1 1 14 1 1 14 Tozer The

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1: 1 -14 Tozer ~ "The sacred page is not meant to be the end, but only the means toward the end, which is knowing God himself"

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1: 1 -14 3 beginnings: Genesis 1 ~ 1 John 1 ~ beginning of Creation beginning of the incarnation beginning of eternity

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1: 1 -14 Colwell's Rule (1933) ~ "A definite predicate nominative has the article when it follows the verb; it does not have the article when it precedes the verb. . . A predicate nominative which precedes the verb cannot be translated as an indefinite … noun solely because of the absence of the article; if the context suggests that the predicate is definite, it should be translated as a definite noun despite the absence of the article. "

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1: 1 -14 The Word was God Subject verb predicate Definite article: the Word Indefinite article: a Word "If the definite article is absent, then an indefinite article is understood" … except …

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1: 1 -14 Colwell's Rule (1933) ~ "A definite predicate nominative has the article when it follows the verb; it does not have the article when it precedes the verb. . . A predicate nominative which precedes the verb cannot be translated as an indefinite … noun solely because of the absence of the article; if the context suggests that the predicate is definite, it should be translated as a definite noun despite the absence of the article. " Theos ēn ho logos God was the Word Predicate verb subject NWT ~ " … and the word was a god. "

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1: 1 -14 Is Jesus Jehovah's offspring? • Son of God ~ 43 x = idiom referring to His deity • Son of Man ~ = idiom referring to His humanity 85 x

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1: 1 -14 Life ~ zōē – not, bios or psuchē Comprehend ~ katalambanō – or, apprehend ESV ~ The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

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1: 1 -14 He came to His own, and His own received Him not "He came to His own creation, and His own people received Him not" 1 st own is neuter (creation), 2 nd own is masculine (humanity)

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1: 1 -14 Right ~ exousia – literally authority; KJV, power

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1: 1 -14 Not of blood ~ God has no grandchildren Will of the flesh ~ Salvation can't be by legislation

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1: 1 -14 Dwelt ~ skēnoō - literally tented, verb form of skēnos Only begotten ~ monogenēs - only one of its kind, unique

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