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NASB | 1 Corinthians 1:10 ¶ Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 1:10 ¶ But I urge you, believers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in full agreement in what you say, and that there be no divisions or factions among you, but that you be perfectly united in your way of thinking and in your judgment [about matters of the faith]. |
Subject: Can a Christian be a Democrat? |
Bible Note: Sorry! My irony is lost on the internet. My concern is actually how can we be united when we are being squeezed into Satan's mold. Paul counsels: "Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you]." (Rom 12:2) And what are the works of the flesh: "enmity, strife, jealousy, anger (ill temper), selfishness, divisions (dissensions), party spirit (factions, sects with peculiar opinions, heresies)" (Gal 5:19) Can anyone else see the disgrace and the futility in worldly debates? Shouldn't we already know the future and God's will as Christians, well-versed in Scripture? Though every man be found a liar, may God be found true! Personally, I don't care who's elected, nor do I think God cares. The nations are as dust of a scale to Him! (Isa 4);15) |