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NASB | 1 Corinthians 11:3 But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 11:3 But I want you to understand that Christ is the head (authority over) of every man, and man is the head of woman, and God is the head of Christ. |
Subject: searching for the truth |
Bible Note: "If I then try to 'obey' my misconception of the word's meaning, am I really obeying God?" Hi, Tim Moran! You are so correct! That is why we have such a grandiouse divergence of Christian denomenations... each person that seeks to find "his/her" truth breaks away from the next person/group that does not agree/accept that "truth!" Christ did not say that the Paraclete, the Holy Spirit, would guide us to many truths, He said that He would guide us to the complete Truth!: ie: just recently I had a visit from an evangelist who offered to help me study so that I can discover the truth about Christ's Chruch--which had been in some sort of limbo for over a thousand years after the death of the Apostles... He and his congregation base their belief on one particular Scriptural passage: "...another fold..." Their founder searched Scripture support in order to give credance to his doctrinal belief... he made history! "So we keep searching the Scriptures for supporting evidence that “we” are correct." This is a generic term which I use to convey the whole of a group as society, Americans, Christians... in no way am I attempting to speak for others nor do I insinuate that that is the mind set of all believers! You are right, understanding the meaning of words give a more defined shape to what they represent... but we must also be cautious not to rely solely on the values of words... there are those that will go to their graves refusing to accept Jesus as God! They too base their fallicious belief on the exactness of some words in Scripture! I think that when we humbly come to God, asking for His Holy Spirit to guide us, even those Scripture passages that seem obscure become as bright as sun light! God Bless! Angel |