Implanted, engrafted. Émphytos. Receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. God's word is not merely heard but rooted. Let it take hold.

In Greek thought, the logos was the rational principle holding the universe together. John opens his Gospel with this word — not as a concept, but as a person. In the beginning was the Word. Before anything existed, the Word already was.

Moral filth, inner corruption. Rhyparía. James calls us to put away all filth and receive the implanted word that saves. Outer religion means nothing while inner corruption remains. Let the word do its cleansing work.

Superabundance, overflow, surplus. Perisseía. God's grace does not meet the need and stop; it exceeds it. Receive not just enough, but more than enough.

Depravity, malice, wickedness. Kakia. Paul commands believers to put it away along with anger and slander. It poisons from the inside out. Put it off.

Meekness, gentleness, humility. Praotes. Take My yoke upon you for I am meek and lowly. Meekness is not weakness. It is strength under control. Jesus demonstrated it perfectly.

To receive, to welcome, to accept. He came to His own and His own did not receive Him. But to all who received Him He gave the right to become children of God.

To be able, to have power, to be capable. Dunamai. With God all things are possible. The limit of what is possible is not human ability but divine will.

To save, to heal, to deliver. Sozo. Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. Sozo covers salvation healing deliverance and wholeness. Jesus restores everything that was lost.

Soul, life, inner person. Psuche. What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul. The soul is the real you. It outlasts everything the world offers.