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flesh" as the A.V., but "sin's flesh", the flesh which in all the sons of Adam had become
the instrument of sin.
"Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, Who is
over all, God blessed for the ages. Amen" (Rom. 9: 5).
Omitting for the time II Cor. 5: 16 and Eph. 2: 15 as demanding too long an
argument to assign their true connection with our theme, we pass to:--
"In the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and
unreproveable in His sight" (Col. 1: 22).
"Great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh" (I Tim. 3: 16).
After a long search into the question of the readings "God was manifest", "Who was
manifest", and "which was manifest", which search includes the latest evidence of the
camera, revealing letters and marks no longer visible to the eye, we have come to the
conclusion that the A.V. presents the true reading. If a sufficient number of readers
would appreciate the demonstration we would gladly devote a number of the magazine to
this debateable point, but we rather fear that so highly technical a subject would be
appreciated but by the few.
"Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He also Himself
likewise took part of the same, that through death He might destroy . . . . . and deliver"
(Heb. 2: 14, 15).
"Who in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications
. . . . . was heard for His piety" (Heb. 5: 7).
"By a new and living way . . . . . . . through the veil, that is to say, His flesh"
(Heb. 10: 20).
"Christ . . . . . being put to death in the flesh" (I Pet. 3: 18).
"Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh" (I Pet. 4: 1).
Such is the testimony of the Scriptures to the truth which lies at the basis of
redemption, viz., Jesus Christ has come, and will come in the flesh. Other aspects of this
theme we hope to present in subsequent articles.