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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Sins or sin
Hi. Could the words "sins" that appear twice in this Bible verse, 1 Peter 2:24, in the New International Version, be the word "sin" (in singular) without changing the intended meaning to a significant degree?
For instance, I think we can say "all sin" to refer to (in the context of conceptualizing) the sin generally and can also say "all sins" to refer to (in the context of conceptualizing) sins in individual terms. (I am not sure I have said correctly to say what I wanted to say, though) I think every Bible verse needs to be understood correctly.
For instance, I think we can say "all sin" to refer to (in the context of conceptualizing) the sin generally and can also say "all sins" to refer to (in the context of conceptualizing) sins in individual terms. (I am not sure I have said correctly to say what I wanted to say, though) I think every Bible verse needs to be understood correctly.
1 Peter 2:24 (New International Version)
24He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.Top answer
Hi, Could the words "sins" that appear twice in this Bible verse, 1 Peter 2:24, in the New International Version, be the word "sin" (in singular) without changing the intended meaning to a significant degree? I would say not, because devout Christians seem to want to focus on the idea that human beings have many, many sins. That's why I'd keep the plural.
- Hi, Could the words "sins" that appear twice in this Bible verse, 1 Peter 2:24, in the New International Version, be the word "sin" (in singular) without changing the intended meaning to a significant degree?
- I would say not, because devout Christians seem to want to focus on the idea that human beings have many, many sins.
- That's why I'd keep the plural.
- You might be interested in the King James version.
- Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were.
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Hi,
Could the words "sins" that appear twice in this Bible verse, 1 Peter 2:24, in the New International Version, be the word "sin" (in singular) without changing the intended meaning to a significant degree?
I would say not, because devout Christians seem to want to focus on the idea that human beings have many, many sins. That's why I'd keep the plural.
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Could the words "sins" that appear twice in this Bible verse, 1 Peter 2:24, in the New International Version, be the word "sin" (in singular) without changing the intended meaning to a significant degree?
I would say not, because devout Christians seem to want to focus on the idea that human beings have many, many sins. That's why I'd keep the plural.
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