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NASB | 1 John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 John 1:8 If we say we have no sin [refusing to admit that we are sinners], we delude ourselves and the truth is not in us. [His word does not live in our hearts.] |
Subject: Is sinless perfection possible on earth? |
Bible Note: Greetings EdB! If you check the post I just made to Biblicalman, I ask a simple question. Does Rom. 7:14-25 simply describe someone who occasionally sins or someone who always sins? This has always been my problem with this particular approach to Rom. 7:14-25, in that in seems to ignore what the text actually says. Paul says in that passage that: - The good he wants to do, he does not do. - The evil that he does not want to do, he does do. These are absolute statements. He doesn't say that sometimes I do the evil that I don't want to do. These statements, in my mind, don't make sense in relation to Rom. 6, Rom. 8, and Gal. 5. But, they do make perfect sense in Paul is describing himself as he was, a Pharisee, who wanted to obey God's Law but could not because of his sinful nature. Just something to think about my friend! Keep up the excellent studies! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |