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NASB | Romans 8:28 ¶ And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 8:28 ¶ And we know [with great confidence] that God [who is deeply concerned about us] causes all things to work together [as a plan] for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to His plan and purpose. |
Subject: Is God's will prosperity/healing always? |
Bible Note: Hi Jesified, No, you most certainly did not offend me :-) I can believe that you are sincere in what you know to be the truth. Our area of disagreement is in matters of exegetical interpretation. I would have to challenge your assertion that "As for 2 Corinthians 12:7-9, Paul's thorn in the flesh is probably the most commonly misinterpreted subject in the Bible. When Paul says, "a thorn in the flesh," it is probably better translated to modern english as a "pain in the neck." I've never heard that this verse is commonly misinterpreted. Thorn is skolops (Gr.)and is only used here in the NT. None of the translations I've checked give it the rendering YOU suggest! This old word is used for splinter,stake, and thorn In the LXX it is usually thorn (A.T. Robertson- Word Pictures). Simply, we do not know the particular affliction that beset Paul. As Marvin R. Vincent offers in his Word Studies,"The explanations of the peculiar nature of this affliction are numerous. Opinions are divided, generally, between mental or spiritual and bodily trials. Under the former head are sensual desires, faint-heartedness, doubts, temptations to despair, and blasphemous suggestions from the devil. Under the latter, persecution, mean personal appearance, headache, epilepsy, earache, stone, ophthalmia. It was probably a bodily malady, in the flesh; but its nature must remain a matter of conjecture." That is conveying truth regarding this matter as best I can. I hope it helps. Speaking the Truth In Love, BradK |