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Why does the Bible refer to the Spirit as "itself" rather than "himself"? Print E-mail
Why do the Scriptures refer to the Spirit of God as "itself" occasionally?

The Spirit is twice referred to as "itself" in Romans 8:16 and 26. Greek students tell us that the pronoun in the original is neuter in strict grammatical agreement with the word "Pneuma" (Spirit), a neuter word. Since the Spirit is a person in the Godhead, other translations read, "Himself."

Our Lord Jesus used the masculine pronoun "He" with the neuter "Spirit" in John 14:16, 17; John 15:26; John 16:7,8,13. Using this "phenomenon of grammar," as another has called this exceptional use of the masculine pronoun, He shows that the Spirit is a person.

W. Gustafson
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