Three key sets of texts in the New Testament affirm unlimited atonement: the “all” texts, the “world” texts, and the “many” texts. Other texts state Jesus died for His “church,” His “sheep,” and His “friends.” How are we to reconcile these two sets of texts? The high-Calvinist interprets the universal texts in light of the limited texts. Non-Calvinists and moderate-Calvinists interpret the limited texts as a subset of the universal texts. Some Calvinists argue that biblical authors such as John or