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NASB | Matthew 7:24 ¶ "Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 7:24 ¶ "So everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, will be like a wise man [a far-sighted, practical, and sensible man] who built his house on the rock. [Luke 6:47-49] |
Subject: Are the declared righteous righteous? |
Bible Note: Please see my primary question concerning "declared" righteousness. The Holman Christian Standard Bible takes the liberty of defining the term for itself, much like the NIV defines "sarx" as sinful nature (although "sinful" nor "nature" is not in the greek whatsoever). Non-literal translations do this so that they can put forth there own "theology". For instance, if I decide that justification means "to pretend that someone is righteous", I can then translate like so: Ro 3:26 He presented Him to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be righteous and pretend that the one who has faith in Jesus is righteous also. Ro 5:1 Therefore, since God is pretending that we are righteous, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Ro 5:9 Much more then, since we are pretending to be righteous by His blood, we will be saved through Him from wrath. And this is exactly what theologians mean when they say that we are declared righteous. They say that God says it is so, but it isn't so. Isn't His Word truth? McGracer |