Alpha, Hebrews 1:8 is from Psalm 45, have you read the whole Psalm and put taken all of Hebrews 1 into account? In verse 5 Psalm 2 is quoted, have you read Psalm 2?
Psalms 45
1 For the choir director; according to the Shoshannim. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. A Song of Love.
My heart overflows with a good theme;
I address my verses to the King;
My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
2 Thou art fairer than the sons of men;
Grace is poured upon Thy lips;
Therefore God has blessed Thee forever.
3 Gird Thy sword on
Thy thigh, O Mighty One, In Thy splendor and Thy majesty!
4 And in Thy majesty ride on victoriously,
For the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness;
Let Thy right hand teach Thee awesome things.
5 Thine arrows are sharp;
The peoples fall under Thee;
Thine arrows are in the heart of the King's enemies.
6 Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever;
A scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Thy kingdom.
7 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness;
Therefore God, Thy God, has anointed Thee
With the oil of joy above Thy fellows.
8 All Thy garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia;
Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made Thee glad.
9 Kings' daughters are among Thy noble ladies;
At Thy right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.
10 Listen, O daughter, give attention and incline your ear;
Forget your people and your father's house;
11 Then the King will desire your beauty;
Because He is your Lord, bow down to Him.
12 And the daughter of Tyre will come with a gift;
The rich among the people will entreat your favor.
13 The King's daughter is all glorious within;
Her clothing is interwoven with gold.
14 She will be led to the King in embroidered work;
The virgins, her companions who follow her,
Will be brought to Thee.
15 They will be led forth with gladness and rejoicing;
They will enter into the King's palace.
16 In place of your fathers will be your sons;
You shall make them princes in all the earth.
17 I will cause Thy name to be remembered in all generations;
Therefore the peoples will give Thee thanks forever and ever.
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Psalms 2
1
Why are the nations in an uproar,
And the peoples devising a vain thing?
2 The kings of the earth take their stand,
And the rulers take counsel together
Against the LORD and against His
Anointed:
3 "Let us tear their fetters apart,
And cast away their cords from us!"
4 He who sits in the heavens laughs,
The Lord scoffs at them.
5 Then He will speak to them in His anger
And terrify them in His fury:
6 "But as for Me, I have installed My King
Upon Zion, My holy mountain."
7 "I will surely tell of the decree of the LORD:
He said to Me, 'Thou art My Son,
Today I have begotten Thee.
8 'Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Thine inheritance,
And the very ends of the earth as Thy possession.
9 'Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron,
Thou shalt shatter them like earthenware.' "
10 Now therefore, O kings, show discernment;
Take warning, O judges of the earth.
11 Worship the LORD with reverence,
And rejoice with trembling.
12 Do homage to the Son, lest He become angry, and you perish in the way,
For His wrath may soon be kindled.
How blessed are all who take refuge in Him!
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As to James 1:27, put that one verse in context with not ony the Old Testament but with what Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians and you will find the NAS renders this verse better as:
James 1:27
27 This is pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father, to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world. NAS
If you take the time to check the Greek the KJ translaters added "the" before Father.
James 1:27
religion 2356
Pure 2513
and 2532
undefiled 283
before 3844
3588
God 2316
and 2532
the 9999
Father 3962
this, 3778
is 2076
To visit 1980
the 9999
fatherless 3737
and 2532
widows 5503
in 1722
3588
affliction, 2347
their 846
unspotted 784
himself 1438
and 9999
to keep 5083
from 575
the 3588
world. 2889
(Interlinear Transliterated Bible. Copyright (c) 1994 by Biblesoft)
So tell me Reaper do you build a whole doctrine on one or more Scripture passage that contradict other Scripture passages, Scripture passages that John10:10 has interpreted to defend the doctrine of the Trinity by ignoring words as well as elementary grammar?
Based on all of Paul's espistles and all the words in Paul's espistles can you honestly tell me Paul taught a triune God? If your answer is yes then Paul is not to be trusted since I don't see how anyone who understands elementary English can interpret 1 Corinthians 8 to show a triune God.
1 Corinthians 8:6
6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. KJV
What does "but one God, the Father" mean?
If John 1:1-15 tells us the Word is a person seperate from God then John is confused when he later writes:
John 17:3
3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee
the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. KJV
What does "the only true God" mean?
I did not just wake up one morning and decide to reject the doctrine of the Trinity, I took the Lord at His word when He told Satan:
Matthew 4:4-5
4 But He answered and said, "It is written,
'Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'" NAS
When we take
"every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God" into account the doctrine of the Trinity falls like a house of cards.
Peter tells us why Jesus is our Savior:
Acts 5:31-32
31 "He is the one whom God exalted to His right hand as a Prince and a Savior, to grant repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. 32 "And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him." NAS
The "He" of verse 31 is the same Man Peter refers to as a Man in Acts 2:
Acts 2:22-28
22 "Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know-- 23 this Man, delivered up by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death. 24 "And God raised Him up again, putting an end to the agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held in its power. 25 "For David says of Him,
'I was always beholding the Lord in my presence; For He is at my right hand, that I may not be shaken. 26'Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue exulted; Moreover my flesh also will abide in hope; 27 Because Thou wilt not abandon my soul to Hades, Nor allow Thy Holy One to undergo decay. 28'Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; Thou wilt make me full of gladness with Thy presence.' NAS
The same Man Paul refers to in Romans:
Romans 5:15
15 But the free gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the
one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many. NAS
And in 1 Timothy:
1 Timothy 2:5-7
5 For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men,
the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony borne at the proper time. 7 And for this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying) as a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. NAS
REAPER wrote:There are 6 "Sharp's" rules, and one of the Grammar rules is known as Granville Sharp #1. When the copulative "and" (kai) is conjoined by 2 peronal nouns such as [God, Savior] (note that both nouns are singular and not proper), both of the nouns refers to the first-named person. In other words James 1:27 is implying that God is God "and" Father, and 2 Peter 1:1 and Titus 2:13 which uses the same exact grammatical context implies that Jesus Christ is both God and Savior.
You can imply almost anything from Scripture when you pull a couple verses out of context of the whole Bible and/or just one phrase out of the context of all that both Peter and Paul wrote and said.