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2741 | Is the Greek Interlinear correct? | 2 Tim 2:26 | Ray | 32022 | ||
Hi Tim, Are you familiar with Alfred Marshall and the Interlinear that was mentioned? Can you speak to the "remoter" antecedent that was mentioned? I think that these questions of who is speaking and who is being spoken of are important as they relate to capitalization. I am interested in your points that the NIV can do no wrong in leaving it all lower case. They can do no wrong if it is not important to give God the glory when the capitalization is needed. My strong personal opinion; consider the source.:) For those who do not know me, I like the capitalizing NASB and NKJ which give us a head start in understanding a passage and leaves less to pencil in. ***I was interested also in the marginal reference in my Bible to Luke 5:10 and comparison of #222l Strong's. It points out how we can change from being in the devil's snare to catching men alive in nets ourselves for Jesus. And that comes about through knowledge of the truth that we are sinners and we all are in need of the Savior. We desire to live godly in Christ Jesus.2 Timothy 3:12,13 Later, Ray |
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2742 | Is the Greek Interlinear correct? | 2 Tim 2:26 | Ray | 32093 | ||
Hi Tim, I guess we'll have to hear from aquila to learn if it is a "remote" antecedent or "remoter" than that. I would agree that it is only remotely possible that it refers back to verse 25. I am, along with aquila, interested to know if there is some "rule" that we are not aware of. You wrote that Luke 5:10 spoke of catching fish but actually it reads, "And Jesus said to Simon, "Do not fear, from now on you will be catching men." And they left their nets and everything behind and followed Him. I am glad that you would allow and even encourage people to write in their Bibles; even to change capitalizations as they are led by God. And of course I am glad that we can agree on this verse.:) Later, Ray |
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2743 | Does knowledge out weight truth | 2 Tim 3:7 | Ray | 7324 | ||
If you are talking about knowledge about spiritual things, I think that it is a matter of focus. One can study and learn about facts about biblical times and what the people wore, and what happened when and why, etc.and spend so much time on those studies that one doesn't recognize the truth in scripture. In a situation like that he has too much knowledge because he has deprived himself of the Truth. 1Tim 6:4,5. I think our time is best spent in the scriptures in order to know our God and Savior Jesus Christ. Reading and listening, searching and finding, praising and rejoicing. Our God is alive and is a good Teacher. We need to know the Truth. Isa 28:9 says,"To whom would He teach knowledge? And to whom would He interpret the message?..For He says..Indeed, *He will speak to this people Through stammering lips and a foreign tongue." Contrast that with 1Cor 14:21, "Brethren, do not be children in your thinking; yet in evil be babes, but in your thinking be mature. In the Law it is written, "By men of strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, and even so they will not listen to Me," says the Lord....the secrets of his heart are disclosed; and so he will fall on his face and worship God, declaring that *God is certainly among you." I believe that God is among us and that He will speak to our hearts. But I also believe 2Tim 4:3, "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrines; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires; and will turn away their ears from the truth, and will turn aside to myths." So we have to preach the word. Later, Ray |
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2744 | Does knowledge out weight truth | 2 Tim 3:7 | Ray | 7370 | ||
Hi Lionstrong, I appreciate your thoughts and also can see where I could have been clearer in mine. My main focus is on knowing Him, the only true God, rather than facts and artifacts. The two verses ahead of your 2Timothy 3:16 reference talks about the things you have learned and become convinced of. Facts, per se, are not things that you become convinced of. The things that you become convinced of are the things about which the Lord has given you understanding. See 2Timothy 2:7 These are the things that lead to our obtaining salvation, verse 10. 2Tim 3:15 says that Timothy had known "from childhood the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus." My thought has been that we need more than facts and book knowledge; we need to be listening for God's leading and understanding. I think that 2Timothy speaks a lot about truth, and when I capitalized Truth in my first posting here, I was thinking of 1st Timothy 6:2-5. There it talks about principles and doctrines and agreement with the words of Christ and (Titus 1:1) the knowledge of the Truth which is according to godliness. Our learning should lead us to repentance 2Timothy 2:25 and to wisdom that leads to salvation and good works 2Timothy 3:15. |
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2745 | Does knowledge out weight truth | 2 Tim 3:7 | Ray | 7514 | ||
