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NASB | John 3:16 ¶ "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 3:16 ¶ "For God so [greatly] loved and dearly prized the world, that He [even] gave His [One and] only begotten Son, so that whoever believes and trusts in Him [as Savior] shall not perish, but have eternal life. |
Subject: Are we ever "worthy" of God's love? |
Bible Note: I want to apologize for my earlier response. I was rushed and should have answered very differently. I appreciate your patient reply. I am not sure that I don't want to explore some doctrines. I feel that we often build a belief system, get comfortable in it and start interpreting the Word from the perspective of our system rather than looking at the Word and dealing with everything that's there. I have looked again at 1Tim.2. I don't agree with your characterization of the passage. Vs.1-6 are a teaching of Paul to Timothy to petition God for the salvation of all men. Because He is the ransom for all. This is good and acceptable to God. This is affirmed in 2Pet. 3:9. Concerning the use of the word 'want'. NASB translates it 'desires'; NIV 'wants' the greek seems to imply a desire of the heart, the will or preference There are numerous scriptures that speak of choice in salvation and in discipleship. There are also numerous scriptures on the supremacy and sovereignty of God. All I am saying is that we can't discount either. |