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NASB | John 20:23 "If you forgive the sins of any, their sins have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 20:23 "If you forgive the sins of anyone they are forgiven [because of their faith]; if you retain the sins of anyone, they are retained [and remain unforgiven because of their unbelief]." |
Subject: John 20:23 |
Bible Note: Hi Prayon, Well I guess what I am saying is that I don’t completely understand what you were saying. What exactly is your statement inferring? There are days when this poor old head can’t quite fathom certain things. You said; “When putting all these verses together it tells us that any duly constituted body of believers, acting on the authority of Gods word, has the authority to declare if someone is forgiven or unforgiven.” Doesn’t that statement kind of lean toward Romanism or did I miss something somewhere? This following statement has me a little confused as well. “For example if the church says an unrepented person” What kind of a person would that be; what is an unrepented person? Could you just expound on this a little for the sake of one that doesn’t catch on to things very fast? The one being me, CDBJ |