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Jn 3:16
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Now the religion of man has perverted this scripture. One way it has done this perversion is by misrepresenting the word "believeth" here, they have made it to be a condition for Salvation and or a command that is to be obeyed. Thats called handling the word deceitfully, the word here is actually describing what some are doing, they are believing. In the greek the word is a present active participle, and its evidencing the action of those God so Loved and gave His only begotten Son for. Those God Loved and Christ died for shall eventually become believers, for its been the Just shall live by Faith, and everyone Christ died for has been made Just or Righteous Rom 5:19
For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
Another way the religion of man has perverted this scripture is by a headstrong, adverse defining of the word world. They have without studying the biblical use of the word forced it to say and mean everyone without exception.
That is not what the word world means or says in Jn 3:16. The greek word for world kosmos means:
Now not one of these definitions specifically say the world is "everyone without exception"
The closes to that meaning is # 5 the inhabitants of the earth, the human family.
However we know that by scripture some of the human family is not Loved by God, but in fact hated, for example scripture says Rom 9:13
13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
And these Two Individuals, are also represenative of two manner of People. Lets look at Gen 25:23
And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels
; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Now the religion of man has perverted this scripture. One way it has done this perversion is by misrepresenting the word "believeth" here, they have made it to be a condition for Salvation and or a command that is to be obeyed. Thats called handling the word deceitfully, the word here is actually describing what some are doing, they are believing. In the greek the word is a present active participle, and its evidencing the action of those God so Loved and gave His only begotten Son for. Those God Loved and Christ died for shall eventually become believers, for its been the Just shall live by Faith, and everyone Christ died for has been made Just or Righteous Rom 5:19
For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
Another way the religion of man has perverted this scripture is by a headstrong, adverse defining of the word world. They have without studying the biblical use of the word forced it to say and mean everyone without exception.
That is not what the word world means or says in Jn 3:16. The greek word for world kosmos means:
- an apt and harmonious arrangement or constitution, order, government
- ornament, decoration, adornment, i.e. the arrangement of the stars, 'the heavenly hosts', as the ornament of the heavens. 1 Pet. 3:3
- the world, the universe
- the circle of the earth, the earth
- the inhabitants of the earth, men, the human family
- the ungodly multitude; the whole mass of men alienated from God, and therefore hostile to the cause of Christ
- world affairs, the aggregate of things earthly
- the whole circle of earthly goods, endowments riches, advantages, pleasures, etc, which although hollow and frail and fleeting, stir desire, seduce from God and are obstacles to the cause of Christ
- any aggregate or general collection of particulars of any sort
Now not one of these definitions specifically say the world is "everyone without exception"
The closes to that meaning is # 5 the inhabitants of the earth, the human family.
However we know that by scripture some of the human family is not Loved by God, but in fact hated, for example scripture says Rom 9:13
13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
And these Two Individuals, are also represenative of two manner of People. Lets look at Gen 25:23
And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels
; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.