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NASB | Ephesians 4:9 (Now this expression, "He ascended," what does it mean except that He also had descended into the lower parts of the earth? |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 4:9 (Now this expression, "He ascended," what does it mean except that He also had previously descended [from the heights of heaven] into the lower parts of the earth? |
Subject: no physical death? not sinners? |
Bible Note: Hi stj......We need to clear some things up.I never said we don't sin.I said we are not sinners.Maybe this will help.John 3:6 says that which is born of the flesh is flesh,and that which is born of the spirit is spirit.First and foremost we are a spirit,we have a soul,and live in a body.This single aspect that man is a spirit is so interwoven throughtout Paul's writings that failure to recongnize it has kept many from grasping the rest of Paul's revelation......For Paul the spirit of man is the real man.He uses the term"heart"meaning the core or principle part in referring to it(Rom.2:28,29;Eph.3:16,17).He uses the term"inward man"in referring to it as in 2Cor.4:16...though our outward man perish,yet the inward man is renewed day by day.We know from Rom.2:28,29 that the term"inward man"refers to the heart or spirit,so the term"inward man" here refers to the spirit.Paul uses the term"I" or"we" in referring to his own spirit in 2Cor.4:16-18;1Cor.14;14;He uses the pronoun "you" when he speaks of other's spirits as in Eph.2:1"....you hath he quickened,who were dead..."We know this refers to their spirit because these Ephesians weren't dead physically,but spirituall before they were saved.In Eph.4:24 he calls the reborn spirit the new man.Our spitits have been recreated,been made one with Christ Himself through the impartation of His Life into us.We are new creations on the inside,the rightousness of God.All that is in Christ is now in our spirits where the union between us and Chris has been formed.What has to be dealt with now is our minds.Our minds need to be renewed.Rom.12:2.be transformed by the renewing of yoour mind.Our mind has not directly been changed in the new birth like your spirit has.It must undergo a process of renewal,there must be a change in the way our minds think.This happens as it is subjected to what is true of us in our spirit......2Cor.5:16 says to know no one after the flesh.There is a big difference between your self and your flesh.We are not to identify with our actions.We identify with who we are in spirit,because we are spirit......Be Blessed....PDAL. |