"Determine the difference between what is actually said and what is left unsaid though implied.... a possible inference from the text but not a necessary inference.... Too much can be read into implications."RC Sproul, Knowing Scripture, pg 75-6.
"There are scores of words in the Bible that have multiple meanings. Only the context can determine the particular meaning of a word." - pg 82.
He goes on to illustrate with how the Bible talks about God's will, say, in 2 Peter 3:9; and how Paul and James use "justify" differently in Rom 3:28 and James 2:24.
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