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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: Which proposition is scriptural? |
Bible Note: Tim, Thanks for clarifying this. From this word study, I agree that Paul is saying here that salvation is the gift. This is consistent with what Paul says elsewhere about salvation. Yet, 1 Cor 8:6 says "yet for us there is but one God...from whom all things came..." From this I infer that faith is from God. If not from God, then it is evil, but this is nonsense. And I'm NOT suggesting that this verse teaches that evil is from God. On the contrary, the definition of evil is that which is NOT from God. Evil was not real until it was chosen. Previous to that, it was merely a hypothetical possibility, a risk that was necessary for love to be meaningful, but one that God did not want anyone to actually take. |