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NASB | John 4:14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 4:14 "But whoever drinks the water that I give him will never be thirsty again. But the water that I give him will become in him a spring of water [satisfying his thirst for God] welling up [continually flowing, bubbling within him] to eternal life." |
Subject: Under the Law but not under water? |
Bible Note: Greetings Hank! I agree my friend! :-) I did a word search in my Bible program. The words 'grace' and 'law' only appear in the same verse eight times. Here are a couple of these verses. 1) Rom. 6:14 - "For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace." 2) Gal. 2:21 - "I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!" 3) Gal. 5:4 - "You who are trying to be justified by law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace." Scripture makes a clear distinction between grace and law. There isn't an 'old law' and a 'new and improved law'. There is either law or grace. It can't be both. Most importantly though, Gal. 5:4 makes it clear that if we seek to be justified through law, then we have fallen away from grace. Yet, in spite of these clear Scriptures, so many want to make our salvation dependent upon our obedience to rules and regulations. :-( Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |