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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: how can i overcome sin, and be forgiven? |
Bible Note: That is about as perfect a response as one might hope to see, and complete, to the question how a person can be saved. I like it. With your permission, I would copy it and use it myself the next time someone asks me that question. But of course, I will need to give credit, so you might tell us in what form one might do so. If anyone else uses that response, I would suggest that scripture references be added, to support the points that were made. Also, I would change one word; find “that sin” and change that to “all sin”. Surely we are not saved by repenting of particular sins, and the phrase “that sin“ might give that impression. This leads me to wonder whether the questioner might be a believer who is struggling with one or more specific sins. There is need for repentance in that case as well, I think (based on passages such as Psalm 51 and Revelation 2 and 3). Also, it may be said that in some sense we need to be saved from the hold that those sins can have on us. But why should we return to the word smithy to put that answer together again, when you have already done the work and produced such a fine account? If you grant permission to use it, then someone, maybe more than one, will thank you. |