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Leading Bible translations can easily confuse readers about the value of fear in Christian life.
Leading Bible translations can easily confuse readers about the value of fear in Christian life.
2 TIMOTHY 1:7
"For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." (AKJV)
"For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind." (NKJV)
"for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control." (ESV)
The Bible clearly states that born-again Christians must walk in fear.
The Bible clearly states that born-again Christians must walk in fear.
1 PETER 1:17
"...pass the time of your sojourning here in fear" (AKJV)
"...conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear" (NKJV)
"...conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile" (ESV)
The Bible describes a process: the more a born-again Christian loves, the less fear of God's chastisement he or she has.
The Bible describes a process: the more a born-again Christian loves, the less fear of God's chastisement he or she has.
"...The God is love, and him abiding in the love abides in the God and the God abides in him. By this, the love is completed among us, so we should have boldness on the Day of the Judgment, because as He is, even we are, in this the world. Fear exists not in the love. Instead, the complete love casts out the fear, because the fear has chastisement. Then, the one fearing has not been completed in the love." (1 John 4:16-18, CFB)
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