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EPISODE · Jun 4, 2018

23 - Why the Holy Spirit Is Sometimes Incorrectly Referred to as "He" and "Him"

from Bible Study Aid -- Is God a Trinity? [ Audiobook ]

Many people assume that the Holy Spirit is a divine person, like the Father and Jesus Christ, based on references to the Spirit as "he," "him" and "himself" in the New Testament. This confusion arises from two factors—the use of gender-inflected pronouns in the Greek language (a difficult concept to understand for those who speak only English) and bias on the part of some translators.

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Many people assume that the Holy Spirit is a divine person, like the Father and Jesus Christ, based on references to the Spirit as "he," "him" and "himself" in the New Testament. This confusion arises from two factors—the use of gender-inflected...

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