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3001 | where has this verse gone | 1 John 5:7 | Ray | 3466 | ||
Hi Mechezidekau, This note at the bottom of the page has gone right into my bible. I look at it that each of the Persons testified here on earth speaking not on Their own authority but They are one testimony. "For there are three that testify in in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit and these three are one. And there are three that testify on earth, the Spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement." I think that this is a verse that shows that this testimony is from heaven above. It wasn't one that Jesus was trying to show while He was here on the earth. He never claimed to be the Holy Spirit. But we know that He is, in heaven. And in our bodies and in our lives, Christ in us the hope of glory. I John 4:12, "No one has seen God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His spirit." (Small s mine) Later, Ray |
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3002 | Why would you include 1 John 5:7? | 1 John 5:7 | Ray | 98567 | ||
Hi Tim, Is the 10th century when we came out of the Dark Ages? Lets get out of that period of intellectual stagnation and determine that the whole passage should be included in the Scriptures. From the heart, Ray |
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3003 | put 1Jn 5:7 BACK where it belongs! | 1 John 5:7 | Ray | 98728 | ||
Hi justanotherchristian, I wonder how you feel about capitalization of Deity in regards to THE STANDARD ENGLISH BIBLE. You have said that you believe that God Himself [sic] is voting for the King James. Yet before you are halfway through Genesis we read about God seeing about finding a lamb "himself". Genesis 22:8, KJ, "And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself [sic] a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together." In regard to the 1 John passage and our desire to see this support for the triune God included in the Scriptures: I would think that we also want to see the triune God in Genesis 1:26, NASB, "And God said, "Let Us [sic] make man in Our image, according to Our likeness;..."? And yet the KJ has a lower case "us". Does the lack of capitalization concern you, i.e. bother you, as far as finding a standard Bible? I recommend the NASB and the NKJ because of their capitalization of pronouns of Deity. From the heart, Ray |
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3004 | put 1Jn 5:7 BACK where it belongs! | 1 John 5:7 | Ray | 98767 | ||
Hi Hank, Did you mean "spirit thereof" or Spirit?:) Yes, there will always be divisions. Romans 2:29, KJ, "But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit [sic], and not in the letter, whose praise is not of men, but of God." Romans 2:29, NASB, "But he is a Jew who is one outwardly...by the Spirit [sic], not by the letter." 1) Romans 7:6, NASB, "But now we have been released from the Law, having died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in newness of the Spirit [marginal note, Or, spirit] and not in oldness of the letter." 2) Romans 8:22,23, NASB, "For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now. And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body." Romans 8:15, NASB, "For you have not received a spirit of slavery, leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit [marginal note, Or, the Spirit] of adoption as sons by which we cry out, "Abba, Father!" Go figure. Can we make the right decisions here? I believe that we can. From the heart, Ray |
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3005 | In 1 john 5:8, what does the 'water | 1 John 5:8 | Ray | 18401 | ||
Hi Amelia, I don't think in context that it means baptism either. The reference given in my Study Bible for verse six "by water and blood" is John 19:34. "But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out." The blood and water showed Jesus' humanity. That He wasn't just God, that is Spirit, but He had a human body and it died. But the verses go on and say that it is the Spirit that testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. The truth of these three that testify on earth is that they are Spirit, water, and blood. God in the flesh, in other words. The Deity of Christ, God in the flesh, is what 5:5,6 is saying we must believe in order to othercome the world. Believe that (Jesus) is the Son of God. This is the One who came in the flesh, verse six.(My parentheses are for comparison and for showing oneness) I appreciate the fact that NASB's last copyright has changed the 'one' of 1977 to "One" in 1995. So there are "the Spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement." 1 John 5:8 Verse seven: "For there are three that testify in heaven, the Father, the (Word), and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one. These also are in agreement, in other words. Compare 1 John 5:5 with 1 John 4:15. "Whoever confesses that (Jesus) is the Son of God, God abides in him,..." ***The God who abides in us who believe is the One who came by water and the blood, and the testimony of God is greater than the testimony of men, verse 9. These three are one, in agreement. We no longer see this One who came in the flesh. We see Him as Spirit, for God is Spirit. John 16:8, "And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment; concerning sin, because they do not believe in (Me); and concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father and you no longer see Me."[The One who came by water and blood] 1 John 5:11, "And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His (Son). He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life." Later, Ray |
