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Originally Posted by Igzy
"And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever--the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you." John 14:16-17
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Interesting. Thanks.
Linguistic device ... to avoid using "it" ... possibly?
Same reason we use "He" when speaking of God?
In fact, why we think of them as persons in the first place. We have no other references, but to this earthly realm. We relate the spiritual realm to the only reference we know: human references.