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2981 | Where is the TEST? | 1 John 4:2 | Ray | 115382 | ||
Hi Searcher56, I am surprised that you did not address the question I posed to you? Do you see any reason why Spirit must be capitalized in "the Spirit of God" in 1 John4:2? Are you saying that capitalization is an option of the translators but is not an option for us? I believe the passage we are looking at right now tells us that it is our responsibility to know what kind of spirit we are of. From the heart, Ray |
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2982 | Is there such a thing as a false Christ? | 1 John 4:3 | Ray | 133803 | ||
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2983 | Is there such a thing as a false Christ? | 1 John 4:3 | Ray | 133815 | ||
Hi Angel, You have a good post here and I appreciate your answering. You wrote, and I agree with "in essence the entity becomes one with what is preached and believed! (1 Corinthians 6:16-17)" I think that you should become aware that verse 17 with its "But" shows a difference in spirit between the one who joins himself with the harlot and the one who joins himself to the Lord. The one who joins himself to a harlot (a false god) is one body with her. For He (God) says, "The two shall become one flesh". BUT the one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit. We are of God. 1 Cor 6:20, NKJ, "For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's. 1) False christs: I choose to go with my Interlinear Greek copies and the NKJ which renders Matthew 24:24, "For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect." I don't believe Christ can be false any more the one true God can be unholy. But I believe that there are false christs [sic] in the world. 2) The antichrist: The spirit of the antichrist is already in the world. But we are of God. 1 John 4:6, "We are from God; he who knows God listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error." I love you, brothers and sisters in Christ. From the heart, Ray |
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2984 | How do we know that God is love? | 1 John 4:16 | Ray | 126999 | ||
Hi Aixen7z4, You wrote that ""true", "good", "just, and "holy" are adjectives, But "Love" is a noun." You continued and said, "How can God be love? What does it mean?" I wish that I knew Greek better, but I believe that 1 John 4:8 speaks of a "kind" of love, agape love. So I do not think of this "love" as a noun. I am not good with grammar terms, but I would interpret the verse as saying that "God is loving." God is Spirit and He has a spirit of love. He is loving. I interpret 1 John 4:13 that God has given us of His spirit. I differentiate between the Giver and the gift; the Spirit and His spirit. I have discussed on the forum that I do not say that God is Love. God is love or loving to my mind. And I say further that God is not an "it". So we can not say that God is Love and then speak of it. He has given us a spirit of love, a spirit of truth. Stultis, I like your reference and first thought. I believe that they show that (He) chose us. John 15:12, "This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are (My) friends, if you do what I command you. 15 No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing, but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father,/ I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose Me, but (I) chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit,..." Contrast/compare 1 John 4:11, "Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has seen God at any time; if we love one another, (God) abides in us, and His love is perfected in us." 1 John 4:15, "Whoever confesses that (Jesus) is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 And we have come to know and believe the love which God has for us. God/ is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 17 By this, love is perfected with us, that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; because as (He) is, so also are we in this world." 1 John 4:8, "God/ is love." 1 John 4:16, "God/ is love." The parentheses and slashes are mine for comparisons. |
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2985 | Why are our nude bodys shamefull? | 1 John 5:3 | Ray | 119378 | ||
Hi mommapbs, God created Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve. That is worth remembering. I found your post very worthwhile. From the heart, Ray |
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2986 | Who is this One (or one)? | 1 John 5:6 | Ray | 96281 | ||
This is a question about 1 John 5:6,7 in the NASB or 1 John 5:6 in the NKJ. It is a revisited question because I was studying the word "it" today. 1 John 5:7, "And it is the Spirit who bears witness..." Question #1, "Is the Spirit an it?" John 4:10, "...If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you..." Question #2, "Is Jesus an it?" John 14:8, "...Lord, show us the Father and it is enough for us." Question #3, "Is the Father an it?" From the heart, Ray |
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2987 | Who is this One (or one)? | 1 John 5:6 | Ray | 96324 | ||
Hi Hank, I don't think the shouter wants to help me here so I will talk to you about this English question. I know you are capable. If the verse reads "It is the Spirit that..." does that not outline as a sentence that the Spirit is an it? However, I would go with the Greek in that it reads "And the Spirit is the (One) witnessing, because the Spirit is the truth." What do you think, teach? From the hear, Ray |
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2988 | Who is this One (or one)? | 1 John 5:6 | Ray | 96367 | ||
