Foolish one...not for ROFL, but for believing the lie of translators who often never knew when, or when not to, capitalize the word spirit. I don't see the HOLY Spirit here in your verse. I only see the word spirit capitalized just like the
Spirit of Christ should be shouldn't it? Where do you think the "
holy spirit of Christ in you" came from???? The devil? Nay lady, it came from the same place that the Spirit of Christ in Jesus came from, as a
Spirit of GOD. Jesus never had the
Holy Spirit of the trinity come to Him until he was 30 years old. So also the Holy Spirit doesn't come to anyone at the re-birth of their spirit into that of the Spirit of Christ.
HEB 2:17 Therefore he had to be made like his brethren in every respect,
You do know 'when' you became a brethren don't you? When his spirit became ONE with yours.
1CO 6:17 But he who is united to the Lord becomes one spirit with him.
Oh look they forgot to capitalize it here.
Not that you'll understand it...while ROFL, but I'll post the introduction to my Greek Interlinear where the TRANSLATORS themselves admit their difficulty in knowing when to capitalize spirit because they didn't even know what spirit was being talked about.
And GUESS WHAT....your litmus
Roman 8:9 is very verse they use to demonstrate their difficulty. A difficulty you aren't even aware of. And now ROFL, thinking that quoting a bible translated by fundamentalists could be perfect in understanding spiritual things. I think it is I who should be ROFL. But I'm not. I'm truly sad for you and so many others.
INTERLINEAR GREEK ENGLISH NEW TESTAMENT
ZONDERVAN PUBLISHED 1972. Based on STEVENS GREEK TEXT
Introduction page iii
5. Capitals.- The only remark needed here is in reference to the names of God, of Christ, and of the Holy Spirit. The greatest difficulty is touching
the word 'Spirit.' In some places it is very difficult to say whether the Holy Spirit as a person or the spirit of the Christian is referred to (see Rom.8:9) ; and if sometimes a small letter and sometimes a capital had been placed to the word (pneuma in the Greek) and if sometimes a small letter and sometimes a capital had been placed to the word (pneuma), in the Greek, persons would naturally have concluded that the question was thus indisputably settled. It was therefore judged best to put a small s in the Greek everywhere. In the English we have been obliged to put a capital S when the Holy Spirit was referred to and so have retained it wherever we thought this was the case; but in some places it is really doubtful, and becomes a question for the spiritual judgment of the reader.
The Greek will not help in the difficulty, because in the earliest copies every letter was a capital. In the other names we have followed the usage of modern editors; putting in the Greek a capital to Jesus but a small letter for Christ, and a small letter for Lord and for God.
As you can note above dear, true understanding here on this subject is up to the "
spiritual judgment of the reader". So I guess the decision lies in His hands as to who here has chosen wisely.
Other than that, I see no need to dialogue with you any more. It really never ends to the glory of God. So why do it?
I'm sorry if you don't know that when you receive the SPIRIT, you receive the Spirit of the Trinity! They are ONE! Excuse me while I pick myself up off the floor!
