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NASB | Colossians 2:12 having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Colossians 2:12 having been buried with Him in baptism and raised with Him [to a new life] through [your] faith in the working of God, [as displayed] when He raised Christ from the dead. |
Subject: repost of circumcission and baptism? |
Bible Note: Greetings Kalos! Thanks for the kind words! I must add though that it is easier than it looks to do sound research with the modern Bible programs available today. ;-) I love my program. It is a simple matter to look up every occurance of a word (English, Greek, or Hebrew). By the way, for the sake of the forum I would offer these recommendations for doing a good word study. 1) Look up every occurance of a particular Greek or Hebrew word. If you don't know the languages, use a good concordance like Strongs to find out which Greek or Hebrew word is being used. Some words may be used so often that one many only be able to do a representative sampeling. 2) Pay particular attention to how a particular author uses that word in his writtings. To many people make the mistake of just plugging in a concordance definition in every single verse, but this doesn't always work. Some authors use a particular word differently than others. So, when researching a word, determine how John (for instance) uses that word in his writtings. 3) Make a list of the possible meanings you have found doing your word study. Note things like case, tense, person, number, ect.... 4) Consult an expert in that particular language to make sure that you have not missed anything, especially idioms which may not be apparent apart from a knowledge of a language. Word studies are wonderful tools for understanding Scripture. Of course, one must still do sound exgesis of the text, but good word studies will answer many questions quickly and easily - as you mentioned earlier my friend! ;-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |