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NASB | Mark 16:18 they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Mark 16:18 they will pick up serpents, and if they drink anything deadly, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will get well." |
Subject: Lack of Indifference |
Bible Note: Hello zoe, Allow me to address one of your questions, "Do you think Christians have the right to judge?" Biblically, yes without doubt. 1 Cor. 2:15-16 reads "But he who is spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no one. For WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, THAT HE WILL INSTRUCT HIM? But we have the mind of Christ." (NASB) Additional translations read: "The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one." (ESV) "But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one" (NKJV) "and he who is spiritual, doth discern indeed all things, and he himself is by no one discerned;" (YLT) The Greek word for "judge" is anakrino and means: examine or judge, to investigate. A.T. Robertson comments on this passage: "Judgeth all things [anakrinei panta]. The spiritual man [ho pneumatikos] is qualified to sift, to examine, to decide rightly, because he has the eyes of his heart enlightened (Eph. 1:18) and is no longer blinded by the god of this world (2 Cor. 4:4). There is a great lesson for Christians who know by personal experience the things of the Spirit of God. Men of intellectual gifts who are ignorant of the things of Christ talk learnedly and patronizingly about things of which they are grossly ignorant. The spiritual man is superior to all this false knowledge. He himself is judged of no man [autos de hupo oudenos anakrinetai]. Men will pass judgment on him, but the spiritual man refuses to accept the decision of his ignorant judges. He stands superior to them all as Polycarp did when he preferred to be burnt to saying, “Lord Caesar” in place of “Lord Jesus.” He was unwilling to save his earthly life by the worship of Caesar in place of the Lord Jesus. Polycarp was a [pneumatikos] man.' [A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament] I trust this will help to answer your question. BradK |