What does “might” or “may” be saved mean? (Jn. 3:17)
God sent His son that the world through Him “might” be saved (Jn. 3:17). Does this mean “perhaps” shall be saved? Consider this statement: “The dam was dynamited so that the pent up waters ‘might’ rush out.” Is there a doubt that the waters will rush out? No! “Might” is used in Jn. 3:17 in the same way. The NIV says “to save the world.” Please read the following similar passages: Mt. 26:56; Mk.3:14-15; Ep. 2:6-7; Jn. 9:3; Jn. 17:1-2.
From Hope Beyond Hell Revised 2010 pages 219
September 12, 2010
In what has been revealed to me, and I use a concordance in my studies, the word “might” is a word explained by the concordance as a word that is added in order to finish the English translation, but if God’s word is taken within the context of our own beliefs in that “there are things about God that we are not to understand” do not words like “might” and “may” cast a shadow on the truth, meaning that words like these put God’s word into a gray area, which in itself is keeping us blind from the truth?
In Matthew 15, Christ Himself defines not understanding as blindness, and if by the use of these words that cast shadows on the truth, do we not ourselves choose to remain blind if the passage can go either way? Would you not agree that the use of these words by men in the translation of God’s word keeps others from understanding?