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1 | Can one have the Spirit of God? | 1 Cor 7:40 | Mommapbs | 108484 | ||
"Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is God who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge." 2 Cor 1:21-22 According to this verse, all believers have been given the Spirit. I suspect that Paul is perhaps justifying his opinion here by stating that he believes that it is from the indwelling Spirit. Frankly, marriage to a flawed human being is quite a challenge in comparison to being united with Jesus Christ so I am inclinded to agree with Paul on this! What are you thinking about Ray? Blessings! mommapbs |
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2 | Can one have the Spirit of God? | 1 Cor 7:40 | Ray | 108508 | ||
Hi Mommapbs, Paul entreats the believers to walk in the Spirit, to live in the Spirit, and in 1 Corinthians 3:16 says, "Do you not know that you are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?" So I would say that Paul KNOWS that he has the Spirit of God dwelling in him. But in 1 Corinthians 7:40 he says, "and I THINK that I also have the *spirit of God." He thinks that he knows the mind of God. He thinks that he knows what God would say. So my thinking on this is that the verse is not talking about the Person (Spirit), but rather about the minds, thoughts, words (spirit) of God. 2) My interpretation of 2 Corinthians 1:21,22 for what it is worth: "Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is God; [the One] who also sealed us and gave us the *spirit in our hearts as a pledge." 3) Ephesians 1:13, "In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation--having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the *holy *spirit of promise, who is given as a pledge..." Whenever a gift, a pledge, a promise, is GIVEN, I think lower case spirit. When the Giver of the gift is spoken of I think of Spirit. Those are my thoughts. From the heart, Ray |
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3 | Can one have the Spirit of God? | 1 Cor 7:40 | Mommapbs | 108542 | ||
Greetings Ray, I think we are in agreement on 1 Cor 7:40, however . . . Re Eph 1:13-14 "In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation--having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the *Holy *Spirit of promise, Who is given as a pledge..." Our sealing is a work of the Holy Spirit. To me, the verse is clearer when I see Holy Spirit AND Who instead of who. You wrote: "Whenever a gift, a pledge, a promise, is GIVEN, I think lower case spirit. When the Giver of the gift is spoken of I think of Spirit. Those are my thoughts." My thoughts: If the Giver and the Gift are the same - they BOTH should be uppercase! This is in contrast to the "gifts" of the Spirit or the "fruit" of the Spirit. Blessings on your day! mommapbs |
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4 | Can one have the Spirit of God? | 1 Cor 7:40 | Ray | 108563 | ||
Hi Mommapbs, The first chapter of Ephesians is a good passage to study to see how the translators deal with "in whom" or "in Him". Ephesians 1:13 for instance in my Study Bible has "In Him, you also,..." with a marginal note saying [Lit., whom]. A comparison of the NASB and the NKJ for verses 10 and11 is indicative of the same choices to be made in interpretation and translation. However, to capitalize "Who" would be confusing to my mind. I would complete the sentence and start with a capitalized pronoun in the next rather than capitalize Who. 1) Another thing to consider in studying Ephesians 1:14 is the difference in manuscripts for "who is given as a pledge". The NU copy has a letter that is translated "which" while another Interlinear that I have in what I believe is a TR text, has letters which translate as "who". So I believe that it would be safe to say that this discussion that we are having is nothing new. From the heart, Ray |
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