v. 16 For in this manner God loved the world, that he bestowed his Son, the only begotten One, in order that everyone believing into him might not be completely destroyed, but might be having life of the age.
v. 17 For God did not send forth the Son into the world in order that he might pass sentence upon the world, but in order that the world might be rescued through him.v. 18 The one believing into him is not having the sentence passed upon him. But the one not believing even now has had the sentence passed upon him, because he has not believed into the name of the only begotten Son of God.v. 19 And this is the sentence: that the Light has come into the world, and the people loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their works were evil.
v. 20 For everyone practising worthless things is hating the Light, and is not coming towards the Light, in order that his works might not be discovered.
v. 21 But the one doing the truth is coming towards the Light, in order that his works might be made visible, because they are having been worked in God.
v. 35 The Father is loving the Son, and has bestowed all things in his hand.
v. 36 The one believing into the Son is having life of the age. But the one refusing to be persuaded by the Son shall not see life – rather, the indignation of God is dwelling upon him.
(John 3.16–21, 35–36, A Remonstrant’s Rendering)
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v. 16 For in this manner God loved the world, that he bestowed his Son, the only begotten One, in order that everyone believing into him might not be completely destroyed, but might be having age-lasting life.
v. 36 The one believing into the Son is having age-lasting life. But the one refusing to be persuaded by the Son shall not see life – rather, the indignation of God is dwelling upon him.
v. 16 For in this manner God loved the world, that he bestowed his Son, the only begotten One, in order that everyone believing into him might not be completely destroyed, but might be having aeon-lasting life.
v. 36 The one believing into the Son is having aeon-lasting life. But the one refusing to be persuaded by the Son shall not see life – rather, the indignation of God is dwelling upon him.
v. 16 For I am not disgraced by the good news of Christ, for it is God’s power resulting in salvation for everyone believing – both to Jew first, as well as to Greek.
v. 17 For in it God’s righteousness is being disclosed by faith, resulting in faith, just as it is has been written: ‘Now the righteous one, by faith, shall live’.
v. 18 For God’s indignation is being disclosed from heaven against every kind of irreverence and unrighteousness of human beings, the ones restraining the truth in unrighteousness.
(Romans 1.16–18, A Remonstrant’s Rendering)
Alternatively, ‘Now the righteous one shall live by faith’.
v. 16 For I am not disgraced by the good news of Christ, for it is God’s power resulting in salvation for everyone believing – both to Jew first, as well as to Greek.
v. 17 For in it God’s justice is being unveiled by faith, resulting in faith, just as it is has been written: ‘Now the just one, by faith, shall live’.
v. 18 For God’s indignation is being unveiled from heaven against every kind of irreverence and injustice of human beings, the ones restraining the truth in injustice.
(Romans 1.16–18, A Remonstrant’s Rendering)
Alternatively, ‘Now the just one shall live by faith’.
And this is the testimony: that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. The one having the Son has the life. The one not having the Son of God does not have the life.
(1 John 5.11–12, DLNT[1])
v. 23 And he, having turned, said unto Peter, ‘You must be getting behind me, Adversary! You are being a cause of stumbling for me! Because you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but the things of human beings.’v. 24 At that time Jesus said unto his students, ‘If anyone is desiring to come behind me, he mustcompletely disregard himselfand lift up his crossand be following me.
v. 25 ‘For whosoever may be desiring to preserve his life shall completely destroy it, but whosoever may completely destroy his life because of me shall discover it.v. 26 ‘For what shall a person be benefited if he may have acquired the whole world but may have suffered loss of his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?v. 27 ‘For the Son of Man is on the point of arriving in the splendour of his Father with his angels, and at that time he shall give back to each in accordance with his practice.’
(Matthew 16.23–27, A Remonstrant’s Rendering)
The Lord is not being unpunctual regarding the promise [of his coming], as some regard unpunctuality, but is being forbearing towards you, not desiring for any to be destroyed, but for everyone to advance to a change in their way of thinking.
(2 Peter 3.9, A Remonstrant’s Rendering)
Jack Warren Cottrell (1938–2022) died on Friday, 16 September 2022, aged eighty-four.
Who will bring an accusation against the elect of God? God is the One justifying. (Romans 8.33, BLB[1])The justification of persons before God – that is, the divine juridical act of declaring-righteous those who are trusting in the God who raised Jesus Christ from the dead – is never subject to any doubt or debate in the mind of God. Justification is strictly God’s domain.
v. 27 “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.
v. 28 “And I give them eternal life, and never shall they perish to the age, and never will anyone seize them out of My hand.v. 29 “My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all, and no one is able to seize them out of the Father’s hand.v. 30 “I and the Father are one.”
(John 10.27–30, Berean Literal Bible[1])