To: Mr Rogers; 1000 silverlings
It is a waste of your time. I’ve read every verse with ‘faith’ in it, and saving faith is never referred to as a gift. Ephesians 2:
[8] For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God --
5,227 posted on
09/15/2010 2:46:22 PM PDT by
OLD REGGIE
(I am a Biblical Unitarian?)
To: OLD REGGIE
Please see post 5,183...Ephesians 2:8 does NOT teach that saving faith is a gift, although in an English translation it can look that way.
5,231 posted on
09/15/2010 3:01:26 PM PDT by
Mr Rogers
(When the ass brays, don't reply...)
To: OLD REGGIE; Mr Rogers; 1000 silverlings
Kind of depends some on what you consider the antecedent of *it*.
It can easily be read that the salvation is the gift and it makes more sense within the context, because it goes on to say, *not of works so that no man should boast*.
You don’t work to earn a gift.
5,275 posted on
09/15/2010 4:35:00 PM PDT by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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