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NASB | 2 John 1:7 ¶ For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 John 1:7 ¶ For many deceivers [heretics, posing as Christians] have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge and confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh (bodily form). This [person, the kind who does this] is the deceiver and the antichrist [that is, the antagonist of Christ]. |
Subject: Does Islam fit here? |
Bible Note: Regarding your second point, please look up the biographies of men such as John Huss, John Wycliffe, John Purvey, Martin Luther, William Tyndale, John Rogers, and others. Each of these men sought to put the Bible in the languages of the common man. Each were denounced by Rome. "Starting about 1080 there were many incidents where the Pope, Church councils, or individual bishops forbid the translation of the Bible into the language of the common people (the vernacular)." --Paul Johnson, "A History of Christianity," page 273. (This author is Catholic.) If anecdotes are acceptable in our arguments, then I have to include that I've watched Catholic TV myself. I have seen the very words of scripture be explained away as being contrary to the authority of their traditions. In this one program a young lady told a number of children said, "You cannot read the scripture without having a priest interpret it for you." This is consistent with the "Catechism of the Catholic Church," paragraphs 85, 87, 100, 862, 891, 939, 2034, 2037, 2041, and 2050 I'll answer your third point in another post. |