[Dr. Eckleburg]

The redundancy is the invention of the KJV. A gift is only a gift if it is free, even Dr. E agrees with me on that one (miracle!). :) There is no NEED to specify it as 'free' as it would imply that there is such a thing as non-free gift.

This entire question came about because you mislabeled "free gift" an oxymoron HERE, which it clearly is not.

Frankly, since you haven't retracted this incorrect statement, I don't know what point you're trying to make.

[kosta50]

Frankly, since you haven't retracted this incorrect statement, I don't know what point you're trying to make

It is an oxymoron because 'free gift' suggests a possibility that something might be a 'gift' and not be free; it is a redundancy because free is synonymous with a gift; it is incorrect and even misleading because there is no such word in the Greek language original (since some people believe that every word in the Bible is exactly as God ordained it).

I was referring to your reply to my referenced statement, where you tell me that a gift is not a gift unless it is free. On that we agree.

[Marysecretary]

Dr. E, it's all ado about NOTHING. Yawn.