Mark Hodson, Soil pollution and its impact on soil life 6 How wide spread is the problem? 360 000 potentially contaminated sites German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety 2002 figures
The word has such a multitude of meanings that no single English word is adequate to express its depth and richness. It is a derivative of koinos, the word for common. Koinonia is a complex, rich, and thoroughly fascinating Greek approach to building community or teamwork.
This article focuses on the exegesis of two words in 1 Corinthians 6:9- malakoi and arsenkoitai. Often translated as homosexual in English versions of the Bible [such as the New International Version], I argue that the terms would be more accurately translated as catamite and pederast, respectively.