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Bible Note: Hi George, John 4:24,NKJ, "God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." John 4:25, NASB, "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." 1) I give you these Scriptures for consideration in the respective translations to show how I interpret these things that you have been talking about according to pronouns of Deity. The NKJ has Spirit capitalized in John 4:24. I go with that because it allows us to see the difference between a spirit (an angel) and the Spirit (God). 2) I wrote out John 4:25 because it is an example of how a parenthesis is an explanation. In other words, it talks about the Messiah (He who is called Christ). I would like to comment on your parenthesis in the post I am answering. You describe "the Godhead: the Father; the Son and the Holy Ghost (spirit)". I would say that your parenthesis is not a good explanation of the Holy Spirit being a third Person of the Trinity. 3) I would also say that there is a difference between the spirit of man and the Spirit of God. When you speak of "the spirit of God, the spirit of Jesus and the spirit of the Holy Ghost" you are not using the capitalization interpretation of the NASB or NKJ. Romans 8 tells us that we should walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. Romans 8:9, "However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him." From the heart, Ray |