Hi Lionstrong, I am a college graduate with a little bit of book knowledge in my past; so I am not anti-intellectual. But I can take your criticism to heart and see if a better balance needs to be established. I do want to speak effectively. But as a "capitalizer" I do not capitalize Science nor Knowledge. I want to know the Person of the scriptures and I spend my time there when searching for the knowledge of the truth. |
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2746 | WEB Bible and capitalization. | 2 Tim 3:16 | Ray | 6943 | ||
If English is going to be a world language, then perhaps now is the time that all things can become known. John 4:23,"But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be *(His) worshipers. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." The woman said to Him, "I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ); when that One comes, *(He) will declare all things to us."" Starred parenthesis mine for comparison. John 4:29, "Come, see a Man who told me all the things that I have done; this is not the (Christ) is it?" A noun is a person, place, or thing. I believe that all these things are there in the Bible for us to learn about Him so that we can know Him personally. Indeed, we must all interpret the Bible whether we are translators or new believers or searchers for the Truth. I would rather err on the side of upper case in the example of the psalms of David. I would rather err on the side of upper case in the pronouns that deal with disrespectful comments for God is God no matter what we think. I think that Michael Paul Johnson is not being true to himself if he does not follow what he feels is right. He is making a mistake in my mind in the wrong direction of lack of capitalization. The one place where he used too much upper case is where he talks of the King of kings. It is important that we determine who it is that certain Psalms are talking about, Jesus or David. I think that the words and context can tell us. And yes, it's about time to do so. People of the world are yearning to know *(Him). |
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2747 | The Bible: Literal, or Symbolic? | 2 Tim 3:16 | Ray | 10224 | ||
Hi Risen, I have just come from a thread that you had responded to earlier. I rejoice with you in knowing Christ as the Truth. I am interested in praising God through the use of capitalization in the Scriptures. I was noticing the capitalized words in your post and would like to comment. You write that Christ is the Good Shepherd. I don't want to sway you from that praise; however, I believe that the context of John 10 is one of a good shepherd in contrast in a human setting. It is true that the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. What convinced you that Christ is the Truth? What did the Spirit use to guide you? |
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2748 | Why is "is" in 2 Tim 3:16 in | 2 Tim 3:16 | Ray | 49214 | ||
Hi Hank, "Don't believe everything you read in the newspapers." "Don't believe every word you hear." These are true admonitions are they not? I think that it is important for us to be discerning judges of what is the word of God for us. For Timothy, he knew which were the Holy Scriptures, the sacred writings. He knew the ones that would lead him to knowing the salvation that he needed in Christ Jesus. He knew who taught them to him, and he learned the Scriptures and became convinced of them. I believe that verse sixteen here continues to talk about these sacred writings; he was not talking about all scriptures or about all the information out there for consideration, but rather was talking about the ones that he knew would lead to salvation. These Scriptures, all of them, were spirit-breathed and were *also able to teach, reprove, correct, and train in righteoussness and equips him for good works. But the important thing is that he finds his salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. Compare 2 Tim 3:16, "All Scripture is inspired by (God)" with 2 Tim 2:8,9, "Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, descendant of David, according to my gospel,...but the word of (God) is not imprisoned. FOR THIS REASON I endure all things for the sake of those who are chosen, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus..." John 8:47, "He who is of God hears the words of (God); FOR THIS REASON you do not hear them, because you are not of God." We know that Jesus speaks the truth and we can believe Him. We know who spoke the words to us and have learned them and have applied them to our lives. But again, the important thing is that we have obtained the salvation that is in Christ Jesus. 2 Tim 2:16, "But avoid worldly and empty chatter, for it will lead to further ungodliness, and their talk will spread like gangrene." So here again we need to handle correctly the word of truth and not stray from the truth as we have come to know it. We know that we are His and will abstain from wickedness. We have to be careful what we read and put our faith in. We can remain true, if we stick to the Holy Bible. Colossians 2:6, "As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in (Him), having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude. See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the traditions of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ." We have to look to Christ instead of the world and the traditions of men. We have to be careful what we read that is outside the Scriptures and be certain that their words are spirit-breathed also and are from God. Personally, my rendering of 2 Timothy 3:16, is the one in the margin of the NASB, "Or, possibly, 'Every Scripture inspired by God is also profitable..." What do you think? Hank, Thank you for your continued concern, my friend. I am doing well with my medicines and feeling well. From the heart, Ray |
