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    There is no spiritual gift called "the gift of tongues".

    GALATIANS 2:20 KJ21 I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me. And the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. John 14:20 Common English Bible 20 On that day you will know that I...
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    There is no spiritual gift called "the gift of tongues".

    You mean you don't want to know the truth. The outline proves you wrong.
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    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    friend, I already posted quotes from the Church Fathers which has proven you wrong.
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    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    John 21:25 Jesus also did many other things. If people wrote about all those things, there would be very many books. I do not think that the whole world would have enough room for all those books.
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    Did Jesus claim to be God?

    light read for nex few papes here: Where does the Pope get his authority?
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    Did Jesus claim to be God?

    True and all three are the one G_d
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    Did Jesus claim to be God?

    It is likely that Jesus was speaking Hebrew at the time, or perhaps Aramaic. He was addressing the Pharisees after all, and He very likely spoke to them in Hebrew. If He was speaking Hebrew, He would have said אהיה (hâyâh), which John would have rendered ego eimi in Greek. According to the...
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    Did Jesus claim to be God?

    light read for nex few papes here: Where does the Pope get his authority?
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    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    Dixon's statistical methodology, unlike Colwells', was to begin with anarthrous PNs (as opposed to only examining those PNs that were definite), and determine the semantic force of each. His statistical analysis substantiates Harner's findings: "When the anarthrous predicate nominative...
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    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    Phillip B. Harner The impact of Phillip B. Harner's study of qualitative anarthrous predicate nouns on the interpretation of John 1:1 cannot be overemphasized. Harner noted that "Colwell was almost entirely concerned with the question whether anarthrous predicate nouns were definite or...
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    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    At the same time, the vast majority of commentators (e.g., Carson) and some grammarians (e.g., Metzger) have accepted Colwell's conclusions regarding John 1:1, as has at least one major study (see Lane McGaughy, below). As with their earlier counterparts, these more recent scholars do not...
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    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    It is important to note that these scholars did not use the term "qualitative" to describe their view of THEOS in John 1:1c. Prior to Phillip B. Harner's study of qualitative anarthrous predicate nouns (see below), "qualitative" nouns were viewed more or less as indefinite nouns. These...
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    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    THEOS ÊN HO LOGOS. The first task of the translator faced with this clause is to determine the subject. In most sentences or clauses (such as John 1:1b), the noun in the nominative case is the subject. The noun in the accusative case is the direct object. However, in Greek, "copulative"...
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    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    PROS with the acc[usative] of a person, after verbs of remaining, dwelling, tarrying, etc. (which require one to be conceived of as always turned towards one)...after EIMI...Jn i.1 (Thayer). be (in company) with someone...J 1:1f (BAGD). a marker of association, often with the implication of...
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    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    https://www.bsw.org/biblica/vol-93-2012/the-worship-of-jesus-in-the-gospel-of-matthew/495/ en arch hn`o logoV, kai`o logoV hn proV ton qeon, kai qeoV hn`o logoV. EN ARCHÊ ÊN hO LOGOS, KAI hO LOGOS ÊN PROS TON THEON, KAI THEOS ÊN hO LOGOS. In [the] beginning was the Word, and the Word was...
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    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    https://www.puritanboard.com/threads/exegetical-insight-on-john-1-1c-by-daniel-wallace.72459/ This phrase is a stark statement of the deity of Christ. The Word was in His essence God; He had the proper essentials of deity. He in every sense had the qualities of God Himself. The Word was God’s...
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    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    What all this shows is that there is no hard and fast rule that can be applied when it comes to making decisions about the definiteness, indefiniteness, or qualitativeness of the author’s intent with anarthrous predicate nominatives. We are forced to make that decision based on other factors...
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    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    1 Corinthians 3:19, ἡ γὰρ σοφία τοῦ κόσμου τούτου μωρία παρὰ τῷ θεῷ ἐστιν (“For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God”) 1 Thessalonians 1:6, ὑμεῖς μιμηταὶ ἡμῶν ἐγενήθητε (“You became imitators of us”) – Likely not “some” or “the” imitators, but those with the quality of imitation. 1...
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    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    Anarthrous Predicate Nominatives preceding the verb where a definite interpretation seems the most likely possibility: Matthew 5:34, θρόνος ἐστὶν τοῦ θεοῦ (“it is the throne of God”) – There is only one throne of God. Matthew 5:35, μήτε εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα, ὅτι πόλις ἐστὶν τοῦ μεγάλου βασιλέως (“nor...