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NASB | Romans 5:12 ¶ Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned-- |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 5:12 ¶ Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, so death spread to all people [no one being able to stop it or escape its power], because they all sinned. |
Subject: Is sin inherited from father and mother? |
Bible Note: Excuse me Hank, but talk about shifting the argument. But I have to agree, I might trust the NIV to get the truth across before I would trust the 'dogma' put in these posts: for example, where do 'confessions of faith, catechisms, creeds, etc' come from? It is true that we must constantly check our beliefs, comparing them with Scripture. That said, let's not turn into apologists for inferior translations. The 'dynamic equivalency' term is an inaccurate term. The searcher of truth needs the best translation possible. The passage that John (I beleive it was John, sorry if it wasn't) quoted in Psalm 51 doesn't say what he said it said. There is a difference between what the NIV and NASB says. I trust the NASB. Likewise, the NASB more accurately portrays the 1 Peter 3:21 passage: baptism is an appeal to God for a clean conscience, it (baptism) saves you through the resurrection of Jesus. Baptism is clearly the point in time at which the grace of God saves. Baptismal water has no power, in and of itself. The work of man has no power to save, in an of itself. But 'works' are necessary to show one's faith in Jesus Christ atoning work at Calvary. One man says you are saved even before faith, another says, no, salvation happens at the first spark of belief. Another says, Romans 10:9,10, says it all. Another says, what about Repentance, will God save an unrepentant person? Another person says it is at the point of Baptism: 'why do you delay, arise and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on His name' (Acts 22:16). MY FAITH IS NOT IN MY WORKS, BUT I WILL SHOW MY GOD MY FAITH BY MY WORKS. |