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NASB | Matthew 16:16 Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 16:16 Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), the Son of the living God." |
Subject: was it christ risen or the denial |
Bible Note: Steve, I just want to say thank you for answering my question. I was thinking that the confession had to be something negative because 1st John 1:9 says if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Not first thinking that even before that could happen we would have to do what Romans 10:9-10 says which is to confess the Lord Jesus Christ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead we shall be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. So he first had to make a positive confession before the negative. |