One of the significant dangers lurking in many of today’s “reader friendly” translations is the “dumbing down” of the meaty vocabulary divinely placed in Scripture. Such rich, spiritually-weighty words as repentance, propitiation, justification, sanctification, et. al. have been watered down and robbed of their profundity….
“Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin” (Romans 3:20). Send article as PDF
“As it is written: ‘There is none righteous, no, not one;’ ‘there is none who understands; there is none who seeks after God. They have all turned aside; they have together become unprofitable; there is none who does good, no, not one;’ ‘their throat is…
“What then? Are we better than they? Not at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin” (Romans 3:9). Send article as PDF
“For if the truth of God has increased through my lie to His glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner? And why not say, ‘Let us do evil that good may come’?—as we are slanderously reported and as some affirm that we…
“But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust who inflicts wrath? (I speak as a man.) Certainly not! For then how will God judge the world?” (Romans 3:5-6). Send article as PDF
“For what if some did not believe? Will their unbelief make the faithfulness of God without effect? Certainly not! Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar. As it is written: ‘That You may be justified in Your words and may overcome when…
“For what if some did not believe? Will their unbelief make the faithfulness of God without effect? Certainly not! Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar. As it is written: ‘That You may be justified in Your words and may overcome when…
“What advantage then has the Jew, or what is the profit of circumcision? Much in every way! Chiefly because to them were committed the oracles of God” (Romans 3:1-2). Send article as PDF
People in sin do not like hearing “negative” preaching. Itching ears prefer “smooth words and flattering speech” (Romans 16:18). People who object to a consideration of false conclusions which arise from common misconceptions about sound doctrine are probably unaware of the fact that their complaint…
