<html><head></head><body><div><div><div><div><br></div>Philippians 2;5<div><br></div><div>This verse has been translated/interpreted is both a correct and incorrect way in many Bibles and even editions of the same version:</div><div><br></div><div><b>5. &nbsp;Have this mind among yourselves, which was in Christ Jesus, </b>&nbsp;(current Revised Standard Version)</div><div><b>5. &nbsp;Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, </b>(earlier Revised Standard Version, Zondervan Publishing House, copyright 1971)</div><div><br></div><div>The current translation (available&nbsp;on-line), asserts, that we, the Church should think ‘<u>like’</u>&nbsp;or have an&nbsp;attitude the same as Jesus did, <u>past tense.</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;It is a mistranslation. &nbsp;It makes Christian thinking a work of man.</div><div><br></div><div>The earlier 1971 edition of the RSV, has it correct. &nbsp;<i>“This Mind” </i>&nbsp;is to be ‘<u>The</u>&nbsp;<u>Very</u>&nbsp;Mind of Christ’,&nbsp;present tense. &nbsp;This translation makes us one with our Lord who is by faith living <u>and</u>&nbsp;thinking in us.</div><div><i>“For who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him? &nbsp;But <u>we</u>&nbsp;<u>have</u>&nbsp;the mind of Christ.”</i></div><div>(1 Corinthians 2;16)</div><div><br></div><div>The first is shaded by humanistic&nbsp;rationalism, the earlier is Meta-physical and super-natural.</div><div><br></div><div>Is it not amazing how two little words can make a world of difference; &nbsp;“Was” verses “Is”</div><div><br></div><div>The English Standard Version, Crossway, copyright 2001, is also correct in its translation.</div><div><br></div><div>This one single verse exposes a great difference in the Christian&nbsp;understanding our new life in Christ.</div><div><br></div><div>One way is rational and&nbsp;humanistic, it sees the living out of the Christian life and thought as a ‘work’ of regenerate man. &nbsp;The other way is mystical, appealing to the oneness of the Bridegroom Jesus and the Bride the Church of all true Believers. &nbsp;It sees the living out of the Christian life as the Church ‘indwelt’ by her Lord. &nbsp;The two become one.</div><div><br></div><div>By now, those who read these commentary/devotions, know which side of the&nbsp;spiritual&nbsp;coin’ I believe is true and correct.</div><div><br></div><div>Prayer: &nbsp;Merciful Father, enlighten us to walk by the Spirit in the very mind of Christ, denying ourselves altogether, and following our true&nbsp;Head. &nbsp;In a Jesus we actually pray, Amen.</div><div><br></div><div>Love,</div><div>Baba/Dad/Eric</div><div>Grandpa Pickle Pastor</div><div>“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word. &nbsp;God’s Word is our habitation, and we <u>are</u>&nbsp;His.”</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;<br><br><br><div><a href="https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&amp;c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&amp;af_sub1=Acquisition&amp;af_sub2=Global_YMktg&amp;af_sub3=&amp;af_sub4=100000604&amp;af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>


Philippians 2;5
This verse has been translated/interpreted is both a correct and incorrect way in many Bibles and even editions of the same version:
5.  Have this mind among yourselves, which was in Christ Jesus,  (current Revised Standard Version)5.  Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, (earlier Revised Standard Version, Zondervan Publishing House, copyright 1971)
The current translation (available on-line), asserts, that we, the Church should think ‘like’ or have an attitude the same as Jesus did, past tense.  It is a mistranslation.  It makes Christian thinking a work of man.
The earlier 1971 edition of the RSV, has it correct.  “This Mind”  is to be ‘The Very Mind of Christ’, present tense.  This translation makes us one with our Lord who is by faith living and thinking in us.“For who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?  But we have the mind of Christ.”(1 Corinthians 2;16)
The first is shaded by humanistic rationalism, the earlier is Meta-physical and super-natural.
Is it not amazing how two little words can make a world of difference;  “Was” verses “Is”
The English Standard Version, Crossway, copyright 2001, is also correct in its translation.
This one single verse exposes a great difference in the Christian understanding our new life in Christ.
One way is rational and humanistic, it sees the living out of the Christian life and thought as a ‘work’ of regenerate man.  The other way is mystical, appealing to the oneness of the Bridegroom Jesus and the Bride the Church of all true Believers.  It sees the living out of the Christian life as the Church ‘indwelt’ by her Lord.  The two become one.
By now, those who read these commentary/devotions, know which side of the spiritual coin’ I believe is true and correct.
Prayer:  Merciful Father, enlighten us to walk by the Spirit in the very mind of Christ, denying ourselves altogether, and following our true Head.  In a Jesus we actually pray, Amen.
Love,Baba/Dad/EricGrandpa Pickle Pastor“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word.  God’s Word is our habitation, and we are His.”
 


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