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NASB | Ephesians 4:16 from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 4:16 From Him the whole body [the church, in all its various parts], joined and knitted firmly together by what every joint supplies, when each part is working properly, causes the body to grow and mature, building itself up in [unselfish] love. |
Bible Question: has anyone out here read Mary Baxters books on Revelations of heaven and hell? |
Bible Answer: Dear 'gem' :: "Sola scriptura," a Latin term meaning "by Scripture alone," was a fundamental tenet of the Reformation teaching that the whole counsel of God is set down in Scripture. Please see, for example, 2 Tim. 3:16,17; 1 Cor. 4:6; Acts 17:11; Isa. 8:20; Hebrews 1:1,2; Rev. 22:18,19; Jude 1:3. ....... "Sola scriptura" is the assertion that the Bible, the word of God -- and only the Bible -- is sufficient of itself to be the sole and final authority of orthodox Christian doctrine. It follows, therefore, that all that God chose to reveal of Heaven and Hell is contained within the pages of Scripture -- and in no other place on earth, in no other book, in no other so-called private revelation by anyone else but the inspired writers of Scripture alone. ...... This Study Bible Forum subscribes to sola scriptura (see "About the Forum" listed under "Resources"). ...... Books of the feather of Mary Baxter's (e.g., "Divine Revelation of Heaven," "Divine Revelation of Hell," "Divine Revelation of Angels," etc.), which she claims to be products of her own private divine revelation, are patently in denial of the sufficiency of the Bible as God's complete revelation of Himself to man. Consequently any serious consideration of books of this stripe and caliber, save to point out their egregious errors, is vigorously discouraged by SBF and their content denounced by this author as being antipathetic to sound doctrine. --Hank |