That is why true evangelism is so difficult. It truly takes a dying to self, a willingness to be seen in a bad light in order to be effective. The believer knows, of course, the way God really sees him and is content. And So . . . They could not bring themselves to such sacrificial action.
All Greek texts agree in the prepositions used.
The A.V. does the best job of dividing the en into locative and instrumental cases in vss 4-7. The Mystery of the Holy Spirit By R.C. Sproul Few Evangelical writers have turned out more books in the last ten years than R.C. Sproul. Many of us appreciate his stand against the ECT document and other compromises of the grace of God. I enjoy his doctrinal books because of the amount of Scripture and information included. I always take exception to his hyper-Calvinism which seems to appear in all of his writings.