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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: Hello Tim: You repeat: Parapharsing can allow us to make a verse same something which it actually doesn't say, by simply adding the words we want to add! :-) -------------------- I repeat: :) Paraphasing doesn't allow this; the person who knowingly presents a slanted or skewed message is the culprit. If I listen to a sermon, then go home and tell my wife about it, I'm going to paraphase--tell her in a shortened version what I believe I heard. If the summation is incorrect, if the parphrasing is in correct, then the message, interpretation, implication will be incorrect. When a lawyer presents his "summation", he is using a good deal of paraphasing. His intent (hopefully) is to present the testimonies of the witnesses as best he can. Paraphasing is just using another "form" of communication to convey the same message. There is no intent, when paraphasing, to twist the original messages. Quite the opposite. The intent is to focus, sharpen, expedite. After the President's speech, the News Anchor will "sum up", "wrap up", "go over again", "restate", "reiterate" what was just heard. If paraphasing was not a legitimate tool to be used, then we'd be hard put to communicate what we think something "means", what something "may imply". And that means I erred big time when I used to teach the "art", "skill", "methods" of parphasing. Gosh, I hope not. Anyway, good thoughts, as per usual.....Treadway.... And oh, by the way, you might appreciate this: The word "paraphrastic" (from GK paraphrastikos fm paraphrazein) means: explaining or translating more clearly and amply. :) |