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NASB | Romans 8:16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 8:16 The Spirit Himself testifies and confirms together with our spirit [assuring us] that we [believers] are children of God. |
Bible Question:
Hi, I have used my pencil eraser since I made this post that I am attaching to here. In the Romans 8:9-16 passage I now choose to put in lower case FIVE words of "spirit" instead of only THREE earlier. I would like some input from the forum concerning this change. I now see these comparisons of Scriptures: Romans 8:16, "The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of (God)." Acts 15:7,8, "And after there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, "Brethren, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe. 8 And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them, giving them the *holy *spirit, just as (He) also did to us." Acts 5:32, [as I see it], also see NKJ, "And we are His witnesses of these things; and so is the *holy *spirit, which God has given to those who obey (Him)." Comments and Scriptures, please. From the heart, Ray |
Bible Answer: Hi Ray, I have a question for you. You quote Romans 8:16 using a translation that translates outos (itself) as "himself" instead. My King James and the New American Bible, Darby, etc, clearly translate outos as what outos truly should be translated "itself". My question though is; were the King James translators dishonest in transmitting the Word of God? Or were the translators of the translation you used dishonest by using "himself". Fact is, someone was dishonest (perhaps the scribes who merely copied the Greek to Greek) and was trying to promote what wasn't original since we have two opposing lines of thought. Is the Holy Spirit a person and so someone chose to make it appear so by changing outos (itself) to himself? If you are sincerely looking for accuracy then, this is serious study, as this verse originally has absolutely no personification indicators attached. Tara1 |