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NASB | 1 Corinthians 12:3 Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus is accursed"; and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 12:3 Therefore I want you to know that no one speaking by the [power and influence of the] Spirit of God can say, "Jesus be cursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is [my] Lord," except by [the power and influence of] the Holy Spirit. |
Bible Question:
Hi all again, On the 16th of this month, I asked for an explaination of 2 Cor 1:3. I got some 50 responses but none that attempted to help me explain this verse. So I'll ask it again, word for word: I work with a Unitarian man and we talk Bible a couple of times every week. He believes the Unitarian creed, which holds the holy spirit to be just the influence of the Almighty God on the minds of his servants,dwelling in the hearts of believers, as the source of their spiritual life. He also showed me just yesterday 2 Cor 1:3, Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Here he says is proof that the trinity is not Bible based. I told him that he couldn't just pick out one scripture and make a whole doctrine out of it. But he said that there were many more bible verses that showed that Jesus has a God but Almighty God doesn't, and that proves Jesus isn't the Almighty God. He's very sharp when it comes to the Bible and I study it too, regularly. Being a Baptist, I try to prove him wrong about who God really is. He told me he would show me more verses that shows him that the trinity is not a bible teaching. He seems very sincere. So for now, any suggestions from anyone about this verse 2 Cor 1:3? Thanks |
Bible Answer: Part 2 of 3 Paul continues to “bring home” this God who reveals Himself as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19): 14For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19and to know this love that surpasses knowledge--that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. 20Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. (Ephesians 3:14-21) So the fullness of God is found in Christ (Colossians 2:2-3) and is given to us through the Holy Spirit--which part is more important? Who can we ignore? Can we gain Salvation without the fullness of God in the manner that He has chosen to reveal Himself to us? Would the Father, Almighty God, allow us to get near Him when we empty ourselves of the Son or of the Holy Spirit? Romans 14:17-18 clearly state the Holy Trinity as a single unit of God: if we Serve Christ Jesus in the Holy Spirit we please God!: 17For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, 18because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men. Paul is pleased to be a minister of the Gospel of God, not that there is another Gospel other than the Gospel of Christ (2 Corinthians 11:4), because he is procuring the sanctification of the Gentiles, which is done by the power of the Holy Spirit!: Romans 15 16to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles with the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. Even when requesting prayers, Paul uses the formula of the Holy Trinity: the One God in three Divine Persons: Romans 15 30I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me. In Corinthians, Paul warns of about destroying (misusing) the Temple of God, which is our own bodies, and he reveals that our body is the Temple of the Holy Spirit, which was bought by Jesus!: 1 Corinthians 3 17If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is sacred, and you are that temple. 1 Corinthians 6 19Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body. When we dissect Scripture and we hyper-analyze individual verses, are we being honest with God and ourselves or are we just attempting to impose our finite understanding on God? What does Scripture say about Christ’s resurrection? Does it not say that God raised Him from the dead? Does it not say that God’s Spirit raised Him from the dead? Who is right? Who is wrong? And when we include Jesus’ own statement--where do we go? Who has the final Word, the Father, the Son or the Holy Spirit?: Galatians 1 1Paul, an apostle--sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead-- 1 Peter 1 21Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God. |