Ephesians 2:2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience.
New International Version "who are disobedient"
The Message "You filled your lungs with polluted unbelief"
New Living Translation "who refuse to obey God"
Contemporary English Version "everyone who doesn't obey God"
Holman Christian Standard Bible "in the disobedient"
New International Reader's Version -UK "who don't obey God"
Worldwide English (New Testament) "people who do not obey God"
Today's New International Version "those who are disobedient"
New Century Version "those who refuse to obey God"
All these modern translations alter the phrase "sons of disobedience." (Incidentally the Jehovah Witness' "New World Translation" states: "sons of disobedience.") All the older translations state "sons of disobedience." Judas and the anti-Christ are sons of perdition. John 17:12; 2 Thessalonians 2:3. We are "cursed children" II Peter 2:14. We are disobedient by virtue of our birth to our parents. We were conceived in iniquity. Psalms 51:5. Did you ever wonder why sin came so natural to you? Did it occur to you that we are sinful from birth rather than evolving into a sinner? You did not enter life with a clean slate and everything went down hill from there.
We all have inherited Adam's sin. Our salvation consist of deliverance from this sinful condition.
Because all these modern translation advocate a free will in choosing Christ as savior they have to alter the sinful condition of man. Since there is nothing we can do to save ourselves from Adam's sin, original sin is denied and we are saved from actual sin which occurs when we reach the age of accountability. "Therefore, as soon as they are capable of moral action, they become transgressors and are under condemnation." Baptist Faith and Mission
Only in this way can man exercise free will in obeying the scripture. In spite of the fact that scripture plainly set forth the claim as a sinner we cannot choose Christ. Romans 3:11,12
Our salvation is completely out of our hands. That is good news! But God rich in mercy....
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