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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: predestined? |
Bible Note: I don't see Romans 9-11 as a "rabbit trail," but rather as an important response to a legitimate hypothetical question. I don't know about you, but I am often asked by skeptics, "What about Jews? They are God's people, according to the Old Testament. Will Jews be in heaven or not?" Without Romans 2-3 and 9-11, one could make a fairly good case for the two testaments contradicting each other. I see Romans 1:18-11:36 as an elegant unfolding of the statement Paul makes in Romans 1:16-17, expounding doctrine by means of creating a hypothetical foil to ask the questions which, if not addressed, could carry a person off into the realm of false conclusions. In my view, in Romans 9-11 Paul ties up the last and most challenging objections to the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ. --Joe! |