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NASB | John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 1:1 In the beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. [Gen 1:1; Is 9:6] |
Subject: Does the Father have a God? |
Bible Note: By the way, a fascinating read on the Unitarian controversy can be had in the letters of John Quincy Adams to his parents. John and Abigail Adams were members of the First Parish Church of Quincy, part of the liberal wing of New England Congregationalism that became Unitarian as a result of the schism resulting from the Unitarian controversy. Their son, John Quincy, was much more conservative. When, to his dismay, he discovered that his parents were embracing Unitarianism, he and his father began a long correspondence in which the young John presents very cogent arguments in favor of orthodoxy. I would highly recommend these letters for any Christian's study. The fascinating thing is that the arguments of liberalism can be traced back as far as Baalism in ancient Israel and Gnosticism in the early church. Hence, we see the same ideas being discussed in modern circles. The repetoir of the Enemy does not vary much through the ages. |