred to in this verse must be able to be sharpened. 27:17? It can’t be iron ore, since there is nothing about the ore which is sharp. These versions include formally equivalent ones such as the NASB, essentially literal ones such as the ESV, and more idiomatic (dynamically equivalent) versions such as the NLT, TEV, and CEV.Įnglish speakers commonly use the phrase “iron sharpens iron” to refer to the good affect one person can have on another.īut have you ever stopped to wonder what kind of iron is referred to in Prov. All 13 of the English Bible versions I have open in my Bible study program speak of iron sharpening iron in Proverbs 27:17.
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