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3006 | Can we agree? A case of agreement? | 1 John 5:8 | Ray | 119211 | ||
1 John 5:8, NASB, "For there are three that bear witness, the Spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement." 1 John 5:8, NKJ, "And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one." 1 John 5:8, KJ, "And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one." Question: Should these three agree in "case" as well? In other words, which interpretation is correct: Spirit or spirit? Upper or lower case? From the heart, Ray |
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3007 | Can we agree? A case of agreement? | 1 John 5:8 | Ray | 119257 | ||
Hi Rowdy, It is appropriate that you mention THE Spirit. The word "the" in the Greek is often understood in our translations. For instance there is no "THE" in Ephesians 5:18, "...but be filled with [the] Spirit." Does that mean that we should be filled with spirit? Consider that before you answer. 1 John 5:8 has the Spirit [Or, spirit], the water, and the blood. Those occurances of "the" are in the Greek; but that doesn't mean that the next word should be the Water [note the capitalization], and the Blood, or even the Truth in verse 7. So I would not capitalize Water and Blood so that the cases agree with Spirit. That would not be appropriate. 1) As an aside, the word "Godly" is another word to consider for determining lower or upper case translation/interpretation. 2 Corinthians 7:10, "For behold what earnestness this very thing, this godly sorrow, has produced in you:..." [Or Lit. sorrow according to God], margin note in the NASB. 2) However, I would understand from your post that you do not see the need for the words "spirit, water, and blood" to be in the same case in order to be in agreement. From the heart, Ray |
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3008 | Can we agree? A case of agreement? | 1 John 5:8 | Ray | 119363 | ||
Hi Rowdy, Sorry, but I am just now looking at my email. It has been a busy week at my home as my one and only graduated from college today. Rejoice with us.:) 1) You wrote of "two basic types of spirit: 1) His Spirit or 2) our spirit." I agree wholeheartedly with your agreement of cases for we should indeed capitalize Deity and leave our spirit in lower case. But if you would say that God does not have a spirit I would disagree with that. For Jesus gave up His spirit when He breathed His last. God also breathed into Adam's nostrils the breath [sic] of life. John 3:8 talks about the wind or the spirit from God. For Ezekiel 36:26,27 I don't know if the spirit occurances there should agree in case or not. John 3:11, NASB, "Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know and testify of what we have seen, and you do not accept our testimony." John 3:11, NKJ, "Most assuredly I say to you, We speak what we know and testify what We have seen, and you do not receive Our witness." I go with the NKJ for that verse. Can you see the possibility of the spirit and the Spirit as determining a plural of "Our witness"? 1) Certainly the witness of our spirit is worthwhile but the the witness of God is greater. My witness as a man in agreement with the Scriptures, (I believe), is that the understanding should be-- that the authors intended to say-- "For there are three that bear witness, the spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement." 1 John 5:9, "If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for the witness of God is this, that He has borne witness concerning His Son." What is His witness? That Jesus is the Son of God. 1 John 5:6, "This is the One [sic] who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood." And the [One], the Spirit, is the truth. From the heart, Ray |
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3009 | Is this referencing the Holy Spirit? | 1 John 5:10 | Ray | 119665 | ||
Hi mommapbs, One of the references for the verse in the NASB Study Bible is Revelation 12:17. Here we see the comparison of those who make Him a liar (1 John 5:10 and John 8:40, 48) and those who accept the testimony of Jesus (Revelation 12:17. There are those who blaspheme **His name (Rev 13:6) and there are those who accept His testimony that "**I do not have a demon". That is what blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is all about, that is, saying that Jesus accomplished things through an unclean spirit; lying about His name,authority, and testimony; not being able to hear the words of God because the blasphemer is not of God. From the heart, Ray |
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3010 | Is this referencing the Holy Spirit? | 1 John 5:10 | Ray | 119737 | ||
Hi mommapbs, I have said that when the unbeliever calls God a liar then he is blaspheming the Holy Spirit. The ones who believe in the Son of God (1 John 5:13) are the ones who recognize that Jesus came forth from God (John 8:42). There is no demon or unclean spirit involved in His authority. However, I really did not respond to your question about the witness or testimony in 1 John 5:10. I do not believe that the witness or testimony in 1 John 5:10 is the Holy Spirit, and I do not believe that testimony or witness should be capitalized. The MacArthur Study Bible notes say that 1 John 5:6-11 has 9 occurances of the Greek word that means "bear witness" or "testimony". I count eleven. I don't know how many of these occurances you would suggest capitalizing if any. One of the places that MacArthur does not count is in 1 John 5:10. Neither the NKJ nor the NASB has the last Strong's #3140 that is in the Greek for that verse. NKJ reads "because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son". The Green's literal translation reads, "because he has not believed in the witness which God has witnessed concerning His Son". NASB reads, "because he has not believed in the witness that God has borne concerning His Son". This should read something like "witness that God has borne [witness to] concerning..."; similar to verse 9, "for the witness of God is this, that He has borne witness concerning His Son". So the question is "What is the witness that God has borne witness to concerning His Son?" The answer is in verse 11: "And the witness is this; that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son." I think the answer is in Matthew 12:28 also, but that will have to wait till another time as far as my thoughts are concerned. Good night. From the heart, Ray |
