The vague and tenuous hope that God is too kind to punish the ungodly has become a deadly opiate for the consciences of millions.
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Psalms 1:1:
Blessed are those who do not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers
(NIV)
BLESSED (HAPPY, fortunate, prosperous, and enviable) is the man who walks and lives not in the counsel of the ungodly [following their advice, their plans and purposes], nor stands [submissive and inactive] in the path where sinners walk, nor sits down [to relax and rest] where the scornful [and the mockers] gather.
(AMP)
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
(KJV)
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Romans 4:5:
However, to anyone who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.
(NIV)
But to one who, not working [by the Law], trusts (believes fully) in Him Who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited to him as righteousness (the standing acceptable to God).
(AMP)
But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
(KJV)
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Romans 5:6:
You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
(NIV)
While we were yet in weakness [powerless to help ourselves], at the fitting time Christ died for (in behalf of) the ungodly.
(AMP)
For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
(KJV)
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