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::Of course you are correct to state in a sermon based on this text that "God so loved us", but what you are doing to this verse has nothing to do with translation.
 
::Of course you are correct to state in a sermon based on this text that "God so loved us", but what you are doing to this verse has nothing to do with translation.
 
::[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] 09:49, 22 September 2012 (EDT)
 
::[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] 09:49, 22 September 2012 (EDT)
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:::The [[KJV]] does not use quotation marks - because English hadn't developed them yet.  Should we avoid it today?  Of course not.
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:::John is clearly talking about "us", but the Greek style had not developed that improvement in writing style, to the point of using awkward constructs to avoid any first-person reference.  Using "world" instead of "us" today adds too much distortion than can be justified.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 10:25, 22 September 2012 (EDT)
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