Used to say 'God is spirit,' distinguishing God's nature from the separate personal identity of the Holy Spirit.
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Discussed to argue that saying God is spirit refers to the Father's nature, not to an identity between the Father and the Holy Spirit.
A Muslim caller cited this verse as 'God is a spirit' to identify Allah with the Spirit; the host objected to the quotation and its use.
A challenger cited this verse to argue that God is spirit and therefore not man.
An ex-Jehovah's Witness appealed to this verse ('God is spirit') to push back against Trinitarian talk about God as 'person'; the host answered by using 'person' in a philosophical rather than bodily sense.
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