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NASB | Matthew 16:17 And Jesus said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 16:17 Then Jesus answered him, "Blessed [happy, spiritually secure, favored by God] are you, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood (mortal man) did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. |
Subject: Canon 8 Council of Orange |
Bible Note: Dear Mark, I thought I answered that. :-) "Many are called, but few are chosen." (Matthew 22:14) Of the all, many are called, of the called, few are chosen. I do not see how all men could be invited to be saved since some men die without hearing the Gospel. Consequently, there is no such thing as a "universal invitation." I believe, however, that anyone who hears the Gospel is invited -- nay, commanded! -- by God to believe. "But how are they to call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in Him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? ...But they have not all obeyed the gospel..." (Romans 10:14, 16a) In Him, Doc |