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Gurgen Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

My student and my brother in Christ.

In Christ means he attain to Christ?
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Hi, It's just a standard phrase that means they are both devout Christians. Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, It's just a standard phrase that means they are both devout Christians.
  • Clive
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Hi,

It's just a standard phrase that means they are both devout Christians.

Clive
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That's the one-line answer.
I'm fairly sure that more than a few books have been written dealing with what it means to be 'in Christ' and that many of them address the question of why this unusual form of words is used. We'd all agree that a prototypical, spatial usage of in is not intended here.

Edwin Ashworth
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