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NASB | Romans 11:32 For God has shut up all in disobedience so that He may show mercy to all. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 11:32 For God has imprisoned all in disobedience so that He may show mercy to all [Jew and Gentile alike]. |
Bible Question (short): "consigned to disobedience?" Free will? |
Question (full): This verse troubles me...because if God really did shut up all in disobedience (so that he could show mercy on them), then how did we have the free will to sin? Were we consigned to disobedience through inheriting the old nature from Adam? If God had not consigned everyone to disobedience, is there a chance that some human beings might not have disobeyed? I realize that sounds like a silly question, but it points out the theological/philosophical issue of the verse. How can God be just if he has consigned all of humanity to disobedience? (Or, more to the point, how can the entire narrative of history be one in which we really did have the will to choose obedience or disobedience? How can we be blamed for our sin?) |
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