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Originally Posted by Pressing-On
It doesn’t appear to make any difference where the comma is placed or whether or not “is” is inserted before God. It is very simple because we know that Jesus is God.
I don’t really know what it is you want the passage to mean. If you are trying to make it mean anything else, that is problematic for you.
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The comma would make a big difference, creating an apposition of Christ and God, yet also disconnecting God and blessed.
And I gave four possible interpretations of the AV text above.
In fact, Jesus is rarely, if ever, declared as God in the New Testament, the norm is to use dual addressing. There are dozens of examples of dual addressing. Most evangelicals would find Jesus as God the Father objectionable doctrinally, although oneness proponents may like that interpretation.
Yes, there are verses like "God was manifest in the flesh", the Colossians verses,
John 1:1, "my Lord and my God", those are of a different nature than leaving the AV and saying the TEXT says "Christ is God', a common mistranslation in about 3 verses.