Questions tagged [personification]
Personification occurs when an idea, object or animal is represented as a person as a type of anthropomorphic metaphor.
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How can someone be "filled with the Spirit" if the Spirit is a person? Ephesians 5:18
Ephesians 5:18:
And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, [ESV]
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; [KJV]
and be ...
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Is Acts 15:28 evidence that the Holy Spirit is a personal being capable of having opinions about things?
Acts 15:28 (ESV):
28 For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay on you no greater burden than these requirements:
Since the pronoun "us" clearly points to the people at the ...
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