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3011 | Is this referencing the Holy Spirit? | 1 John 5:10 | Ray | 119772 | ||
Hi mommapbs, I am sorry that I caused you to think that I would try to link unbelief with blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. In other posts I have stated that blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is demonstrated by the Pharisees in Matthew 12:24 when they said that He "casts out demons only by Beelzebul the ruler of the demons". They were unbelievers but the actual blasphemy of the Holy Spirit was in their attributing the authority of Jesus to an unclean spirit or to Satan. 1) For Matthew 12:28 I interpret "Spirit" to be in the lower case. Here is my interpretation for what it is worth. Matthew 12:28, "But if I cast out demons by the *spirit of (God), then the kingdom of God has come upon you." Any comments? 2) Have you "penciled in" any upper case occurance of the "Witness" in your copy? Do you capitalize "Testimony" in 1 John 5:10? From the heart, Ray |
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3012 | Is this referencing the Holy Spirit? | 1 John 5:10 | Ray | 119826 | ||
Hi mommapbs, Thank you for the references. Here are a couple comparisons to consider. Matthew 12:24-39 John 5:30-34 Mattew 12:32b, "...but whoever shall speak against the (Holy) Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him;..." John 5:32, "There is (Another) who bears witness of Me,..." Parentheses mine for comparison. 1) John 5:32, Green's literal translation, "it is Another witnessing concerning Me, and I know that the witness which He witnesses concerning Me is true." John 5:32, NKJ Interlinear by Nelson Publishers, "Another is the [One] testifying about Me,..." (One) is in italics as being understood in the Greek in the Nelson copy. 2) Matthew 12:27, "And if I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? Consequently they shall be your judges. 28 But if I cast out demons by the Spirit [I would say **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." ** Stars and parentheses are mine for comparisons. If you can speak of the activity of Jesus, the will of God, and the power of the Holy Spirit, then I would think that you can consider the finger and the spirit of God. The activity, will, power, finger, and spirit all being in lower case. What do you think? From the heart, Ray |
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3013 | Is this referencing the Holy Spirit? | 1 John 5:10 | Ray | 119845 | ||
Hi mommapbs, You may be interested in looking then at Acts 17:29-31. I personally have "divine nature" penciled in my copy. :) From the heart, Ray |
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3014 | God has given: What is eternal life? | 1 John 5:11 | Ray | 136076 | ||
1 John 5:11, "And the witness [testimony, NASB95] is this, that **God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son." John 10:28, "and **I give eternal life to them, and they shall not perish; and no one shall snatch them out of My hand." In comparing these verse I would say that it is evident that Jesus is God. I see the Scriptures telling us that believing "in the name of the Son of God" is recognizing that "I and the Father are one". Do you have any other thoughts concerning the eternal life that is given to us? From the heart, Ray |
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3015 | God has given: What is eternal life? | 1 John 5:11 | Ray | 136104 | ||
Hi BradK, The phrase before the verse that you are presenting here is a good comparison/contrast verse to the ones that I offered. John 10:28, "And **I give eternal life to them..." 1 John 5:11, "And the witness is this, that **God has given us eternal life..." John 17:2, "...**He may give eternal life." Thank you for that Scripture reference. May I offer this comparison also. John 17:3, "And this is eternal life, that they may know Thee, the only true (God), and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent." 1 John 5:20, "And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding, in order that we might know (Him) who is true,..." 1) How much can we equate eternal life with the word of God, the Scriptures? John 6:68, "Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? **You have words of eternal life." From the heart, Ray |
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3016 | sin unto death | 1 John 5:16 | Ray | 51031 | ||
Hi New Creature, 1)Everyone who would fellowship with the Father and His Son Jesus Christ. Anyone who had seen the Life and will come to the Light and be cleansed in His blood. 2)I think that the death mentioned is spiritual. God will give spiritual life. 3)Yes, a believing brother or one who is open to hearing the word of God. Just in passing, I fear for the testimony and outcome of Judas more than I have as I consider that no one (to my knowledge) had prayed for Judas. Contrast with John 17:12. 4) The sin of unbelief and apparent denial. 5) An "a" is there in all my available indicators. I hope that people will not be of the world, but rather have fellowship with Him. From the heart, Ray |
