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NASB | Matthew 5:44 "But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 5:44 "But I say to you, love [that is, unselfishly seek the best or higher good for] your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, [Prov 25:21, 22] |
Subject: Praying for the 'World'. |
Bible Note: Dear Atdcross, You wrote, "...the intention of laying hold of some and not all is in itself making a difference between one and another." Then you must have a different spin on Matthew 22:14... and the doctrine of election in general. You wrote "I pray my comments have not 'sounded' rude and that you have not been personally offended..." Cordiality is the summum bonum of a lost and dying world. Real love is not simply being cordial and unoffending. Real love cares about the truth well and above over such temporal, social, trivialities. Believers tend to adopt the values of the world, but, I fear, in doing so they are abandoning the values of the Scripture. We are told that the truth will always offend. In other words, don't worry about it. :-) In Him, Doc |