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NASB | 2 Thessalonians 2:15 So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught, whether by word of mouth or by letter from us. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Thessalonians 2:15 So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold [tightly] to the traditions which you were taught, whether by word of mouth or by letter from us. |
Subject: "Here I stand; I can do no other." |
Bible Note: Dear Tim, I have to say you are coming across with a good Christlike attitude and are not getting rattled. IMHO the problem you have is that the aforesaid Evangelicalism is a system of interpretation and you people in general are often forced to deny the plain, face value, literal meaning of the text because you are a-sacramentalist. The Nicene Creed states 'We acknowlege one baptism for the forgiveness of sins' , the Scripture says the same in Acts 2:38 yet your theological suppositions forced you to contort and deny the Scripture. You have so many 'difficult verses' that need the theological mallet! I see this all over the place in Evangelical dogma, denial of the literal meaning of James 2:24, denial of the literal meaning of John 6, denial of the plain words of Scripture, left, right and centre. I feel you fundamentalists have made a deep cardinal error regarding faith, that it is the channel through which God operates and never mere matter and then you have to deny a lot of the plain meanings. The full meaning of a bodily-incarnational theology has not been assimulated into your exegetical system. I don't know of any widely held doctrines of the Church Fathers that I think are not utterly Scriptural. Robin |