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1 | THE CROSS | John 3:16 | Morant61 | 87767 | ||
Greetings Joseph3! Great, another Joe! :-) I'm going to have to hurry my friend. I am in the process of moving, so I don't have much time today. :-( g) 1 Tim. 2:6 - My short answer is that unless the adjective 'all' is modified in some way, it means 'all'. For instance, a verse can refer to 'all of you', or 'all believers', ect.... However, in these verses 'all' is not limited in anyway. Would you also make the case in Rom. 3:23 that 'all' only means 'all classes of men'? ;-) Further, there is a way of saying 'all kinds of men', if that was what God had intended. It just seems to me that we should read 'all' when it says 'all'. I've got to run! Let me close with this question: If God only died for the elect, where is the verse that says that He only died for the elect? I look forward to interacting more with you in the future when I have more time. I too have a 9-5 job, but it is 9 p.m. to 5:30 a.m.! ;-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | THE CROSS | John 3:16 | ne14pool | 88253 | ||
Tim, This is my first posting in the StudyBibleForum, so pardon me for jumping into the midst of this string. I have read many of these postings and find the discussions extremely interesting. I wanted to comment on your statement, "unless the adjective 'all' is modified in some way, it means 'all'." I am not a Greek scholar by any means, however I do know that there are two ways that "all" is defined in the N.T. The Greek word is "pas", which can be understood to mean either individually or collectively (some of all types). Rarely in the N.T. is it used to mean individually, in most cases it carries the collective meaning. So to say that "All means all and that is all all means." Would not be an accurate statement. I have pasted the strongs definition below, and below that I have pasted a quote from C.H. Spurgeon regarding this issue. 3956 pas including all the forms of declension ; adj 1) individually 1a) each, every, any, all, the whole, everyone, all things, everything 2) collectively 2a) some of all types C.H. Spurgeon, from a sermon on Particular Redemption: ... "the whole world has gone after him" Did all the world go after Christ? "then went all Judea, and were baptized of him in Jordan." Was all Judea, or all Jerusalem, baptized in Jordan? "Ye are of God, little children", and the whole world lieth in the wicked one". Does the whole world there mean everybody? The words "world" and "all" are used in some seven or eight senses in Scripture, and it is very rarely the "all" means all persons, taken individually. The words are generally used to signify that Christ has redeemed some of all sorts: some Jews, some Gentiles, some rich, some poor, and has not restricted His redemption to either Jew or Gentile ..." In Christ....Doug |
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