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1 | Retain or forgive sins? | John 20:22 | flinkywood | 204775 | ||
Tamara, in John 20:23 Jesus expressly gives the apostles authority to forgive or retain sins. Matthew corroborates this by citing the plural form "to men", where he could have said, "to a man." John 20:23 is pretty literal. And you're right to be shaken up; this particular verse got to me as well. Colin |
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2 | Retain or forgive sins? | John 20:22 | Val | 204786 | ||
Colin, there is a principal that states when studying the bible let the obvious passages explain the difficult passages. We know that only God can forgive sin. We know that because He is our judge. This is in several obvious passages in the bible. This passage in John is a difficult passage. In understanding its meaning we consider the obvious passages: that only Jesus can forgive sins. So we must dig deeper to discover what the meaning is. |
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