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l., 50, reads "And be ahal1 reign over the hon..
Of Jacob for ever; and OF his kingtom there

l., s3 reads: sand be ahall reign over the hou..
| OF Jacob tor ever and Of his kington there
| shall be no end" -N@e1e
The reference is to Christ. The Greek trans,
lated Jor err -, eas tons alonas, aionas Icing
| the accnsative plural OF dion. Suppose the won1a
for erer are changed. aud translated tor -
long time: or for limited period, then tho 1a;cn
and Kingdom Of Christ will cease after awhile.
! trust no one believes this. Luke xviii, 50. ia
| Like Mark <, so, above cited. '''
| John T., rs, reads: "And I give INTO then,
eternal Life; and they shall never perish. oe:the-
| shall any man pluck them out Of nv hand. >
The words translated eternal life are zocn
Gtn1on. m they are changed 50 as to read !ono
lye, or limited life: then the words rsecer pe7:s
are not true, and have no Significance, Ths
Greek for the words neuer perish is ou ne apo|on.
tai els ton 6iona, II these words are 70 chanpad
{ as to read "shall not (ou 7ne) perish fo-
long time. or limited period, !" thon the result
is, that tho followers Of Christ
WILL PERISH
after q long timo or limited period. Wm1a
this please Mr.. Hanson2
John. xii, 81, reads: 'tWe have heard ant NJ
the law that Christ a5ideth forever" Tna Grest
translated 5orerer is els tou aioaa, oiona bea1
the aecusative case OF aion: It would be denvs.
ing the endless existence OF Christ to 1epdsr ,h;o
by any phrase denoting . limited duration, r.
mans, l., 25, and i1. Is, are similar. In each Of
those verses the words for ecer are In G,eeA II,
to1ls aionas, which rorcib1T and literally mesn for
eternity. Eas is apreroslt1on, meaning i.to. for.
etc; and tous an article, meaning Iforal1v d.
and aionas the accusative plufal Of aion. An;
translation denotlng 4 limited duration tor aio:
in these yerses would deny that God is bIessa'
for erer, for eternity
II. Corinthian, *, 0, last clause, reads; "Hia
Righteousness remainoth for ever" The Greek
rendered for erer is els ton diona Il th;a il
changed SO as to give dion the meaning Of a
limited period, then tee righteousness Of God.
remains only for awhile.
Hebrews. r, 9, reads: "And being m.ds
perfect, he became the author Of etarnal sai,a-
ton unto all them that obey him" The Grees
word translated eternal ia 1ioniou the geuiGro
case OF asonsos, Does any one want this stata-
ment
go CHANGED
nod !?
Hebrews, 1ii1., 2. reads: "Jesus Christ thc
same yesterday, and to-day. aud for-.eyar." The'
words for ereT come from zion, with tho prepo-
s,tlon els, 1,to for, etc. II this is changed to
limited period, thon the statement would b.:
" Jesus Christ, the asme yesterday, and to-day,
and for awhile"
This wonld nearly amount to blsqphsr1v. But
forbear further references, though thara IN
m3ny.
Nj. Hanson says that IN adjective
CANNOT MEAN MORE
than the noun from which it is derived. COZ
cede this. and tho meaning Of aionios. as e;vea
L
shown that dion came to signify eternity. A.
though that was not its original Specification,
The adjective nionios rs derived from aion, AT
distinctly sisted in my first article. although ul,
II. SAYS that did not give its da1igation. There
fore, if aion, in some connections, signifies for
erer and erer, eternity (as hage shown), It Is
plain and reasonable that the adjective aionics
was used br the New Testament writer's to d.
no:e eterndl, ereriashng, concerning the future
life and ststo Of mankind after death This
shows that tho sicnidcations, eter4al ererlas!;nG
OF aionios, do not givo the adjective any greater
or more extended meanings than the noun alon,.
whence 1t il derived. wish to res.ate
alT ORIGINAL PROPOSITION,
which made IN my first article. viz: II tbs
doctrine Of futuro eternal LIE for mankind
after death is taught in the New Testament,
theu the doctrine Of future eternal pun
shmont is just as certainly taught, be-
.auso both depend upon aion aud dioalos with
their connections. Il the translation Of thess
words Is changed 90 IS to givo them the u,ean-
ing Of q limited duration concerning future
punishment, then the same change must be
made concerning the future life Of mankind
after DEATH llr. Hanson has failed to answer
his. Can he2 Yours, ETC.,
CH4n1rs q. RED.
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