God so loved the world

Mark Wilson emory2oo2 at hotmail.com
Mon Apr 29 09:16:09 EDT 2002


Richard:

You wrote:

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>hOUTWS YAR HGAPHSEN hO QEOS TON KOSMON, hWSTE TON hUION TON MONOGENH
>EDWKEN
>
>Just checking my understanding of the sense of Greek in Jn 3:16, which is
>somewhat different from my previous understanding.
>
>Until now I guess my assumption had been that "so loved" was an expression
>of the amount of love God has for the world.
>
>Now however it seems that the verse is better understood as "God loved the
>world in this way."
>
>The giving of the Son is not the measure of God's love, but its result and
>its fruitful expression.
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I think you are needlessly forcing an either/or here. John is a
master/genius of multiple meanings with his use of words.

I'll just restate your sentence above with one omission and
one addition:

The giving of the Son is the measure of God's love, AND its result and its 
fruitful expression.

This understanding really doesn't solve the problem; it
eliminates it!

Mark Wilson


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