Bible Question: What is the meaning of Life?? |
Bible Answer: Hi mrchadly, I don't know if the capital L of your question was for stress of the word, for showing your respect for life itself, or for showing Deity. If you have any input we'd like to hear from you I'm sure. I would like to talk about some places in the NASB which capitalize this word Life. I wrote to kalos about one, Acts 5:20. Another place is 1John 1:1, "What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we beheld and our hands handled, concerning the Word of Life--and the life was manifested, and we have seen and bear witness and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was manifested to us--what we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also, that you also may have fellowship with us;..."NASB I personally would go even farther than the NASB and the NKJ here and say that in the second verse that "the Life was manifested." Perhaps the translators are considering that interpretation for another time in the future. I know that as I compare their l977 and 1995 copies that I agree with many of their changes. This passage of 1John 1:5-7 where He is called Light is a case in point where I agree with the new copy. Another place where some translations have Life capitalized is when Jesus said that "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life." John 14:6. I believe that one finds meaning in life when we know Him as the Truth. He is also our Life. A place where I personally capitalize this word is Colossians 3:1-4, "If then you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our *Life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory." And lastly, this is my read, for what it is worth of John l:4, "In Him was Life, and the Life was the Light of men. The light shines in the darkness, for the darkness did not overpower it." |