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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: Is God omnipotent? |
Bible Note: Greetings John! The problem is that the devil is in the details! :-) We can debate where faith comes from in another thread. The point I have been addressing was the statement made on the forum that the Bible teaches that regeneration precedes faith. You wrote: "Faith may also accompany the new birth, but our main concern is where faith comes from to begin with. Whether it preceeds or occurs simultaneously with re-generation, it make no difference to the larger question." Yet, Gal. 2:16 doesn't say that it is simultaneous or that it precedes the new birth. It says that justification is the result of faith, so it must occur after. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |