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NASB | Matthew 12:31 ¶ "Therefore I say to you, any sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven people, but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 12:31 ¶ "Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy [every evil, abusive, injurious speaking, or indignity against sacred things] will be forgiven people, but blasphemy against the [Holy] Spirit will not be forgiven. |
Subject: Heb 6:4-6 |
Bible Note: Greetings Kalos! I was just thinking that everyone might not be clear on the distiction between 'temporal' and 'causal'. Just for public record, 'casual' would indicate that they cannot be renewed to repentance because they have 'crucified' Christ afresh and are 'holding' Him in public disgrace. Thus, they could not ever be renewed to repentance. However, 'temporal' would indicate that they cannot be renewed to repentance 'while' they are doing these things. If they ceased to do these things, nothing in the text would indicate that they could not then be renewed to repentance. I favor the latter position for several reasons. 1) There is no helping word like 'hoti' to indicate that the two verbs are being used in a causual sense. This does not absolutely rule the causual meaning out, but it is strong evidence against it since these helping words are usually used in these cases. 2) The second reason I favor the latter is that the puncuation is also strongly in favor of the temporal view. A casual clause is not usually seperated from the rest of the sentence by a comma. Of course, the puncuation is not original. 3) Finally, I favor the temporal view because there is not a single other verse in Scripture that indicates some point where someone cannot repent. So, to view Heb. 6:6 as causual would be a 'doctrine' without any other Scriptural support. I hope this clarifies things a bit for the forum. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |