The New Testament ‘evil servant’ means disqualified rather than wicked

Evidence

Note that the word evil in Matthew 24:48, is the Greek word kakos (Strong’s #2556), which means “someone who has been disqualified.” It means “a worthless or injurious person.” It means he lacks the qualities that he should possess. Simply put, he is “not worthy.” — Chuck Missler, The Kingdom, Power and Glory, 1095

Categorization

  • DEFINE: kakos glossed as lacking qualification, not moral depravity—semantically crucial for the chapter’s thesis.
  • XREF: Recalls the ‘athlete disqualified’ motif in 1 Cor 9:27 (adokimos). — connects to: The dog-as-devil epithet traces back to the New Testament — Sophia Rose Arjana, Muslims in the Western Imagination, 227
  • recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source

Broader Connections