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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: Adam and sin entering the world. |
Bible Note: Brad, that verse from John 17:17 is a good one isn't it? But I don't think that Jesus is talking about written words being historically factual, which is what kichmon and were talking about. We're talking about stories that have significant value even if they might not be fact - the kind of thing you could video tape. The fact that Jesus quotes from the OT does not necessarily make it historically true (and let's not forget that Jesus did not quote from the Hebrew OT, but from the Greek Septuagint). It does mean that they have always been recognized as stories that bring us to a fuller knowledge of God. They accomplish this if they are factual or not - but they don't by necessity have to be true. It's like the story of Job. While it appears in our Old Testament, did you know that the story is actully much older? And it appears in other civinlations and religions before it was adapted to the Jewish faith. Nevertheless, it still helps us understand God and ourselves better. And it has been accepted into our canon. Because one part may be less than literal does not bring the whole faith tumbling down. Our God is not a house of cards. He is God. |