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We know that God doesn`t listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshipper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.
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Who God Doesn't Hear
Commentators unanimously clarify that 'sinners' in this verse does not mean every person who sins. The man is referring to notorious, unrepentant sinners or religious impostors. This verse should not discourage a repentant person from praying for salvation, as scholars affirm God always hears a cry for mercy. The principle, rooted in the Old Testament, is that God does not honor the prayers of those who willfully persist in their sin.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Now we know. That is, it is an admitted or conceded point. No one calls it into question.
God heareth not. When a miracle …
God does not hear sinners (ο θεος αμαρτωλων ουκ ακουε). Note genitive case with ακουε. This was the argument of the Pharisees in 9…
19th Century
Anglican
Now we know that God heareth not sinners.—What they should have known, but asserted that they did not, he goes on to decl…
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Baptist
Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth. Since the world began was …
Again the blind man pressed the pragmatic argument, and he also employed an argument of his own. Since, according to the assumption of the Jews, “G…
16th Century
Protestant
Now we know that God hears not sinners. Those who think that the man spoke this, in accordance with the opinion of the people, are mistake…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Now we know that God hears not sinners All mankind are sinners, even God's elect; yea, such who are truly gracious a…
As Christ's mercies are most valued by those who have felt their need for them, who have been blind and now see; so the most powerful and lasting a…
13th Century
Catholic
1. After the questioning of the blind man and his parents, an attempt is made to make him deny the truth and affirm what is false. They do t…
