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NASB | 2 Corinthians 4:4 in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Corinthians 4:4 among them the god of this world [Satan] has blinded the minds of the unbelieving to prevent them from seeing the illuminating light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. |
Subject: 2 Cor 4:4 |
Bible Note: Greetings Mike! Have you got a Strong's concordance? Doing word studies is quite easy, even if one does not know Greek. Find a word that you are intested in studying in more depth and look up it's number in Strongs! In this case, I was looking at a word that is used many times in the NT - 'theos' or God. It's Strong's number is 2316. You can find Strong's online as well or in some Bible software. This will make the task much easier. 'Theos' occurs 1343 times according to Strong's! In this case, I wanted to find out how 'ho theos', which is simply the word with the definite article, was used in the New Testament. So, I used my Bible software to search for every occurance of 'ho theos'. Thus, I found that it occurs 243 times. Then, I simply read each verse where it occurs. This is a long example, but there are many such word studies that can be very valuable. Again, I stress my friend that you do not HAVE to know Greek. However, you are placing your trust in someone else to do the translations for you. If they are good translators, you are fine. But, the originals were written in Hebrew, Greek, and some Aramaic. So, it is a great help to get to the place that one can read the originals. Dr. John MacArthur used to say that today is the best time to live if one does not know Greek. There are so many resources available to help one to dig into the original, even without having to learn the language. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |