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NASB | John 9:31 "We know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He hears him. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 9:31 "We know [according to your tradition] that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone fears God and does His will, He hears him. |
Bible Question:
I know what you are saying Ed, but do you not think that the verse could be meant literally, "God heareth not sinners," and as I said earlier that the sinner who is sincerely repentant, and coming to Jesus for salvation is no longer a sinner in the moment prior to salvation, Or that there is another truth of which we are not aware? I'm sure you agree with me when I say that I am leary of those, (myself included) when we tend to label a bible author as "prejudice." For many have said that Paul was a (I couldn't spell this word if my life depended on it, so I will put it phonetically) Sho-vin-ist. If scripture isn't true to the letter, then it is untrue in all..... I will admit that there is a lot therein that I simply do not understand. But I will refrain from calling an apple an orange, if I don't know the particular variety of apples in question. George |
Bible Answer: George I did not label the writer of the Bible as prejudice. I labeled the speaker whom the writer quoted as possibly prejudiced to believe Jewish teaching of the time. I didn't say scripture wasn't true. I said scripture can and does quote speakers that say things that aren't true. This is usually done to show us how the speaker is wrong. In this case the overall content of what the speaker said was basically correct, however he did say God does not hear sinners. Yet scripture shows God does from time to time hear sinners. I used the reference to Balaam in in Numbers. EdB |