Subject: "word" or "Word" |
Bible Note: Mark you said: Mr. Green apparently believes that this reference refers to Christ Yes, thats what I'm getting at. Does word in this verse refer to the written word, or to the person which "Word" would indicate. Obviously their is not full agreement even among translators on this. Marvin Vincent in his word studies makes the following interesting comment on the usage of "Word" in 1 Pet. 1:23 1Pe 1:23 - Being born again Rev., having been begotten again. Compare Jam_1:18. Of seed - by the word Note the difference in the prepositions; the former denoting the origin or source of life, the latter the medium through which it imparts itself to the nature. Word of God The gospel of Christ. Compare 1Pe_1:25, and Peter's words, Act_10:36. Also, Eph_1:13; Col_1:5; Jam_1:18. Not the personal Word, as the term is employed by John. Nevertheless, the connection and relation of the personal with the revealed word is distinctly recognized. “In the New Testament we trace a gradual ascent from (a) the concrete message as conveyed to man by personal agency through (b) the Word, the revelation of God to man which the message embodies, forming, as it were, its life and soul, to (c) The Word, who, being God, not only reveals but imparts himself to us, and is formed in us thereby” (Scott, on Jam_1:18, “Speaker's Commentary”). |