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Old 12-30-2011, 03:06 AM   #14
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Default Re: “Becoming one flesh” <–> “one spirit with Christ”

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I never said they become one body, the Bible says they become "one flesh". When we use the word Body we think of a complete entity, when we use the word flesh it can refer to a pound of meat.
Unfortunately for that argument, the NT was written in Greek, not English. Flesh in the Bible usually means one of three things.
  • The human body.
  • Humanity.
  • Fallen humanity.

It never means meat. The word became flesh means the word became humanity, not the word became meat.
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