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NASB | 1 John 4:16 We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 John 4:16 We have come to know [by personal observation and experience], and have believed [with deep, consistent faith] the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides continually in him. |
Bible Question: Why did God provide us all with free will(The choice) but, threaten to torture us if we choose against his will? Also, why would god attach the soul to the flesh which thrives on desire and disobedience? |
Bible Answer: Love is not just something that God does. Love is something that God is. Love is not love if it is compelled. Love must be a choice. So, free will is intrinsic in all creatures endowed with the ability to love. In God's wisdom, He endowed both angels and mankind with the capacity to love. Along with that is the capacity to choose, and with the capacity to choose is the capacity to sin. God did not create us with free will so that He could threaten us with hell if we choose sin. He created us with free will so that we could choose to love and enjoy His love. |