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NASB | 2 Timothy 4:2 preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Timothy 4:2 preach the word [as an official messenger]; be ready when the time is right and even when it is not [keep your sense of urgency, whether the opportunity seems favorable or unfavorable, whether convenient or inconvenient, whether welcome or unwelcome]; correct [those who err in doctrine or behavior], warn [those who sin], exhort and encourage [those who are growing toward spiritual maturity], with inexhaustible patience and [faithful] teaching. |
Subject: Contemporizing Christians Message? |
Bible Note: Love thine enemy. Love thy neighbor. Love thy God with all your heart all your mind and all your soul. Wouldn't the context of what you said be that God's love is perfect in telling Abraham to go sacrifice his son, so He could test Abaham's love? But the context of our ability to love is not so very grand and we could not take that text you have there and just tell folks go sacrifice your son, we would have to explain the context to them and show them what the purpose of the verse is, it is not simple and self explanatory at all. Loving people does not mean letting them disobey God's word, but scripture gives us plenty of straight forward instructions about doing it in meekness, with gentleness and so on. God's Day To You, Tamara |