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3017 | The 3 witnesses of 1 John 5:7-8? | 1 John 5:16 | Ray | 78950 | ||
Hi Estabon, Welcome to the forum; I hope that you will enter in the thread you started with comments and reactions. May I introduce myself as one who is interested in capitalization of pronouns of Deity and also as one interested in counting them. Hence, my comments will concern those things. If you have read the other suggested threads, you know that "Father, Word, and Holy Spirit" are four words concerning Deity, but they are being disputed as having been put in later, or as being "marginal". Personally, I have incorporated those four pronouns (verse 7, NKJ) into my personal copy. I believe that when manuscripts differ, they differ at places where the number of pronouns translated concerning Deity are differing among the translations. In other words, I believe that if this is indeed marginal, it is saying, "make sure you have the correct total of pronouns". 1) The total of pronouns may differ naturally (not because of differences in faith of the readers or translators) simply because the choice is present of "truth or Truth". A choice not unlike 1 John 3:20 where "Him" could just as well have been "it". 2) If one is determined to exclude the four pronouns of verse 7 of the NKJ version, then I can offer a couple of possibilities that "make sure you get the correct number of pronouns". a) If you don't agree with "The Spirit testifies because the Spirit is the truth"; then I offer this interpretation. 1 John 5:6, ... "The Spirit is the One who testifies, because the Spirit is the Truth. 7 For there are Three that testify; 8 the Spirit and the water and the blood; and the Three are in agreement [literally, for the one thing]." [I think we can all agree that the thing that we are all looking for is truth and the Truth.] b) If you don't like the two inclusions of "Three" to our total because it suggests three Gods to you, then we can also consider verse 12 to "make sure we have the correct number of pronouns." Here we have the marginal note in the NKJ of [Or, the life]. I would give you the choice of "the Life". Possible suggested 1 John 5:12, "He [anyone] who has the Son has the *Life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the *Life." 3) Whatever choices you make I believe that you want the correct four pronouns settled in your mind before verse thirteen. 1 John 5:13, "These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, in order that you may know that you have eternal life." a) For this verse we have a differing manuscript that adds (you can find it in the NKJ) "and that you may [continue to] believe in the name of the Son of God." b) This eternal life is in the Son. So, again, I believe that manuscripts differ where the believers had been determining for themselves what should be capitalized and counted. Just personal opinion. I compare 1 John 5:13 with Acts 5:20, "Go your way, stand and speak to the people in the temple the whole message of this Life." So we have the Truth and the Life, anyone want to talk about the Way? That won't be any easier. From the heart, Ray |
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3018 | The 3 witnesses of 1 John 5:7-8? | 1 John 5:16 | Ray | 79706 | ||
Hi Estabon, Thank you for your excellent post, my friend. I liked it very much. Sorry for being so late in telling you so. From the heart, Ray |
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3019 | the wicked one does not touch [him] | 1 John 5:18 | Ray | 122742 | ||
Hi Radioman2, If the One who was begotten of God carefully watches over and protects us, should not that pronoun of the One be capitalized for clarity of understanding? The pronoun is capitalized in the NASB and the Amplified but not in the NKJ. 1 John 5:18, NKJ, "We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he [sic] who has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him." MacArthur note in the NKJ version: "himself. This word is not in the best manuscripts. The better reading in the original language is "keeps him", referring to the fact that God protects the believer." My point is that if God protects the believer then "He who is born of God keeps him". So we are in Him who is true, in His Son. My point is that the NKJ needs to make that capitalization change to meet the interpretation expressed by MacArthur. From the heart, Ray |
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3020 | Do we know Him who is true? In Him? | 1 John 5:20 | Ray | 145694 | ||
The Amplified version suggests that "This [Man] is the true God". The literal Greek would indeed have "This One is the true God and life eternal." I would suggest a comparison with John 17:3,4. John 17:3, Literal, "And this is eternal life, that they may know **Thee, the only true (God), and the One whom You sent, Jesus Christ. 3 I glorified Thee/ on the earth..." 1 John 5:20, Literal, "And we know that the Son/ of God has come, and has given us understanding, in order that we might know **Him who is true, and we are in (Him) who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This One is the true God/ and eternal life." The parentheses, stars, and slashes are mine for comparisons. The thought here being that this One is the true God/ and that He glorified God/ while on the earth. Any more thoughts? From the heart, Ray |
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