[Elsie]

I will only scissor out your stretching of the meaning of a few verses.

Here ya go!!

Redact the STRETCHED parts!!

I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you HAVE eternal life.

[editor-surveyor]

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>> “so that you may know...” <<

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“Believing on” as it was meant by the apostles provides a means by which we may (but not necessarily will) know that we have eternal life.

“May” has always been a conditional proposition. Reading that out of the declaration of the apostle modifies the declaration’s meaning considerably, allowing for nonsense like OSAS.

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