Am I the only one who notices the "sticking point" on a verse?

Question

Everyone loves the verse in Phippians in which is quoted, "I can to all through Christ who strenthens me."

I challenge the general understanding of that verse.

In the King James Version, the word used is "which" not "who."

So, to me the verse says, "I can do all things which strenthen me, through Christ."

I am a true blue KJV reader, but that one verse makes more spritual sense that way it was written the first time. Any Grammar experts here to straighten me out?

Answer 1

my bible says
13 I can do everything through him who gives me strength
I think that essentially the wording is correct either way. If you take
"I can do all things which strengthen me, through Christ", you can easily remove the comma and invert the sentence to read "I can do all things through Christ WHO strengthens me."
All the things that strengthen me (in the faith) are done with the aid and acceptance of Christ... is that the same?
Everything I do, I do because Christ strengthens me.
Christ gives me strength, so I can do all things.

EDIT
King James version:
13I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me

The amplified version says:
I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who [g]infuses inner strength into me; I am [h]self-sufficient in Christ's sufficiency

I spoke to a Pastor, who looked up the original greek, and he suggested that the verse was originally intended to have the meaning set forth in the Amplified and NIV.

I suppose that can take you wherever you want to, but it sure is great to study the Word either way.

Good question!

Answer 2

A living Christ on the inside is more than sufficient to endure the circumstances on the outside. What Christ wants us to do, Christ enables us to do. Where the finger of God points, the hand of God provides the way.

Answer 3

if it is christ the one who strengthen you and then you can do all things or if it is that you can do all things that strenghthen you trhough christ...well both things are not so different but this is a good example of what most christians do just wondering about nonsense