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NASB | Genesis 4:7 "If you do well, will not your countenance be lifted up? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 4:7 "If you do well [believing Me and doing what is acceptable and pleasing to Me], will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well [but ignore My instruction], sin crouches at your door; its desire is for you [to overpower you], but you must master it." |
Bible Question:
"Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound?" Someone here seems to be implying that we should. You ask: "If Cain does bad doesn't that give God a chance to show his power?" Romans 6:1-2a (ESV) What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! You write: "Cain only did what he was made to do." NASB James 1:13-14 Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. AMPLIFIED James 1:13-14 Let no one say when he is tempted, I am tempted from God; for God is incapable of being tempted by [what is] evil and He Himself tempts no one. But every person is tempted when he is drawn away, enticed and baited by his own evil desire (lust, passions). |
Bible Answer: I don't disagree with the verses you give. God does not tempt. We are the clay in His hands. But how can you disagree with this? "If Cain does bad doesn't that give God a chance to show his power?" Paul said Pharaoh was "a vessel of wrath prepared for destruction." ----Rom 9:22 blessings |