Prior Book | Prior Chapter | Prior Verse | Next Verse | Next Chapter | Next Book | Viewing NASB and Amplified 2015 | |
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: Hi Aixen7z4, I have been changing my favorite translations slightly so that it makes sense to me also; in fact for many years now. In that sense, I think we all have to work out our own salvation and go with what we believe. However, I do believe that there is a "perfect" understanding that we need to go back to and rediscover; or that will be revealed later in the will of God. 1) We can not know the thoughts of the Spirit of God or expressed in another way, the thoughts of God's Spirit; but that is one reason why I think that there is the spirit [sic] that is given to us by God the Holy Spirit. I believe that we should be filled with the spirit, and with His word(s). 2) I do not believe that the word "control" is the correct one in thinking of the (h)Holy (s)Spirit. We are "compelled" or "constrained" but there is no controlling by the Holy Spirit. 3) It appears that we believe the same in interpretting a lower case "spirit" for the first spirit in Romans 8:9 and for the "spirit" in verse 10. Here are three comparison verses that I gain from our talking together about these things. 1) Rom 8:9, "However, you are not in the flesh but in the *spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God/ dwells in you...." 2 Cor 5:4, "...in order that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. 5 Now He who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave to us the *spirit as a pledge." When the Spirit of God/ indwells us, then we should KNOW that we are saved whether we are at home in the body, walking by faith with Him, or whether at home with the Lord/. 2) Rom 8:10, "And if Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness." 2 Cor 5:11, "...but we are made manifest to God; and I hope that we are made manifest also in your consciences." We are one spirit together, one spiritual body as believers who know the Lord. And thus we persuade men because the love of Christ compels us. 3) Romans 8:11, "But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ /Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His (Spirit) who indwells you." 2 Cor 5:17, "For the love of Christ controls [NKJ, compels] us, having concluded this, that one [NKJ, One] died for all, therefore all died; 15 and He died for all, that they who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him/ who died and rose again on their behalf. 16 Therefore from now on we recognize no man according to the flesh; even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer. 17 Therefore if any man is in (Christ) he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come." When His (Spirit) indwells us then we are new creatures in (Christ), and we are children of (God). Romans 8:16. The parentheses and slashes are mine for comparisons. The star is because the starred word differs from the NASB copy. From the heart, Ray |