Sum (1 day ago)
That is from the King James Bible! That verse is called the 'Comma Johanneum'. Though still used by the KJV, almost every single other bible has removed it from their texts.
If you read the history of your bible, that verse is not even in the original text! Bible scholars dont know how it made its way into the bible, so they discard it as an interpretation that somehow was later written in. Surely the cholars are more knowledgeable than you. Will you then discard that verse?
I am using the Geneva Bible which preceded the KJV historically.
1 John 5:7
"For there are three, which bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the holy Ghost: and these three are one."
Noah Webster's Bible declares:
"For there are three that bear testimony in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one."
City-on-a-hill
The KJV is the ONLY bible version that uses the term "Ghost". Only recently I have been trying to use the term Spirit with Muslims so as to keep the confusion down. However none of them has ever objected and they use the term, and copy and paste it without mention.
Certainly same Greek Word:
http://www.olivetree.com/cgi-bin/EnglishBible.htmGhost
New Testament Greek Definition. You can see the word count in the KJV as 111 vs 89:
4151 pneuma {pnyoo'-mah}
from 4154; TDNT - 6:332,876; n n
AV - Spirit 111, Holy Ghost 89, Spirit (of God) 13,
Spirit (of the Lord) 5, (My) Spirit 3, Spirit (of truth) 3,
Spirit (of Christ) 2, human (spirit) 49, (evil) spirit 47,
spirit (general) 26, spirit 8, (Jesus' own) spirit 6,
(Jesus' own) ghost 2, misc 21; 385
1) the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal,
coeternal with the Father and the Son
1a) sometimes referred to in a way which emphasises his
personality and character (the \\Holy\\ Spirit)
1b) sometimes referred to in a way which emphasises his work
and power (the Spirit of \\Truth\\)
1c) never referred to as a depersonalised force
2) the spirit, i.e. the vital principal by which the body is animated
2a) the rational spirit, the power by which the human being feels,
thinks, decides
2b) the soul
3) a spirit, i.e. a simple essence, devoid of all or at least
all grosser matter, and possessed of the power of knowing,
desiring, deciding, and acting
3a) a life giving spirit
3b) a human soul that has left the body
3c) a spirit higher than man but lower than God, i.e. an angel
3c1) used of demons, or evil spirits, who were conceived
as inhabiting the bodies of men
3c2) the spiritual nature of Christ, higher than the highest
angels and equal to God, the divine nature of Christ
4) the disposition or influence which fills and governs the soul
of any one
4a) the efficient source of any power, affection, emotion, desire, etc.
5) a movement of air (a gentle blast)
5a) of the wind, hence the wind itself
5b) breath of nostrils or mouth
I yahooed up a few explanations as to what the term "Ghost" meant in the 16th century mindset. One example:
" It is only the King James Version of the Bible which uses the term “Holy Ghost.” It occurs 90 times in the KJV. The term “Holy Spirit” occurs 7 times in the KJV. There is no clear reason as to why the KJV translators used Ghost in most places and then Spirit in a few. The exact same Greek and Hebrew words are translated "ghost" and "spirit" in the KJV in different occurrences of the words. By "ghost," the KJV translators did not intend to communicate the idea of "the spirit of a deceased person." In 1611, when the KJV was originally translated, the word "ghost" primarily referred to "an immaterial being."
With recent Scripture translations, "Spirit" has replaced "Ghost" in most instances. Some of this came about because words don't always hold their meanings. In the days of Shakespeare or King James, ghost meant the living essence of a person. Looking back, we see that "breath" or "soul" were often used as synonyms of "ghost." During these times, spirit normally meant the essence of a departed person or a demonic or paranormal apparition. As language evolved, people started saying "ghost" when speaking of the vision of a dead person while "spirit" became the standard term for life or living essence, often also for "soul." With slight exceptions, "ghost" and "spirit" changed places over some 300 years."
http://www.gotquestions.org/Holy-Spirit-Ghost.html
