[Part 1 here.]
I’ve been trying to think of ways to explain this.
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I love all kinds of corn chips.
Hold that thought.
A few weeks ago I asked a friend what does “all without distinction” mean:
One answer I have seen a few times is that it means this: “all kinds of men.”
On the surface my above [...]
[Part 2 here]
Here is how I interpret these phrases:
1)
All men without distinction to me means:
All men without this or that distinction.
So an instance of this might be,
All men [without distinction] who call upon the name of the Lord will be saved…
Here there is no ethnic/racial distinction, all–without this exception–who call upon the name of the [...]
XII. ” Who will have all men to be saved and to come
unto the knowledge of the truth.” 1 Tim. 2: 4.
[March 1st, 1868.]
There are two principles which must control the interpretation of the Scriptures. That is, when a passage admits of two interpretations, the choice between them is to be determined, first, [...]
I am reposting some of the material that got lost:
Dabney on allusions or references to 1 Tim 2:4-6:
1) These passages doubtless teach that the Son was, in the beginning, the immediate agent of creation for these, as for all other beings; and that the God-man now includes angels in His mediatorial kingdom, in the [...]
There are three things which are good here: 1) he affirms that God does desire the salvation of all men; 2) he rejects the idea that “all” here means some of all; and 3) he chastises Gill’s exegesis on this. He does not mention Gill’s name, but it’s undeniable that its Gill as the intended [...]
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