It is a little known fact that no major English Bible translation ever uses the words “incarnate” or “incarnation.”1 When you hear pastors make reference to “the incarnation,” or that “God was incarnate,” they allude to 1 Timothy 3:16, a text which has been translated in several ways (on account of variations in the Greek manuscripts). The King James and NKJ versions translate the verse in the following manner:
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the Gentiles, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.
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Author: Philip P. Kapusta
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Bible reference(s): 1 Timothy 3:16
Source: Philip P. Kapusta.
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