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NASB | 1 John 3:2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 John 3:2 Beloved, we are [even here and] now children of God, and it is not yet made clear what we will be [after His coming]. We know that when He comes and is revealed, we will [as His children] be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is [in all His glory]. |
Subject: What would make this allogory? |
Bible Note: Hi, Bibleman12... We need to take care that we don't put words into people's mouths. Our Lord Jesus tells us that we will give account for every idle word (Matthew 12:36), but none of us will be required to give account for something we've not said. We who take the name of our Lord, will want to properly reflect His character by highly regarding truth, explicitly and tacitly. After all, we care little about being personally justified, but we care a great deal about searching out and clinging to that which is true. Therefore, I will rephrase your question, "Could you share a bit of what you found in the book that caused you to reject it?" I'm afraid that I can share but little. I have a difficult enough time remembering those things that are good, true, honest, pure, just, etc. Consequently, I can recall a lot more from Jonathan Edward's "The Freedom of the Will" than I can of Watchman Nee's "The Normal Christian Life" -- even though I read the former before I read the latter. I seem to recall that Nee's exegesis of Romans didn't jibe with orthodoxy. I seem to recall some dualism in his teaching as well. The last thing I recall, is that he stretched his trichotomism into his soteriology in a way that was certainly heterodoxical. Sorry, but that's about all. A sufficient amount though, that I'd not bother with Nee. Time's too precious. In Him, Doc |