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NASB | Romans 3:1 Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision? |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 3:1 Then what is the advantage of the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision? |
Subject: old versus new testament |
Bible Note: Doc I fully agree with everything cited in the Canon of the Council of Orange except the end here - quoted from - http://www.creeds.net/ancient/orange.htm According to the catholic faith we also believe that after grace has been received through baptism, all baptized persons have the ability and responsibility, if they desire to labor faithfully, to perform with the aid and cooperation of Christ what is of essential importance in regard to the salvation of their soul. We not only do not believe that any are foreordained to evil by the power of God, but even state with utter abhorrence that if there are those who want to believe so evil a thing, they are anathema. We also believe and confess to our benefit that in every good work it is not we who take the initiative and are then assisted through the mercy of God, but God himself first inspires in us both faith in him and love for him without any previous good works of our own that deserve reward, so that we may both faithfully seek the sacrament of baptism, and after baptism be able by his help to do what is pleasing to him. We must therefore most evidently believe that the praiseworthy faith of the thief whom the Lord called to his home in paradise, and of Cornelius the centurion, to whom the angel of the Lord was sent, and of Zacchaeus, who was worthy to receive the Lord himself, was not a natural endowment but a gift of God's kindness. As I am quite certain the end is not what you were referring me to, please do not take this as some form of argumentation on my part. I am merely wishing to make known my distaste for the end of the Canon of the Council of Orange as it contradicts the concept that it is indeed by Christ alone, by grace alone, and through faith alone that the graces of God are conferred as it most clearly states that baptism is a sacrement conferring the "grace" which will enable to one to afterwards "keep" the faith. After all that was said beforehand in the 25 points and the first paragraph of the conclusion it becomes a most interesting statement about how the aforementioned 25 points are possible as made to be possible by the qualifying requirement to aprehend such things in the very last paragraph! blessings abound, bowler |