Thread: Romans 8:16 "the Spirit ITSELF" - an error?
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Old 02-21-2009, 08:39 PM
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Metonymy explains the use of “Spirit itself”, just as someone might call Queen Elizabeth “the Crown”. Is the Queen actually a gold hat? Therefore, it is not wrong nor blasphemy for the KJB to call God "itself" or "holy thing", etc.