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To what degree is understanding the feelings of a biblical author necessary in exegesis?
I find that miscommunication is often about feelings and not words. Ancient writings requires linguistics, history and cultural knowledge to provide accurate English versions that convey the original ...
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Romans 8:11 - present or future?
Romans 8:11 appears in the following context:
9 However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he ...
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Who is it that “wills” in 1 Corinthians 12:11?
I'm not concerned with anything but what 1 Corinthians 12:11 and the immediate context states.
Greek text of Stephanus 1550:
πάντα δὲ ταῦτα ἐνεργεῖ τὸ ἓν καὶ τὸ αὐτὸ πνεῦμα διαιροῦν ἰδίᾳ ἑκάστῳ ...
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If synoptic parallelism is a valid hermeneutic, is the Holy Spirit = the Spirit of the Father? [closed]
Matthew 10:19-20 (KJV)
But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but ...
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What is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit?
Mark 3:20-30 contains a familiar passage with a long debated phrase:
3:20 Now Jesus went home, and a crowd gathered so that they were not able to eat. 21 When his family heard this they went out ...
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What does it mean to convict the world concerning righteousness?
In John 16:8-11, we read (emphasis mine):
When he comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment: in regard to sin, because men do not believe in me; in ...
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What does it mean when it is said that faith is given by the Holy Spirit? (1 Cor. 12:9)
1 Corinthians 12:9 (KJV)
To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
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What gender does the pronouns have that denote ruach or pneuma?
In Hebrew the word for wind/breath/spirit is ruach, which is feminine (like all nouns for body parts). However, some theologians use that as an argument for calling the Holy Spirit "she".
Pneuma in ...
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Who is holding back the “secret power of lawlessness” (2 Th2:7)?
2 Thessalonians 2:7 (AMP):
For the mystery of lawlessness (that hidden principle of rebellion against constituted authority) is already at work in the world, [but it is] restrained only until ...
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Is Jesus giving the Spirit in John 20:22?
After the resurrection in John's gospel, Jesus appears to the disciples and in John 20:22 he breathes on them and says, "Receive the Holy Spirit." What is happening here? Is Jesus giving them the Holy ...
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“Sealed” (ἐσφραγίσθητε) in Eph. 1:13
Eph. 1:13 (NASB) says:
In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation--having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise,
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What role does the Holy Spirit play in hermeneutics?
As Christians in the NT age of the Church it is understood that believers have an indwelling of the Holy Spirit who acts as a counselor and guide, enabling them to rightly understand God's word. How ...
