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In Ephesians 4:14, Paul instructs "that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery [Strong’s 2940, kubeia] of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting" (NKJV, emphasis added). Apparently, kubeia means "properly, dice-playing (WS, 859); hence, ‘gaming, trickery, sleight’ (Souter). 2940 (kybeia ), associated with a ‘sleight of the hand,’ implies the use of trickery and cheating."
Does Paul’s reference to false teachers’ evil schemes as "dice-playing" suggest a negative tone toward dice-playing in particular and gambling in general? Does Paul’s word choice shed any light on a biblical perspective on gambling?
