Michael Terran

The comp view I am dealing with thinks that because Paul is addressing this letter to believers, that the ‘every man’ refers to all believing men.  Your point about the later mention of ‘in the Lord’ seems to refute the view that ‘all men’ refers to Christian and non-Christian.  Am I seeing this right?

So my words are not taken out of context (LOL) (Smile).

Paul under the Holy Spirit gives us some basic info to the reader about: God and the Beginning. That Christ is the Head or source of every man….which means Every Human…male and female, believer and nonbeliever etc. That Christ is the Creator.

Later he (paul) turns his focus to the Believers or The Church with the phrase “….In The Lord.” How do we know this? Simple, because you have to be in Christ or “in the Lord” to be a believer, right!

The comps read so much into the text that they can’t see clearly! I’ve been in Christ now for 6 years and I as a child can understand this one! I also have a Dr of divinity degree, its so important as we all know to keep the context and to whom paul is speaking to! First he gives the basics to all, believers and non-believers then like I said before, he changes his focus to the believer by saying “In The Lord” etc. It’s written to tie all this info together for the believer.

Remember, we are the New Creation In Christ or In The Lord, so there are things that believers can put into pratice where as the non-believe needs to know who Christ is and where they stand! The non-believe can’t live like the new creation until they themselfs become born-again! They can’t understand “In The Lord” until they are inthe Lord! I hope this helps.