(Freedom from Sin) So Jesus said to the Jews who believed in him, “If you continue to obey my teaching [remain/abide in my word], you are truly my followers [disciples]. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will make [set] you free.” They answered, “We are Abraham’s children [descendants; seed], and we have never been anyone’s slaves. So why do you say we will be free?” Jesus answered them, “I tell you the truth [Truly, truly I say to you], everyone who lives in sin [commits/practices sin] is a slave to sin. A slave does not stay with a family [live in the household] forever, but a son belongs to the family [lives in the household] forever. So if the Son makes you free, you will be truly free [free indeed]. I know you are Abraham’s children [descendants; seed], but you want [are trying; seek] to kill me because you don’t accept my teaching [my word has no place in you; thus showing they were Abraham’s children only physically, not spiritually]. I am telling you what my Father has shown me [what I have seen in the Father’s presence], but you do what your father [or the Father] has told you.” They answered, “Our father is Abraham.” Jesus said to them, “If you were really Abraham’s children, you would *do the things Abraham did. I am a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God, but you are trying to kill me. Abraham did nothing like that. So you are doing the things your own father did.” But [or Therefore] they said to him, “We are not like children who never knew who their father was [illegitimate children; born from/of fornication]. God is our Father; he is the only Father we have.” Jesus said to them, “If God were really your Father, you would love me, because I came from God and now I am here. [For] I did not come by my own authority [on my own]; God sent me. You don’t understand [Why don’t you understand…?] what I say, because you cannot accept my teaching [hear my word/message]. You belong to [are from] your father the devil, and you want to do what he wants. He was a murderer from the beginning and was against the truth [does not uphold the truth], because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he shows what he is really like [he reveals his own nature; or he speaks his own language; he speaks from his own], because he is a liar and the father of lies. But because I speak the truth, you don’t believe me. Can any of you [Who among you can…?] prove that I am guilty [convict me] of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me? The person who belongs to God accepts what God says [hears/obeys the words of God]. But you don’t accept what God says [hear; obey], because you don’t belong to God.” {EXB Footnotes: *Some Greek copies read “If you are really Abraham’s children, you will do.”} (John 8:31-47 EXB)
Posted on: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 02:56:52 +0000
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