Two Foundations. The Greek New Testament translates two very different words as Foundation. These are:

1. Themelios often refers to the foundation of a building, whether it is a home, a public building or a city wall. This is a foundation laid out by men—square, rectangular, round or any other shape. The sturdiness of the structure depends on the quality of this foundation. Themelios is used seven times in the New Testament in referring to the foundation of a structure. Themelios is used other times in speaking of the foundation of biblical principles.