ALLOTRIEPISKOPOS – Meddler in Other Men’s Matters

“For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a meddler in other men’s matters”

1 Peter 4:15

See what the word ‘meddler’ means in the Greek:

Thayer’s Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 244: ἀλλοτριοεπίσκοποςἀλλοτριοεπίσκοπος (L T Tr WH ἀλλοτριεπ.), , ὁ (ἀλλότριος and ἐπίσκοπος), “one who takes the supervision of affairs pertaining to others and in no wise to himself (a meddler in other men’s matters)”: 1 Peter 4:15 (the writer seems to refer to those who, with holy but intemperate zeal, meddle with the affairs of the Gentiles — whether public or private, civil or sacred — in order to make them conform to the Christian standard).

https://biblehub.com/greek/244.htm

The Douay-Rheims translation uses “a coveter of other men’s things” …

Strong’s definition for allotriepiskopos says “From allotrios and episkopos; overseeing others’ affairs, i.e. A meddler (specially, in Gentile customs) — busybody in other men’s matters.

LOCALITIS – Diplomatic Betrayal

Undue concern for, interest in, or belief in the importance of a local area or local matters; specifically (with reference to diplomats) the tendency to be more sympathetic to the interests of one’s host country than to those of one’s own government.

https://www.lexico.com/definition/localitis

These two words say an awful lot. See who Peter lumps meddler with? Murderers and thieves! And this is not exaggerated, scripture does not over-emphasise … We should not be entangled in the ‘affairs of the Gentiles’, we should not be meddlers holding the world to the Christian standard …

“Like one who takes a dog by the ears is he who passes by and meddles with strife not belonging to him.”

Proverbs 26:17