St Paul cusses?

"S" WORD

 Paul..the same Paul who wrote most of the New Testament letters ..used the "S" word in Philippians 3?.  In the original Greek in which the Bible was written,  he used the word "skubala," which your class Bible translates "rubbish,"  but the word is much close to the English S-word... yes THAT word.. SH--!

Read the section below, and the word is flagged.

Philippians 3 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

3 Finally, my brothers and sisters,[a] rejoice[b] in the Lord.

To write the same things to you is not troublesome to me, and for you it is a safeguard.

2 Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of those who mutilate the flesh![c] 3 For it is we who are the circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God[d] and boast in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh— 4 even though I, too, have reason for confidence in the flesh.

If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; 6 as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.

7 Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ. 8 More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish (Greek word skubala, English word, rough translation is SH-T)in order that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but one that comes through faith in Christ,[e] the righteousness from God based on faith. 10 I want to know Christ[f] and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death, 11 if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead.

Read these short posts about that:

1) Read this

2) and read this: 

Alex Heath — "Skubala?" The Apostle Paul Uses the Word "Shit".

3)Read this: 

Saint Paul says shit | by Bosco Peters

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