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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! Let me quickly touch upon your comments! 1) I am glad you have not felt insulted my friend! :) When I appeal to the Greek, I am not trying to make my view more important, but simply factual. If someone tells me that 2 Cor. 4:4 says that 'Satan is the god of this world', I simply look at the text and find that 'Satan' is not in the text. That is simply a fact, not opinion. :) 2) Again, I am sorry if you viewed my comments about paragraphs as sacrcasm. It certainly was not my intent. I was simply using examples of things that we do in English that Greek did not do. :-) 3) There certainly is a lot of info available today! :-) 4) You wrote: "So, based on your knowledge of Greek and limited retained knowledge of Hebrew, you must be smarter or more intelligent or have a 'better' understanding of the ancient text than ANY of the translation teams of the 19 translations listed on www.biblegateway.com." I never claimed to be smarter! The Greek text does not use capitalization. So, the translations teams have made their interpretative choice to use 'god' rather than 'God'. That is certainly their right. However, since I do know Greek, it is also my right to make a different interpretative choice. ;-) There have certainly been times in most every major translation that I have agreed with certain choices. Should I simply go with what someone else says, or should I do the research that I am capable of doing? Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |