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Examine the Verse - Romans 9:5
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Romans 9:5
This verse is cited as implying support to the Trinitarian belief that Jesus Christ is God the eternal second person God the Son who took on a human body and nature and became
both man and God.
Thus, Jesus Christ is fully man and fully God simultaneously.

  Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
(Romans 9:5, King James Version)
 
 
to them belong the patriarchs, and of their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ. God who is over all be blessed for ever. Amen.

(Romans 9:5, Revised Standard Version)
 
 
They have those famous ancestors, who were also the ancestors of Jesus Christ. I pray that God, who rules over all, will be praised forever!
[a] Amen.
Footnote: a. Romans 9:5 Christ. I pray that God, who rules over all, will be praised forever: Or " Christ, who rules over all. I pray that God will be praised forever" or " Christ. And I pray that Christ, who is God and rules over all, will be praised forever."
(Romans 9:5, Contemporary English Version)
 
  Trinitarian Belief in God and Jesus Christ:
 Trinitarians believe in the Trinity, that God is the "Triune God"
existing as three persons
God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit, but one being. All three are
eternal with no beginning. M
embers of the Trinity are co-equal and co-eternal,
one in essence, nature, power, action, and will.
Trinitarians believe that Jesus Christ is the eternal second person "God the Son",
who took on a human body and nature and became both man and God. 
Thus is Jesus is fully man and fully God simultaneously.
 
  Apostle's admonition, warning and unique way of teaching:
1. No prophecy of scripture is a matter of personal interpretation. (II Pt. 1:20, NAB)
2. Do not go beyond  what is written. (I Cor. 4:6, NIV)
 3. We do not use words of human wisdom. We speak words given to us by the Spirit,
using the Spirit's words to explain spiritual truths. (1 Cor. 2:13, NLT)
 
  Points to Consider:  
  1.  Does the term "God" in the above verse really refer to Jesus Christ?  Or, does the term " God" refer to the God of the Israelites, the Patriarchs, the Fathers who are also the ancestors of Jesus Christ?
2.  Please note how the sentence is punctuated after Christ. The controversy Is in the punctuation, making the meaning completely different if it is a comma or a period.
3.  How can the above verse be interpreted to mean that "Christ is God, who is overall" when Apostle Paul himself, the author of the above verse (Romans 9:5), clearly and undoubtedly taught in Ephesians 4:6 that there is "one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all"?
4.  How can the above verse be interpreted to mean that "Christ is God" when Apostle Paul himself, the author of the above verse (Romans 9:5), clearly and unmistakably taught in 1 Corinthians 8:6 that, "..there is only one God, the Father, who created everything, and we live for him"?
5.  Moreover, how can the above verse be interpreted to mean that "Christ is God", when the God of the Israelites, the Patriarchs, the Fathers―that is, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob―who are also the ancestors of Jesus Christ, consider Jesus as His Servant?  In Acts 3:13, the Apostles clearly said this: "The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified His Servant Jesus. . ."
 
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  Romans 9:5 in other versions of the Bible:  
 

of whom are the fathers and from whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, the eternally blessed God. Amen.
(New King James Version)

they are descended from the famous Hebrew ancestors; and Christ, as a human being, belongs to their race. May God, who rules over all, be praised forever![b] Amen.  (Good New Translation)

To them belong the patriarchs, and as far as His natural descent was concerned, from them is the Christ, Who is exalted and supreme over all, God, blessed forever! Amen (so let it be).  (Amplified Bible)

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