For example, if one were to offer a gift to a policeman who had stopped him for speeding, we have another word for this “gift.” It is the word “bribe.” If the policeman receives the gift, the driver is expecting the policeman to do something for him in return. That would not be the kind of gift meant by the word chosen in Eph 2:9. This word (dōrean) is found in its adverbial form twice in Revelation in connection with receiving eternal life. Rev 21:6 says, “I will give of the fountain of the water
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