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NASB | 1 John 3:19 We will know by this that we are of the truth, and will assure our heart before Him |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 John 3:19 By this we will know [without any doubt] that we are of the truth, and will assure our heart and quiet our conscience before Him |
Subject: Matched pronouns: Truth or truth? |
Bible Note: Hi EdB, The passage is about the love of God. God showed love for us in that He laid down His life for us. We also on the other hand should lay down our lives for our brethren. This goes beyond word; we are to love in deed and in truth. If we do this, that is lay down our life for them, we will know that we love them. If that is not required of us, and/or we wonder if we would be able to do that, God knows our hearts and knows all things. But we have confidence with God. 1) But in regards to my last paragraph, I wanted to point out that the love of God/ was shown when He laid down His life for us. 1 John 3:17, "But whoever has the world's goods, and beholds his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of (God) abide in him?" Parenthesis mine. 2) John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that He/ gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in (Him) should not perish, but have eternal life." 3) John 7:4, KJ, "For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly." My penciled in personal copy, "For no One/ does anything in secret, when He Himself seeks to be know publicly. If (You) do these things,..." 4) In my previous post with its last paragraph, I was infering to my own personal system which would require an either/or decision. If I chose to capitalize Truth because of the translation of "Him", then for my personal study it would have one pronoun too many. In other words, my personal study is one in which the books of the Holy Bible have total pronouns of Deity adding up to a number divisible by three. You might remember past discussions on the forum about this, for instance the discussion of the High Priestly prayer of John 17 being divisible by three. If I choose to translate the word Him as "it", and leave the truth uncapitalized; then numberwise I can include the love [of God] which is in the Greek. For afterall, the passage is about the truth of the love of God. 5) As I have said in the past, this is my own personal study throughout many years and has been meaningful for me. I praise God that He is a triune God. I praise the Word in that He would be able to show His triune Oneness in this way in the Scriptures. People have come to God without having to count pronouns and I certainly would not encourage people to do as I do without warning them of the cost in time, etc., etc. And we have no proof of the correctness of our choices other than being divisible by three, other than some other things to my mind. So, take all my suggestions "for what they are worth". From the heart, Ray |