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2749 | holy spirit guide men to write bible | 2 Tim 3:16 | Ray | 80661 | ||
Hi incsson, Welcome to the forum. Your short question has "holy spirit" and your full question has "Holy Spirit". As a person interested in capitalization, I must tell you that there is a difference. There are at least 24 occurances of "in the Spirit" or "in the spirit" found in the Scriptures. We have to decide whether they are speaking of the Person or whether it is simply inspiration. You can't have the word mean both at the same time. There are at least 9 occurances of being "filled with the Holy Spirit" in the New Testament. I personally put those occurances in the lower case in my copy. There is also Romans 1:4 to consider. Does it speak of the spirit of holiness, Jesus Christ our Lord or the Spirit of holiness? I personally go with "spirit of holiness" because it fits the personal pattern of numbering that I use after years of study. John 4:24 offers "God is spirit", NASB or "God is Spirit", NKJ. If you involve yourself in a study of these things I would suggest that you use these versions that capitalize Deity. From the heart, Ray |
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2750 | holy spirit guide men to write bible | 2 Tim 3:16 | Ray | 80662 | ||
Hi Radioman2, My copy for 2 Peter 1:21 has left "Holy Spirit" as printed, but I could very easily go with "Morning Star" for verse 19 in its place. See Revelation 22:16, NKJ. What do you think? But know this first of all, that there is a correct interpretation; one is more accurate than another. From the heart, Ray |
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2751 | holy spirit guide men to write bible | 2 Tim 3:16 | Ray | 80663 | ||
Hi Steve, Could it also be that the holy spirit is the "breath"? See John 3:8 or even John 20:22. From the heart, Ray |
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2752 | holy spirit guide men to write bible | 2 Tim 3:16 | Ray | 80728 | ||
Hi Steve, I appeciate our time together here. From what you have said, however, I believe that you did not catch the lower case holy spirit of my post above. You wrote: "...then it would be more accurate to say, as you suggest, that the Holy Spirit is the breath/inspriration." Actually, what I suggested is that the holy spirit [sic] is the breath. In relating it to John 3, the holy spirit is like the wind or breath of God. The holy spirit is like the word of God. In other words, I believe that we have the Messenger and the message. We have the Holy Spirit and the holy spirit. We have the Giver and the gift. The Word and the word. We have the Light and the light. I also believe that we have the Morning Star and the morning star. I believe that we have the Spirit of Truth and the word of truth. These last two sentences are "penciled in" on my personal copy, but that is how I see it. In the Scriptures are both the Power and the power. 1 Corinthians 2:4, "And my message [lit. word] and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the *Spirt and of power, that your faith should not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God." 1 Corinthians 12:6,7, "And there are varieties of effects, but the same God who works all things in all persons. But to each one is given the manifestation of the *Spirit for the common good." I added the *stars for comparison of the verses. From the heart, Ray |
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2753 | holy spirit guide men to write bible | 2 Tim 3:16 | Ray | 80729 | ||
Hi Radioman2, If I go with "Morning Star" then I would also go with "holy spirit" [sic] for 2 Peter 1:21. See Matthew 22:43, Mark 12:36, and Luke 20:42. Especially Luke 20:42. Yet I believe he spoke from God. From the heart, Ray |
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2754 | Inspired by the Holy Spirit | 2 Tim 3:16 | Ray | 80976 | ||
Hi Ngop, Yes.See #77992 | ||||||
2755 | holy spirit guide men to write bible | 2 Tim 3:16 | Ray | 80977 | ||
Hi Steve, I think we are on the same page now. Continuing on in your 1 Corinthians reference, I have "penciled in" my copy a lower case spirit for verse 12. Here is how I would interpret it for what it is worth. 1 Corinthians 2:12, "Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit who is from God, that we might know the things freely given to us by (God)." Matthew 12:28, "But if I cast out demons by the spirit of (God), then the kingdom of God has come upon you." Luke 11:20, "But if I cast out demons by the finger of (God), then the kingdom of God has come upon you." Ephesians 1:17, "that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit [sic] of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him/. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the surpassing greatness of (His) power toward us who believe." Luke 13:18, "Therefore He was saying, "What is the kingdom of (God) like, and to what shall I compare it?" Luke 12:10, "And everyone who will speak a word against the Son of Man it will be forgiven him; but he who blasphemes against the (Holy) Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him." From the heart, Ray |
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2756 | holy spirit guide men to write bible | 2 Tim 3:16 | Ray | 81048 | ||
Hi Steve, Again, it is good to talk of the "deep things of God" with you. I'll number my paragraphs as I write of the things that you brought up. 1) "Our spirit is informed by God's Spirit while the non-believer's spirit is informed by the 'spirit of this world' - Satan. I would have you know that there is much power in the spirit of God. Lk 11:20 and Mt 12:28 showed that there was power in the spirit (or finger) of God. I don't believe that we have to capitalize Spirit in 1 Cor 2:5 because it speaks of "receiving" *it or knowing "the *things freely given to us by (God)." John 4:25, "...when that One comes, (He) will declare all things to us." But there is power in the things given to us by God. 1 John 4:6 says in part, "By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error." Going back to Lk 11:20 we see that Jesus did not cast out demons by the evil spirit Beelzebul but rather by the spirit of God. Don't think that just because "spirit" [sic] is in lower case that there is no power. There are other discussion points that you have brought to my mind but perhaps I should quit here for now and hear from you. From the heart, Ray |
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2757 | same English word - different Greek word | 2 Tim 3:16 | Ray | 84758 | ||
Hi asis, I have to moan about the fact that the Scriptures, which were at one time the prime textbook of America in teaching "grammar", is not allowed to be hardly quoted in our schools. From the heart, Ray |
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2758 | The Grace of God. | Titus 2:11 | Ray | 62836 | ||
Hi Lourdes Figueroa, It may be clear to you what Titus 2:11-15 says but there are many ways to look at it. One might say after reading it in the NASB that all men are saved. Certainly there are those who would say that God's grace would allow the possibility for all men to be saved. But I believe that the Greek is saying that the saving grace of God has appeared to all men. Christ, the Redeemer died that we might be purified, that we might be His people, zealous to engage in good deeds as His followers. What are your thoughts on the passage? From the heart, Ray |
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2759 | The Grace of God. | Titus 2:11 | Ray | 62891 | ||
Hi Lourdes Figueroa, Thank you for the best wishes. Are these your personal notes? I appreciate your work here. When the kindness and love of God appeared we were truly taught of God. John 6:45 The Son of God appeared for this purpose: that He might destroy the works of the devil. 1 John 3:8 I appreciate especially your leading to compare Ephesians 2:7-10 and Titus 2:11-14. Even we Gentiles are His people and He prepared beforehand that we would walk in good works because we are His workmanship and His possession. From the heart, Ray |
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2760 | baptism regenerate? | Titus 3:5 | Ray | 132362 | ||
Hi Steve, I would like to give my comparison of the verses and offer some thoughts also. Matthew 19:24, NKJ, "And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God"/. 25 When His disciples heard it, they were greatly astonished, saying, "Who then can be saved?" 26 But Jesus looked at them and said to them, "With men this is impossible, but with (God) all things are possible."" Acts 2:36, "Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him/ both Lord and Christ--this (Jesus) whom you crucified." Titus 3:4, "But when the kindness of God our Savior/ and His love for mankind appeared, He saved us, not on the basis of deed which we have done in righteousness, but according to (His) mercy,..." The possibility of salvation is because of the crucified Savior. This Savior is both the Lord and Christ. Everyone who leaves houses or brothers or sisters of father or mother or children or farms for (His) name's sake, shall inherit eternal life. Matthew 19:29. However, it is not because of any works that we do but it is because of His mercy and who He is. The thing that Matthew 19 and 20 shows is that no matter how much time we spend in the field working, God can reward us however He wants; everything is up to Him. Many whom we think will be first will be last. It will all depend on His mercy and generosity (goodness). From the heart, Ray |
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