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  1. Van replied to the thread Encrypted or Unencrypted.

    The ESV provides an example of "home cooking" with its translation of Revelation 13:8. and all who dwell on earth will worship it,...

    May 8, 2024 at 5:54 PM
  2. Van replied to the thread Encrypted or Unencrypted.

    By learning how to study on our own, we can quickly spot the "home cooking" found in some translations like the NWT.

    May 8, 2024 at 5:42 PM
  3. Van replied to the thread The Two "Natures" of Christ Jesus.

    Returning to topic, the two natures of Jesus, His divinity (God and Son) and His humanity (His flesh and blood body with its needs and...

    May 8, 2024 at 5:32 PM
  4. Van replied to the thread Encrypted or Unencrypted.

    Another candidate for study using our English study tools to decrypt confusing and ambiguous renderings, is 1 Corinthians 15:29. 1...

    May 8, 2024 at 5:25 PM
  5. Van replied to the thread Encrypted or Unencrypted.

    Lets take a gander at the NASB version of Galatians 1:6; I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace...

    May 8, 2024 at 5:07 PM
  6. Van replied to the thread Encrypted or Unencrypted.

    Returning to 1 Corinthians 6:20, " you have been bought with a price..." Here the phrase could be translated "you have been procured...

    May 8, 2024 at 4:43 PM
  7. Van replied to the thread Encrypted or Unencrypted.

    Why not use "redeemed" rather than procured? The NASB translates two other Greek words as redeemed, but does not use procured.

    May 8, 2024 at 1:05 PM
  8. Van replied to the thread Encrypted or Unencrypted.

    Some might ask what was purchased if not the possession of the person? Procured refers to obtaining the possession of something or...

    May 8, 2024 at 12:59 PM
  9. Van replied to the thread Encrypted or Unencrypted.

    Turning now to the meaning of "bought" as translated by the NASB in 2 Peter 2:1, we find, using again our trusty English bible study...

    May 8, 2024 at 12:53 PM
  10. Van replied to the thread The Two "Natures" of Christ Jesus.

    LOL, you have no basis for saying Eve "inherited" knowledge of good and evil, which constituted her "fall" before her eyes were opened...

    May 8, 2024 at 11:56 AM
  11. Van replied to the thread The Two "Natures" of Christ Jesus.

    Sometimes people ask, "Why did God arrange for the "Fall." I think Gideon provides the explication. Recall how God reduced the size of...

    May 8, 2024 at 11:41 AM
  12. Van replied to the thread The Two "Natures" of Christ Jesus.

    Bogus claim with no actual supporting scripture. Genesis 3:12 refers to Eve after her "eyes were opened spiritually" due to Adam's sin...

    May 8, 2024 at 11:37 AM
  13. Van replied to the thread The Two "Natures" of Christ Jesus.

    I have, multiple times!!!!!!! SIN NATURE = The human capacity and ability to make choices not in the will of God. Due to the "Fall"...

    May 8, 2024 at 11:34 AM
  14. Van replied to the thread The Two "Natures" of Christ Jesus.

    Why ignore my specific description of the "sin nature" provided in multiple posts?

    May 8, 2024 at 11:16 AM
  15. Van replied to the thread The Two "Natures" of Christ Jesus.

    Bogus claim with no actual supporting scripture. Genesis 3:12 refers to Eve after her "eyes were opened spiritually" due to Adam's sin...

    May 8, 2024 at 11:15 AM