James 4:5 is one of the hardest verses to translate in the New Testament. What makes it so challenging and what does the verse really mean? While it is hard to have total certainty, we can at least begin to move toward some solutions. And maybe our exercise here will help us think more critically and (we hope!) accurately regarding other passages in the future.
"Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us?" (James 4:5 NIV)
Limited Atonement: But What About 2 Peter 2:1?
Limited Atonement: How a Controversial Doctrine Can Be Practical & Comforting
Ezra and His Love for God’s Word | Ezra 7
How Does Limited Atonement Explain the ’World’ Passages?
How Does Limited Atonement Explain the ’All’ Passages?
A Deep Dive on Predestination and Limited Atonement
Limited Atonement = Effective Atonement: But What About the ’All’ & ’World’ Passages?
The Second Temple Completed: By God’s Word & Spirit! | Ezra 6:13-22 (Zechariah 4)
Obedience, Opposition, & God’s Overruling Sovereignty | Ezra 5:1-6:12
Does Scripture Really Teach Limited Atonement?
Does Scripture Teach Libertarian Free Will or Calvinistic Compatibilism? | Acts 13
Common Objections to Unconditional Election: What About Foreknowledge & God’s Desire to Save All?
Jesus and the Demons | Matthew 8:28-34
The Sealed Scroll and the Slain Lamb | Revelation 5
A Calvinist Response to Arminian Interpretations of Romans 9 (TULIP Series)
The Foreknowledge of God: Foresight or Something Better? | Unconditional Election (TULIP Series)
Jesus Calms the Storm | Matthew 8:23-27
Holy, Holy, Holy: God on His Throne | Revelation 4
Present & Future Blessing for All Repentant Sinners | Haggai 2:6-23
Does the Bible Really Teach Unconditional Election? | Acts 13:48; Romans 9:1-23
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