Hi Hank, I know of only two occurances of "It is the Spirit that" and they are John 6:63 and 1 John 5:7. I agree with your beloved King James here on these occurances: John 6:63, KJ, "It is the spirit [sic] that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life." 1 John 5:6b, KJ, "And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth." So like I say, I agree with the King James here. Now how my Greek linear translation determines that John 6:63 should read, "THE SPIRIT IS THE THING MAKING ALIVE; THE FLESH DOES NOT PROFIT ANYTHING." and 1 John 5:6 should read "AND THE SPIRIT IS THE ONE GIVING TESTIMONY, BECAUSE THE SPIRIT IS THE TRUTH." I say, how they determine these differing translations from the exact same Greek words I do not know; but I agree with them. John 6:63 means to them that the "spirit is the thing that" and 1 John 5:6b means that "the Spirit is the One or [One] giving testimony". I've written a bad paragraph of sentence structures, but I hope that I have made myself clear. Do you have any comments on my questions two or three above? From the heart, Ray |
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2989 | Who is this One (or one)? | 1 John 5:6 | Ray | 96368 | ||
Hi Hank, I know of only two occurances of "It is the Spirit that" and they are John 6:63 and 1 John 5:7. I agree with your beloved King James here on these occurances: John 6:63, KJ, "It is the spirit [sic] that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life." 1 John 5:6b, KJ, "And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth." So like I say, I agree with the King James here. Now how my Greek linear translation determines that John 6:63 should read, "THE SPIRIT IS THE THING MAKING ALIVE; THE FLESH DOES NOT PROFIT ANYTHING." and 1 John 5:6 should read "AND THE SPIRIT IS THE ONE GIVING TESTIMONY, BECAUSE THE SPIRIT IS THE TRUTH." I say, how they determine these differing translations from the exact same Greek words I do not know; but I agree with them. John 6:63 means to them that the "spirit is the thing that" and 1 John 5:6b means that "the Spirit is the One or [One] giving testimony". I've written a bad paragraph of sentence structures, but I hope that I have made myself clear. Do you have any comments on my questions two or three above? From the heart, Ray |
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2990 | The one true God? | 1 John 5:6 | Ray | 98057 | ||
This is a question for the Greek scholars on the forum as I continue to study 1 John 5:6,7. I was comparing 1 John 5:6 with 1 John 5:20 today. How can we gain consistency in translation and also a true interpretation of these verses? Take note that the newest NASB translation has a change in 1 John 5:6. Any comment on that change? From the heart, Ray |
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2991 | The one true God? | 1 John 5:6 | Ray | 98161 | ||
Hi Tim, Thanks for talking with me. The change that I spoke of in the newest NASB was exchanging "one" for "One" for 1 John 5:6. When I was working on my personal copy I had made that change already before the newest NASB copyright. But in considering this thread, I am ready to think of putting it back in the lower case. I am thinking of putting "One" back to the old NASB copyright lower case "one" for these reasons. 1) Consistency in translation of verses 6 and 20. "This is the one who came by water and blood" and "This is the one true God and eternal life." 2) The Spirit is not an "it". I would interpret 1 John 5:7 as "And the Spirit is the One witnessing, because the Spirit is the truth." Or possibly, "And the Spirit is the one witnessing, because the Spirit is the Truth." We know that the Son of God has come into the world, and [He] has given us understanding, in order that we might know the One who is true. And we are in the true One, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the one true God. 1 John 5:20 From the heart, Ray |
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2992 | The Spirit or spirit?The Truth or truth? | 1 John 5:6 | Ray | 122623 | ||
Hi everyone, This is a revisit to 1 John 5:6 and I hope to discuss who or what the s(Spirit) is. I hope to suggest a consistent reading for 1 John 5:6 and 20. I hope to discuss with you possible readings and interpretations of the passage so that you can decide for yourselves whether you include verse 8 in your personal copies or not. 1 John 5:6, "This is the One who [This one is He, or This is He] who came by water and blood." 1 John 5:20, "This [one] is the true God and life eternal." 1 John 5:20, NASB, "This is the true God and eternal life." 1 John 5:20, NKJ, "This is the one true God and eternal life." My point then is that we can make "outos" in verse 6 and 20 as being interpreted "This one" or "This is". 2) The Spirit is not an "it". Here in 1 John 5:7 the word "outos" is not present but rather we have the word "ho" which is the definite article in the Greek which is often made a pronoun of "(h)He" [or the (o)One]. 1 John 5:6 has been interpretted now by the NASB as reading "This is the One" and I agree with that reading. For verse 7 we have that same "ho" for "And the Spirit is "ho" who witnesses." The Interlinear Greek copies that I have available to me all have the literal reading of "And the Spirit is the One witnessing". That is why I call into question the reading of both the NASB and NKJ for verse 7. 1 John 5:7, NASB, "And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is the truth." 1 John 5:7, NKJ, "And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth." I don't agree with the Spirit being called an "it". Also, I point out the difference between the two translations concerning "the truth" and "truth". I will be asking you whether the (s)Spirit is the truth, the Truth or truth. I believe that a look at John 8:32 would be in order here. Also, "who is the (w)Way, the (t)Truth, and the (l)Life?" From the heart, Ray |
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2993 | The Spirit or spirit?The Truth or truth? | 1 John 5:6 | Ray | 122668 | ||
