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NASB | Hebrews 10:14 For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 10:14 For by the one offering He has perfected forever and completely cleansed those who are being sanctified [bringing each believer to spiritual completion and maturity]. |
Subject: Do you accept defeat too? |
Bible Note: Greetings Tim and Nolan, Tim, You said: "Where we differ, I believe, is that I don't see as strong a connection between the 'sinful nature' and the 'physical body'. For instance, I don't see the reference in Rom. 6:6 to the 'body of sin' as referring to the human body. Rather, I see Paul using several terms in a synonymous sense - 'flesh', 'body of sin', and 'old man'. So, I would say that 'sin nature' is dead now for believers, but as you pointed out, a believer can still yield to it. According to Rom. 6, if a believer does this, he makes himself a slave again to it. So, I would see the 'sinful nature' as less a physical reality and more of a way of life. So, I see the sins of the flesh as springing from this 'mindset', not from something physical within us." Please consider this. I think it is important to understand that man is an integrated spiritual and physical reality as created by God. We are not spirits with a "body suit." Thus the importance of the resurrection of the body. We also know that the mind and body effect one another for good and bad. Our fallen nature is both a spiritual and physical reality, so our minds and bodies are effected in an integrated way. Emmaus |