In Galatians 1:11-12 Paul states:
But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through the revelation of Jesus Christ"
Yes, Paul gives an account of how he learned his...
1. Jesus Chose Paul
From the three separate accounts of Paul’s conversion as recorded in the Book of Acts, we find that Jesus Himself chose Saul of Tarsus to be His special messenger. For example, we read the following in Acts 9:
Saul kept threatening to murder the Lord’s disciples. He went to...
Luke 21:37-38
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37 During the day Jesus taught the people in the Temple area. At night he went out of the city and stayed all night on the Mount of Olives. 38 Every morning all the people got up early to go listen to Jesus at the Temple.
Paul himself admitted in 1...
The Greek word "one" (heis) in reference to two persons or things may be used to specify many types of unions. It can signify "unity of purpose," as the Watchtower suggests in 1 Corinthians 3:6ff (SYBT, p. 24), where Paul says that he and Apollos (as "planter" and "waterer") are "one" in the...
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egw kai `o pathr `en esmen.
EGO KAI hO PATHR hEN ESMEN
I and the Father one are.
hEN (1520)
To be united most closely (in will, spirit), Jn x. 30 (Thayer).
In contrast to the parts, of which the whole is made up ... J 10:30 (BAGD)...
This verse is often used by Trinitarians as proof of the essential unity and equality of Jesus with His Father. Some Trinitarian commentators and many non-Trinitarians argue that Jesus is simply speaking about a unity of purpose, of His union with God's design and plan for His people. Still...
A straw man fallacy is a logical fallacy that occurs when someone misrepresents an opponent's argument by oversimplifying or exaggerating it, and then refutes that distorted version. The term "straw man" comes from the idea that a scarecrow is a weak opponent that can be easily destroyed.
Jesus is the one coming back, not the Father.
Matthew 24:42–44
Jesus says, "Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of Man cometh"
3. John 5:28–29
Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out, those...
John 1
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Christ Comes to the World
1 Before the world began, the Word[a] was there. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was there with God in the beginning. 3 Everything was made through him, and nothing was made without him. 4 In him there was life, and that...
John 1:17
That is, the law was given to us through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
John 4:25
The woman said, “I know that the Messiah is coming.” (He is the one called Christ.) “When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”
Luke 1:69
He has given us a powerful...