Hi Searcher56, I am a little disappointed that you do not want to discuss this any more. I did read a few other threads from a "Search" and perhaps we can go to #36955 where the poster offers a definition of god. Childofaking and glory777 are searchers in that thread. But I still have not heard from you about what you think of god? Is god the same as God? Is an angel(a spirit being), the same as the Angel? Which comparison of Scriptures would you go with? John 1:1, NWT, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with (God), and the Word was a god. This **one was in the beginning with God." John 1:1, NASB, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with (God), and the Word was God. This **One was in the beginning with God." Do you agree with the Jehovah's Witness that **"he", (this god), was in the beginning with God? 1) You wrote "The Spirit is the Holy Spirit". So I agree. End of discussion. 2) However, is a [the]spirit the Holy Spirit? Is god the one, holy God? Is there room for any more discussion on these questions with you? 3) 1 John 5:5, NASB, "And who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that (Jesus) is the Son of God? 6 This is the **(o)One who came by water and blood..." The NASB has changed from "one" to "One" and I agree with their last copyright here. What do you find distasteful about studying capitalization? From the heart, Ray |
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2994 | A witness of the (w)Word? Yes. Both? | 1 John 5:6 | Ray | 122792 | ||
Hi Searcher56, So if (i)It refers to anyone of the Trinity, capitalize in English. Our choice is whether the Spirit is the It or the One who gives life. My interpretation is that "The Spirit is the One who gives life; the flesh profits nothing;..." John 6:63 1 John 5:7, "And (i)It is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is the truth." My interpretation is "And the Spirit is the One who bears witness; because the Spirit is the truth." From the heart, Ray |
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2995 | A witness of the (w)Word? Yes. Both? | 1 John 5:6 | Ray | 122829 | ||
Hi Searcher, O.K., I hear you. However, I would gladly try to be a ray of light if you would continue to be a searcher of truth. Best wishes, ray P.S. I am also a "counter of pronouns". Perhaps we can have some discussions concerning that other obsession of mine. I am considering Psalm 82 right now. From the heart, Ray |
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2996 | A witness of the (w)Word? Yes. Both? | 1 John 5:6 | Ray | 122847 | ||
Hi Rowdy, I have been involved in my study of His (w)Word since 1985. My wife of almost 30 years has thought of it as a compulsive/obsessive disorder. I have seen four psychologists together with her and with myself alone discussing it. We have talked of the resulting feelings of a strained relationship because of the time involved in the study. My wife, as well as many spouses on this forum I would suppose, has bemoaned the amount of time spent before this computer. One of the four pyschologists that I have seen for various time periods over the last twenty years was a Bible College President as well as a counsellor and psychologist and friend. Although seeing the problems inherent in my relationships with others because of the time spent on it, no one saw any danger in my studies from a religious standpoint. I appreciate your concern for me as well as my effectiveness for witnessing. Right now my work is still in pencil; I am searching right along with everyone else. If I have time to complete it in pen (not in stone) then I will see about calling it a ministry. In other words, if you think I am obsessed now, watch out for when/if I get it done in pen. I want to know Him and be complete in Him. Best wishes. From the heart, Ray |
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2997 | Who is this One (or one)? | 1 John 5:6 | Ray | 122868 | ||
Hi Kalos, So now you know that Ray has some problems with which to deal. However, I have asked Steve and now I ask you, "What do you find distasteful or 'disturbing' about capitalization study?" "What do you find 'unreasonable' about counting pronouns?" The disciples were men of "discipline". They worked hard. The disciples were called "mathetes", Strong's #3101. We get our word "math" from this Greek word. I believe that the disciples were mathmeticians to quite a degree. So whose problem are we talking about here? Do you have a problem as well? From the heart, Ray |
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2998 | Who is this One (or one)? | 1 John 5:6 | Ray | 122887 | ||
Hi Kalos, Certainly it would have been less confusing for you to have agreed with Searcher than to connect to the fact that I should go to school and learn English. You and Searcher have a valid point in that being obsessed, troubled of mind, an evil spirit ruling a person; all these have negative meaning and significance. But I wonder if there is necessarily that negativity. Webster for "obsession" has this also: 2a) the fact or state of being obsessed with an idea, desire, emotion, etc. b) such a persistent idea, desire, emotion, etc., esp. one that cannot be gotten rid of by reasoning. That sounds like it could be a magnificent obession to me. Not necessarily negative. From the heart, Ray |
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2999 | Who is this One (or one)? | 1 John 5:6 | Ray | 122891 | ||
Hi, I would like to offer my interpretation of these verses once more and then move on. 1 John 5:7, "And the Spirit is the One who bears witness..." John 4:10, "If you knew the gift of God, and who He is who says to you..." John 14:8, "Lord, show us the Father and it is enough for us." Here in this verse, perhaps being shown is enough. 1) Another verse to look at for the question of "Is the Father an it?" would be Psalm 95:5. Psalm 95:3, NASB, "For the Lord is a great God, And a great King above all gods, 4 In whose hand are the depths of the earth; The peaks of the mountains are His also. 5 The sea is His, for *it was He who made it; And His hands formed the dry land." Psalm 95:5, NKJ, "The sea is His, for *He made it; And His hands formed the dry land." From the heart, Ray |
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3000 | Who is this One (or one)? | 1 John 5:6 | Ray | 122893 | ||
Hi Kalos, We can't expect a reply from inactive members can we, but their thoughts still initiate activity. Thanks for your participation in this thread. Do you go with the NKJ version for Psalm 95:5? From the heart, Ray |
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