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daywalker:

--- Quote from: eggi on December 03, 2008, 04:26:43 PM ---Hi all,

Just noticed something today. In modern translations they tend to translate references to the Holy Spirit as if the Holy Spirit was a person. An example:

You know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God, don't you? You do not belong to yourselves, (1st Corinthians 6:19 International Standard Version 2008)

Others have it this way:

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own, (Young's Literal Translation)

Interesting to see how a doctrine can "color" the wording. I would think that the Greek says "which" and not "whom", but I haven't had the opportunity to verify this. Did anyone of you take a closer look at this?

God bless you,
Eirik


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Hello Again,

I think the opening segment from Ray's paper on the Trinity sums it up. The rest is just detail:

http://bible-truths.com/trinity.html:

The popular hymn goes:

"Holy Holy Holy, Lord God Al-mighty, God in three per-sons, Bless-ed trin-i-ty"

"God is a TRINITY" we have been told by the world’s leading theologians. That is, "God" is composed of THREE PERSONS. They are:

   1.      God the Father
   2.      The Holy Ghost [Spirit]
   3.      Christ Jesus the Son of God.

With just the above statement (which is accurate according to Christian teaching) we already have several unscriptural problems!

Learn something important and profound: Whenever someone tries to teach you a doctrine that is UNscriptural, he will always be forced to use words that are unscriptural.

    *      First of all, nowhere in the Scriptures is God referred to or called a "trinity."
    *      Second, the word "three" is never used in reference to Who or What God is.
    *      Third, God is never called or referred to as "a person."
    *      Four, the holy spirit is never called "God."
    *      Five, since Christ is the Son, He cannot also be the Father or be coequal with His Father. Christ plainly said:

    "My Father is GREATER than I" (John 14:28).

The holy spirit is never called God, God is never referred to as a trinity or a person or consisting of three, and Christ is the Son of the Father, YET this mysterious doctrine is believed by millions. Why?

And as we all know "God is Spirit" - John 4:24 **and NOT 'a' Spirit, but 'SPIRIT'.

Over & Out,

- Daywalker

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