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To: one Lord one faith one baptism
For – Greek word εἰς - into, unto, to, towards, for, among.

"For" (as used in Acts 2:38 "for the forgiveness...") could have two meanings. If you saw a poster saying "Jesse James wanted for robbery", "for" could mean Jesse is wanted so he can commit a robbery, or is wanted because he has committed a robbery. The later sense is the correct one. So too in this passage, the word "for"signifies an action in the past.

http://www.searchgodsword.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=1519

Maybe it would be good for you to learn the meaning of the original words used instead of relying on just the English.

2,754 posted on 12/04/2011 8:54:33 PM PST by CynicalBear
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To: CynicalBear

LOL!

it doesn’t mean “because of”

how many years of Greek have you had?

why do you know more Greek than EVERY translator of the Bible and the Greek Catholic Church??

can you twist Acts 22:16 the same way??

So too in this passage, the word “for”signifies an action in the past.

action in the past? the preceding v37 “Brethern, what shall we do??

no remission of the sins had occurred yet.

quit twisting the Scriptures, it’s offensive.


2,755 posted on 12/04/2011 9:00:26 PM PST by one Lord one faith one baptism
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To: CynicalBear; D-fendr; rzman21

“and you will receive the Holy Spirit”

was this a past event as well??

LOL!

if they had received remission of sins as a past event, they would have also already received the Holy Spirit, correct?

quit twisting the Scriptures, it’s offensive.


2,758 posted on 12/04/2011 9:03:40 PM PST by one Lord one faith one baptism
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