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NASB | Genesis 12:1 Now the LORD said to Abram, "Go forth from your country, And from your relatives And from your father's house, To the land which I will show you; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 12:1 Now [in Haran] the LORD had said to Abram, "Go away from your country, And from your relatives And from your father's house, To the land which I will show you; [Heb 11:8-10] |
Bible Question:
This is my point too. We have two apostles saying two different things about faith, and we know they are both inspired, so our interpretation of what faith is must agree with their. 2Peter 1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. Heb 11 is known as the hall of faith, and all of the people in it are said to have done something by faith, but the book of Romans saids we are not justified by any works, and the book of Eph 2:9 saids the same thing. So my question is how can we understand this in light of what all the passages are saying in James, Romans, Hebrews and Ephesians. We know they were lead by the Holy Spirit and God is not the author of confusion 1 Cor 14:33. |
Bible Answer: AMPLIFIED John 1:12 But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the authority (power, privilege, right) to become the children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His name--[Isa. 56:5.] AMPLIFIED John 3:16 For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life. AMPLIFIED John 5:24 I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, the person whose ears are open to My words [who listens to My message] and believes and trusts in and clings to and relies on Him Who sent Me has (possesses now) eternal life. And he does not come into judgment [does not incur sentence of judgment, will not come under condemnation], but he has already passed over out of death into life. AMPLIFIED Acts 16:31 And they answered, Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ [give yourself up to Him, take yourself out of your own keeping and entrust yourself into His keeping] and you will be saved, [and this applies both to] you and your household as well. "Salvation is conditioned solely on faith in Jesus Christ. Nearly 200 times faith, or belief, is stated as the single condition in the N.T. (John 1:12; Acts 16:31). That faith must be placed in Christ as one's substitute for and Saviour from sin" (p. 1950, Ryrie Study Bible, Moody Press, 1978). |