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NASB | John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 1:1 In the beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. [Gen 1:1; Is 9:6] |
Subject: Logos Word Logic |
Bible Note: Did you mean "logos" instead of "locos?" No, the word "logic" is not found in the Bible. I do not find it used in any translation of the Bible. It is a modern word that comes from Greek root logos (i.e. word). By expressing this connection, it simply gives us insight into what Greek speakers meant when they chose certain words. In this instance, we are reminded of the importance of rhetoric. God is ultimately and supremely rational. (Many of the scientists after the reformation believed that as we uncovered the order in the universe or even the truths in mathematics, that we were gaining insight into the very mind of God.) Of course, such insight is of a lower value than God's clear and perspicuous revelation in the Word. However, rightly dividing the Word is at least partially an application of proper logic (rhetoric). Nowadays even logic itself is questioned. People place greater emphasis on experience than on reason, for example. Even what is meant by commonly understood words (like marriage) is being questioned, so that people can flee logic and indulge their own whims. No, I'm not formaly trained. I wish I had been! I just read a lot! :-) I also listen to a dozen or so sermons and lectures a week. Also, there are so many powerful tools that we can use: Greek lexicons, concordences, commentaries, etc. Here on my computer I have over 5,000 complete works of theologians since the times of the early church. Amazing that such knowledge is right at our fingertips! "Much is required for whom much is given." Technology is a wonderful thing! :-) By the way, Country Girl, all this stuff is available to you, too. Much on the Internet. Just learn how to leverage it all. But most of all, let us each be "Doers and not just hearers." Can we do any less for He who "spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all?" |