9:5 What profound biblical truth is Paul affirming here?
9:5 What profound biblical truth is Paul affirming here?
This is yet another proof of the deity of Jesus - that Jesus is God. Sadly though, few Bible scholars comment on this fact, although it is so important to highlight every scripture proving Christ's deity in the face of so much false teaching against it in the professing church.
Also, most paraphrased versions of the Bible incorrectly interpret this verse as a doxology - a formula of praise to God - not a reference to the deity of Jesus.
Yet the literal English rendering of V5 from the Textus Receptus, the original Greek manuscript from which the authorised King James Version of the Bible is translated, according to the Hendricksen Hebrew Greek, English, Interlinear Bible is:
Whose are the Fathers; and of whom is Christ according to the flesh, He being God over all, blessed forever, Amen.
Jesus was not eternally the Son of God, as so many Christians believe - He is an equal member of the Godhead from all eternity (CP Nu 21:4-9 with 1Cor 10:9 (according to Paul here, God, who sent the fiery serpents in Nu:21:4-9, was Christ) Psa 45:6-7; Isa 6:1-5 with Jn 12:37-41 (according to John, the Lord Isaiah saw sitting upon the throne was Jesus), Mic 5:2; Jn 1:1-2; 3:13; 8:56-58; 17:5; Ac 20:28; Php 2:5-8; Col 2:8-10; 1Ti 3:16; Tit 2:13; He 1:8-12; 2Pe 1:1-2; 1Jn 1:1-2; 3:16; Rev 1:8, 11, 17-18; 2:8; 3:14; 21:6; 22:13).
Jesus became the Son of God at His incarnation - when He took on human form (CP Gen 49:10; Nu 24:17; Psa 2:7; Isa 7:14; 9:6-7; Mt 1:18-25; Lu 1:26-35; 2:11; Jn 1:14; Ga 4:4; Php 2:5-8; He 1:5-6; 5:5).
See also comments on Lu 1:35B; Jn 12:41; Ac 20:28; 1Ti 3:16; 2Pe 2:1-2, and author's studies Jesus - eternally God in his book Advanced Studies in the Christian Faith (Volume 1), Names and Titles of Jesus and The Doctrine of the Trinity in his book Advanced Studies in the Christian Faith (Volume 2).