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NASB | 1 John 3:24 The one who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. We know by this that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 John 3:24 The one who habitually keeps His commandments [obeying His word and following His precepts, abides and] remains in Him, and He in him. By this we know and have the proof that He [really] abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us [as a gift]. |
Subject: How do we know that we are truly saved? |
Bible Note: I think that 9 verse 9 is talking about our spirit, the inward man, as in 2 Corinthians 4:16. With that in mind, I would also have to choose the NASB version for verse 10. But these are deep things of God, and I think we would do well to keep both versions in mind. It is a fellowship between God and us, between his Spirit and our spirit, that is in view here, and it is perhaps that dynamic relationship we should be thinking of and in no way seeking to think of ourselves as separated from him. I can only imagine the dilemma the translators had in choosing the words to place here. I find a need to change even my favorite translation slightly so that it makes sense to me. We are not controlled by your sinful nature. We are controlled by the Spirit. And this can only happen because the Spirit of God is living in us. (And remember that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them are not his people at all.) Since Christ lives within us, we have this situation: although our body is slowly wearing out because of sin, our spirit is vibrant and alive because we have been made right with God. |