Ephesians 6:17
World English Bible
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word[a] of God;
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- 6:17 from the Greek “ῥῆμα” (rhema), which means “spoken word”
Ephesians 6:17
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
17 And take the helmet of salvation and the sword that the Spirit [a]wields, which is the Word of God.
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- Ephesians 6:17 Charles B. Williams, The New Testament: A Translation in the Language of the People: Subjective genitive—a type of genitive of possession. Thus here the Spirit is the subject or agent of the verbal action.
Hebrews 4:12
World English Bible
12 For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
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Hebrews 4:12
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
12 For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power [making it active, operative, energizing, and effective]; it is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating to the dividing line of the [a]breath of life (soul) and [the immortal] spirit, and of joints and marrow [of the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and sifting and analyzing and judging the very thoughts and purposes of the heart.
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- Hebrews 4:12 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament.
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