The word "saved" in Luke 8:12 is "sozo" G4982.
"Sozo" in Strong's or Thayer's or Smith's means saved, healed, be made whole, preserved, protected, delivered, do well, kept safe, rescue, save from suffering a disease, restore to health, save from perishing, recover, get well, save from injury.
"Saved" in the dictionary means the same as the Greek. Why limit the meaning of the word to being born-again when the Greek doesn't?
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A short study of the use of the Greek words "Sozo" and "Soteria".
The words "Sozo" is used mostly in reference to the unsaved being saved.
The word "Soteria" is used mostly for those who are saved.
The word "Sozo" is used 106 times in the NT. The word "Sozo" is translated "be saved" in our text Lu 8:12.
Luke 8:12
Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved . KJV
The word "Sozo" is translated "was healed" in Lu 8:36.
Luke 8:36
They also which saw it told them by what means he that was possessed of the devils was healed . KJV
Vine's has this to say about the word.
Vine's mentions here the word "soteria" which is translated "salvation" 42 (I might have missed one), of the 46 times it is used in the NT.
NT:4982
1. sozo NT:4982, "to save," is used (as with the noun soteria, "salvation") (a) of material and temporal deliverance from danger, suffering, etc., e. g., Matt 8:25; Mark 13:20; Luke 23:35; John 12:27; 1 Tim 2:15; 2 Tim 4:18 (KJV, "preserve"); Jude 5; from sickness, Matt 9:22, "made... whole" (RV, marg., "saved"); so Mark 5:34; Luke 8:48; James 5:15; (b) of the spiritual and eternal salvation granted immediately by God to those who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, e. g., Acts 2:47, RV "(those that) were being saved"; 16:31; 8:24, RV, "were we saved"; Eph 2:5,8; 1 Tim 2:4; 2 Tim 1:9; Titus 3:5; of human agency in this, Rom 11:14; 1 Cor 7:16; 9:22; (c) of the present experiences of God's power to deliver from the bondage of sin, e. g., Matt 1:21; Rom 5:10; 1 Cor 15:2; Heb 7:25; James 1:21; 1 Peter 3:21; of human agency in this, 1 Tim 4:16; (d) of the future deliverance of believers at the second coming of Christ for His saints, being deliverance from the wrath of God to be executed upon the ungodly at the close of this age and from eternal doom, e. g., Rom 5:9; (e) of the deliverance of the nation of Israel at the second advent of Christ, e. g., Rom 11:26; (f) inclusively for all the blessings bestowed by God on men in Christ, e. g., Luke 19:10; John 10:9; 1 Cor 10:33; 1 Tim 1:15; (g) of those who endure to the end of the time of the Great Tribulation, Matt 10:22; Mark 13:13; (h) of the individual believer, who, though losing his reqard at the judgment seat of Christ hereafter, will not lose his salvation, 1 Cor 3:15; 5:5; (i) of the deliverance of the nations at the Millennium, Rev 21:24 (in some mss.). See SALVATION.
(from Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words, Copyright © 1985, Thomas Nelson Publishers.)
The word "salvation (soteria) is used in Eph 1:13 and is clearly speaking to those already saved.
Eph 1:13
In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation : in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, KJV
NT:4991
1. soteria NT:4991 denotes "deliverance, preservation, salvation." "Salvation" is used in the NT (a) of material and temporal deliverance from danger and apprehension, (1) national, Luke 1:69,71; Acts 7:25, RV marg., "salvation" (text, "deliverance"); (2) personal, as from the sea, Acts 27:34; RV, "safety" (KJV, "health"); prison, Phil 1:19; the flood, Heb 11:7; (b) of the spiritual and eternal deliverance granted immediately by God to those who accept His conditions of repentance and faith in the Lord Jesus, in whom alone it is to be obtained, Acts 4:12, and upon confession of Him as Lord, Rom 10:10; for this purpose the gospel is the saving instrument, Rom 1:16; Eph 1:13 (see further under SAVE); (c) of the present experience of God's power to deliver from the bondage of sin, e. g., Phil 2:12, where the special, though not the entire, reference is to the maintenance of peace and harmony; 1 Peter 1:9; this present experience on the part of believers is virtually equivalent to sanctification; for this purpose, God is able to make them wise, 2 Tim 3:15; they are not to neglect it, Heb 2:3; (d) of the future deliverance of believers at the Parousia of Christ for His saints, a salvation which is the object of their confident hope, e. g., Rom 13:11; 1 Thess 5:8, and v. 9, where "salvation" is assured to them, as being deliverance from the wrath of God destined to be executed upon the ungodly at the end of this age (see 1 Thess 1:10); 2 Thess 2:13; Heb 1:14; 9:28; 1 Peter 1:5; 2 Peter 3:15; (e) of the deliverance of the nation of Israel at the second advent of Christ at the time of "the epiphany (or shining forth) of His Parousia" 2 Thess 2:8; Luke 1:71; Rev 12:10; (f) inclusively, to sum up all the blessings bestowed by God on men in Christ through the Holy Spirit, e. g., 2 Cor 6:2; Heb 5:9; 1 Peter 1:9,10; Jude 3; (g) occasionally, as standing virtually for the Savior, e. g., Luke 19:9; cf. John 4:22 (see SAVIOR); (h) in ascriptions of praise to God, Rev 7:10, and as that which it is His prerogative to bestow, 19:1 (RV).
(from Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words, Copyright © 1985, Thomas Nelson Publishers.)
The meaning of the two words "Sozo" and "Soteria" are translated the same except:
NT:4982
sozo (sode'-zo); from a primary sos (contraction for obsolete saoz, "safe"); to save, i.e. deliver or protect (literally or figuratively):
KJV - heal, preserve, save (self), do well, be (make) whole.
(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003 Biblesoft, Inc. and International Bible Translators, Inc.)
NT:4991
soteria (so-tay-ree'-ah); feminine of a derivative of NT:4990 as (properly, abstract) noun; rescue or safety (physically or morally):
KJV - deliver, health, salvation, save, saving.
(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003 Biblesoft, Inc. and International Bible Translators, Inc.)
The word "Sozo" by Strongs is translated:
KJV - heal, preserve, save (self), do well, be (make) whole.
The word “Soteria” by Strongs is translated :
KJV - deliver, health, salvation, save, saving
The difference is obvious isn’t it?
When one is “Sozoed” they are saved. Therefore they are preserved, are made whole, and do well.
When they are “Soteriaed” the are already saved, they have been delivered, health is available.
The “benefits” are there. Jesus made them available.
Do all Christians experience the benefits of salvation?
Unfortunately they do not. The reasons they do not are many.
That is why we are told to work out our own salvation (Soteria).
The scripture is not speaking of being saved. The ones the scripture is written to are already saved (Sozoed”
Phil 2:12-13
12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
KJV
The Scripture is encouraging those who are saved (Sozoed) to make their salvation (Soteria) a reality by learning and accepting by faith what Jesus made available to them.
We will finish the faulty questions.
