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Just what did he say that is wrong?

The Spirit of the Lord IS the WHOLE BALLGAME!

Regardless of Trump or his motivations or ignorance... When Biblical references are cited in the public sphere, it is not the speaker who speaks, but the Spirit of God.

2 Corinthians 3:12-18; 4:1-4

12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
13 And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

This thread really sums up what Paul is describing. The veil is blocking the view to the plain meaning.

To see the glory of God it is necessary to have the unobstructed vision. The light that goes on in the eyes is evidence that the observer sees the fire, which is the Spirit. Otherwise it (the image of God) wouldn't be reflected in the eyes.

The properties of a soul are reflected in the eyes, as the eyes are the window to the soul.

A vision - a spiritual vision - is viewed through the lens of a material or spiritual parable. In this case, a simple game of ball. The *whole* ball game.

But the crowd tittered, and several of the students audibly corrected him, pointing out that Christians say “Second Corinthians,” not “Two Corinthians.”

bungle.

VERB

1.carry out (a task) clumsily or incompetently, leading to failure or an unsatisfactory outcome:

It wasn't Trump who bungled.