Jeremiah 29:11 Is Not About ‘You;’ Frequently-Quoted Bible Verse Often Misinterpreted
I’m sure it’s a point I’ve made before, but I see it all the time. You can even find lists of God’s promises cherry picked from throughout the scripture without regard to context. Certainly God is good. I don’t think it’s out of line to lay clame to a statement like the one in this passage if one is a child of God, but we can point to scripture that really does say that to us. We don’t need to go shoplifting. That said, we will not find anywhere in scripture that says we will be spared all suffering.
“‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.'” Christians quote Jeremiah 29:11 all the time, nearly as often as they quote John 3:16, but some apparently fail to understand the meaning of the Old Testament verse.
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