Sozo vs. Soteria

We speak a lot about salvation in this ministry, using scriptural reference after scriptural reference to drive home the point. So, today we’ll examine two key words discussed throughout this week that will assist us with furthering our understanding of what God reveals to us about His salvation.

Discussion: The Greek verb “sozo” means saved, made whole, restored, healed, delivered, preserved. The word salvation in Greek is “soteria” and derived from ‘sozo’ and ‘soter’ which means “saviour.” Soteria simply means saviour saves.

Significance: In biblical terms, soteria is the act of the saviour (God) that made provision for deliverance, restoration, preservation and salvation for mankind.

The usage of salvation in the old covenant differs in the new covenant. Simply, salvation to the Israelites means to be delivered from Egypt and preserved into the promised land (Canaan). While salvation to Christians means being delivered from sin and being preserved into eternal life. In both cases, it is the whole process that makes it complete salvation.

Reference: https://myodehi.medium.com/understanding-the-standard....