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NASB | 1 Peter 4:6 For the gospel has for this purpose been preached even to those who are dead, that though they are judged in the flesh as men, they may live in the spirit according to the will of God. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Peter 4:6 For this is why the good news [of salvation] was preached [in their lifetimes] even to those who are dead, that though they were judged in the flesh as men are, they may live in the spirit according to [the will and purpose of] God. |
Subject: Those who died before Jesus' death |
Bible Note: Hi, Searcher! I really lost you on this one... you are either confirming my statement that Salvation is for all regardless of sex (male/female) and regardless of age (infant-child/adult): "God has the Power, Authority, and Mercy to rescue us from death is clearly written in the Holy Scripture. Also, if you try to add to Scripture, there is great danger (Rev 22:18)." ...or you are contradicting yourself (see above) by suggesting that Biblical strictness forbids the Salvation of some because they are intellectually limited by their age (infants-children)! I do not add to Scripture! But rather than go with the flavor-of-the-day religion, I allow God to be the determining factor of my Faith! (Just as an example: we find Scripture that speaks on the Believers pooling their resources and distributing the resources equally amongs all (Acts 2:44-45)... Yet, I've not heard of a single Biblical passage that commands Believers to amass wealth and to trickle down economy to their brothers in the Faith!... to strictly obsever Scripture, all affluent Christians must bring to their congregation their wealth and distribute it equally among its members!... but we know from Scripture that not everyone who claims to be Christian is in fellowship with Christ... so it could be very understandable that some would bleed their "brothers" without regards for the edification of the Chruch (which should be the farmost factor--aside from our relationship with God--for all Christians, affluent and impoverished). To believe that God does not Save infants-children because it is not found in the Bible, would be to deny God the Authority to do anything that is not written down in Biblical Text! I wonder how Peter, Paul and the rest managed since the Bible was not a source readily aviable to them (Old Testament text belonged, almost exclusively, to religious elite who had access to the Holy Scrolls... and the New Testament had not been compiled, and placed along with the Old Testament writings, during the lifetime of the Apostles.) You cannot abound in God while limiting others with your brand of salvation--Jesus gave us all the right to be sons of God, John 1:12; through strict observance of Scripture this verse impedes all females from claiming that they are dauthers of God--either they are interpreting according to your esegesis theory or they must become male in order to adhere to the exactness of Scripture!... yet, if they allow God to instruct them, they will know that no partial knowledge or partial prophecy can replace God's Authority and Wisdom! It is He who calls us all in Jesus... where we are no longer Jews or Greeks, no longer male and female! (Galatians 3:28) Of course, we can continue to read individual passages of Scripture and build our theology based on man's understanding of a (a few) Scritural verses! We cannot dictate to God how He should apply His Authority and Mercy! ...since you are sticking to your strictness of Scripture, can you please clarify the mystery found in 1 Corinthians 13:9--since you are implying that we know God completely and that Paul is referring to something other than God... who or what is it that we know in part but that it is not God? And please also explain what is the partial prophecy, also found in 1 Corinthians 13:9? And please, please explain what perfection is Paul speaking on in 1 Corinthians 13:10? And please, please, please explain this mystery of knowing in part and later knowing as we are known (1 Corinthians 13:12)... I am not being rude... I simply link Scripture together with Scripture and do not find vacuousness in these verses... we know partially because we are not the spiritual beings which we will become in Jesus Christ... we are known fully by God and He will grant us that familiarity with Him when we become the new creatures as we are changed in Christ! You are concerned with exegesis and eisegesis... when you make claims as to infants-children not experiencing Salvation... from which Scriptural passage are you reading, which Gospel, which Epistle, which Commandment? God Bless! Angel |