Is the bible the word of God or God’s word the bible? Or is it Jesus?
I have had this question in my mind for a while and I did an exercise using John 1.
JOHN 1
1 In the beginning was the bible, and the bible was with God, and the bible was God. 2 the bible was with God in the beginning. 3 Through the bible all things were made; without the bible nothing was made that has been made. 4 In the bible was life, and that life was the bible of all mankind. 5 The bible shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning the bible, so that through the bible all might believe. 8 He himself was not the bible; he came only as a witness to the bible.
9 The true bible that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10 The bible was in the world, and though the world was made through the bible, the world did not recognize the bible. 11 The bible came to that which was the bible’s own, but the bible’s own did not receive the bible. 12 Yet to all who did receive the bible, to those who believed in the bible’s name, the bible gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
14 The bible became flesh and made the bible’s dwelling among us. We have seen the bible’s glory, the glory of the one and only bible, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
15 (John testified concerning the bible. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘the bible who comes after me has surpassed me because the bible was before me.’”) 16 Out of the bible’s fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through the bible. 18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only bible, the bible is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.
19 Now this was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders[c] in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was. 20 He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, “I am not the bible.”
21 They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?”
He said, “I am not.”
“Are you the Prophet?”
He answered, “No.”
22 Finally they said, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
23 John replied in the bibles of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the bible.’”
24 Now the Pharisees who had been sent questioned him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the bible, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
26 “I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands the bible you do not know. 27 the bible is the bible who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”
28 This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29 The next day John saw the bible coming toward him and said, “Look, the bible of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is the bible I meant when I said, ‘the bible who comes after me has surpassed me because the bible was before me.’ 31 I myself did not know the bible, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that the bible might be revealed to Israel.”
32 Then John gave this testimony: “I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on the bible. 33 And I myself did not know the bible but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘the bible on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the bible who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ 34 I have seen and I testify that this is God’s bible.”[f]
35 The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. 36 When he saw the bible passing by, he said, “Look, the bible!”
37 When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed the bible. 38 Turning around, the bible saw them following and asked, “What do you want?”
They said, “the bible” (which means “the bible”), “where is the bible staying?”
39 “Come,” the bible replied, “and you will see.”
So they went and saw where the bible was staying, and they spent that day with the bible. It was about four in the afternoon.
40 Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed the bible. 41 The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the bible” (that is, the bible). 42 And he brought him to the bible. The bible looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter[g]).
43 The next day the bible decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, the bible said to him, “Follow the bible.”
44 Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida. 45 Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the bible Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote—the bible of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
46 “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked.
“Come and see,” said Philip.
47 When the bible saw Nathanael approaching, the bible said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.”
48 “How do you know me?” Nathanael asked.
The bible answered, “the bible saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.”
49 Then Nathanael declared, “The bible, you are the bible of God; the bible is the king of Israel.”
50 the bible said, “You believe because the bible told you the bible saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.” 51 the bible then added, “Very truly the bible tells you, you will see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the bible.”
I have had this question in my mind for a while and I did an exercise using John 1.
JOHN 1
1 In the beginning was the bible, and the bible was with God, and the bible was God. 2 the bible was with God in the beginning. 3 Through the bible all things were made; without the bible nothing was made that has been made. 4 In the bible was life, and that life was the bible of all mankind. 5 The bible shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning the bible, so that through the bible all might believe. 8 He himself was not the bible; he came only as a witness to the bible.
9 The true bible that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10 The bible was in the world, and though the world was made through the bible, the world did not recognize the bible. 11 The bible came to that which was the bible’s own, but the bible’s own did not receive the bible. 12 Yet to all who did receive the bible, to those who believed in the bible’s name, the bible gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
14 The bible became flesh and made the bible’s dwelling among us. We have seen the bible’s glory, the glory of the one and only bible, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
15 (John testified concerning the bible. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘the bible who comes after me has surpassed me because the bible was before me.’”) 16 Out of the bible’s fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through the bible. 18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only bible, the bible is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.
19 Now this was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders[c] in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was. 20 He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, “I am not the bible.”
21 They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?”
He said, “I am not.”
“Are you the Prophet?”
He answered, “No.”
22 Finally they said, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
23 John replied in the bibles of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the bible.’”
24 Now the Pharisees who had been sent questioned him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the bible, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
26 “I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands the bible you do not know. 27 the bible is the bible who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”
28 This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29 The next day John saw the bible coming toward him and said, “Look, the bible of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is the bible I meant when I said, ‘the bible who comes after me has surpassed me because the bible was before me.’ 31 I myself did not know the bible, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that the bible might be revealed to Israel.”
32 Then John gave this testimony: “I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on the bible. 33 And I myself did not know the bible but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘the bible on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the bible who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ 34 I have seen and I testify that this is God’s bible.”[f]
35 The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. 36 When he saw the bible passing by, he said, “Look, the bible!”
37 When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed the bible. 38 Turning around, the bible saw them following and asked, “What do you want?”
They said, “the bible” (which means “the bible”), “where is the bible staying?”
39 “Come,” the bible replied, “and you will see.”
So they went and saw where the bible was staying, and they spent that day with the bible. It was about four in the afternoon.
40 Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed the bible. 41 The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the bible” (that is, the bible). 42 And he brought him to the bible. The bible looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter[g]).
43 The next day the bible decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, the bible said to him, “Follow the bible.”
44 Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida. 45 Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the bible Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote—the bible of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
46 “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked.
“Come and see,” said Philip.
47 When the bible saw Nathanael approaching, the bible said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.”
48 “How do you know me?” Nathanael asked.
The bible answered, “the bible saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.”
49 Then Nathanael declared, “The bible, you are the bible of God; the bible is the king of Israel.”
50 the bible said, “You believe because the bible told you the bible saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.” 51 the bible then added, “Very truly the bible tells you, you will see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the bible.”
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