Showing posts with label God's Persuasion into Belief. Show all posts
Showing posts with label God's Persuasion into Belief. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

GOD witholds His Persuasion for ALL so that He may Pardon ALL (Romans 11:32)

For your consideration: Romans 11:32

Poorly translated and interpreted NIV Study Bible for this scripture: "For God has bound all men over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all."

Greater understanding by drilling deeper into the Greek: "For God has shut up (closed) ALL men into absence of persuasion/faith ("apeitheon" from apo-away from & pistos - His persuasion) that to ALL He may show pardon/pity/forgiveness/compassion/mercy.

First, the Greek word, "apeitheon", that the NIV translates as "disobedience" is incorrectly translated as "disobedience".  It can be literally translated from the Greek as: "away from persuasion".  In other words, God has "shut up" ALL men away from His persuading them into understanding/accepting Him - so that He can pardon ALL [at His appointed time].