KFLCC / New Age Bible Versions - Gail Riplinger

God are saved, even though they have never received Jesus Christ as their Saviour. He contends:

Those who give themselves in love to others did in fact 'know God', however loudly they might protest their agnosticism.is

B.F. Westcott: The 'New' Greek Text

He subscribes to "only a social interpretation of the Gospel.' Commenting on I John 2:2 which reads, "[H]e is the propitiation for our sins," Westcott says, this verse is "foreign to the language of the New Testament." He has "great difficulty with the notion of sacrifice and vicarious punishment." He sees, "man paying this debt." And notes, "Some by diligent obedience have been raised to the loftiest places in the celestial hierarchy." He supports the removal of "through his blood" in Col 1:14 since he feels, "the redemptive efficacy of Christ's work is to be found in his whole life." Consequently, he writes, "The redemptive work of Christ was complete in his last discourses." He admits however, "No doubt many do not agree with

F.J.A. Hort: The 'New' Greek Text

He also "pleaded for the social interpretation of the gospel." He looked to the day when, "the crude individualism of common notions of salvation is corrected, as expressed in 'too purely personal Evangelical hymns.'" Hort mockingly calls Evangelical Christianity, the "easy belief." "Without any act of ours, we are children of the Great and Gracious Heavenly Father," he says. "Christ's bearing our sins.. .[is] an almost universal heresy." Of the bible Hort contends:

There is no direct reference to the idea of purchase or ransom. . .or to the idea of sacrificial atonement. . .[The] lamb without blemish [is] the passover lamb and not the lamb of God. [He admits], [Objections might be taken to his views, especially on the doctrine of the Atonement. . .if it existed, [emphasis mine]