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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: Hi Tim, "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." Assuming that you are correct, and the abiliy to believe is present in the un-regenerate, what makes the difference between those whom percieve the gospel as foolishness, and those who percieve it as the power of God? I also would appreciate your explanation of the unusal phraseology which Paul employs in 1 Cor 1:18 "For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. "but to us who are being saved it is the power of God." A somewhat unusual way of putting it was my first thought. " those who are perishing" and "to us who are being saved". It's as if Paul is describing a process; something that has a beginning, a middle and an end. Calvin paraphrased it saying "However the preaching of the cross, as having nothing of human wisdom to recommend it to esteem, is reckoned foolishness by them that perish; in our view, notwithstanding, the wisdom of God clearly shines forth in it." But I believe Matthew Henry fleshed it out for me. "We have the different effects of this preaching: To those who perish it is foolishness, but to those who are saved it is the power of God, v. 18. It is to the Jews a stumbling-block, and to the Greeks foolishness; but unto those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God, v. 23, 24. Would you agree that that which makes the difference between the two groups (the perising and those being saved)is God's call? John, PS despite what others may say, I find the exploration of the great doctrines of the faith exciting and edifying! |