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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: Please explain the Trinity. |
Bible Note: Greetings Ethan! Actually, English is fairly sloopy. Forms change at random. Spelling is inconsistent. Yes, one can use many words to clarify one's meaning. However, Greek can do the same thing with far less words and much more clarity. Yet, even Biblical Greek is not the most precise. The New Testament was written in Koine Greek, or Common Greek. It was the language of the market. Much more precise was Classical Greek. The point I was trying to make is simply this: Any language can be percise if one piles on adjectives, nouns, adverbs, and prepositional phrases. However, Greek includes many of these elements right into the form of the word. Let's use an easy example. Let's take this English sentance: I was loosing myself. It takes four words to express this meaning in English. In Greek, the entire sentance would be: eluoman. This is what I mean when I say that Greek is more precise. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |