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NASB | Matthew 18:8 ¶ "If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; it is better for you to enter life crippled or lame, than to have two hands or two feet and be cast into the eternal fire. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 18:8 ¶ "If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble and sin, cut it off and throw it away from you [that is, remove yourself from the source of temptation]; it is better for you to enter life crippled or lame, than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into everlasting fire. |
Subject: MAT. 18:8? |
Bible Note: Dear Justin, That is a good example! When I thought of what you wrote, it occurred to me, this is obeying preemptively. I read a book by David Platt in which he had another term for it: "Radical obedience to Christ is not easy... It's not comfort, not health, not wealth, and not prosperity in this world. Radical obedience to Christ risks losing all these things. But in the end, such risk finds its reward in Christ. And he is more than enough for us." Thank you for bringing up this example! In Him, Doc |