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On God's knowledge of the future

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What are the Biblical arguments used by those who teach that God does not know every detail of the future? A complete justification for a contested statement includes not only support for one's point of view but also the arguments for other points of view, explaining away those arguments, arguments against your support and explaining away those arguments. I've seen three answers as to whether God knows every detail of the future. Therefore I have provided three answers to the original question - 1. "God knows every detail of the future that He wants to know, including things that He hasn't planned". Answer 1 provides the Bible passages used to support this position. It also explains why this position is unlikely to be correct. 2. "God knows every detail of the future because He plans every detail of the future". Answer 2 provides the Bible passages used to support this position. It also explains why this position is unlikely to be correct. 3. "While God could control every detail of the future, He does not, and sometimes things happen that He does not expect to happen". Answer 3 provides the Bible passages used to support this position. It also provides counterarguments to this position and shortcomings of those counterarguments. Answer 3 also contains an index of Bible passages referenced in any of the three answers. >Stack Exchange has always explicitly encouraged users to answer their own questions. If you have a question that you already know the answer to, and you would like to document that knowledge in public so that others (including yourself) can find it later, it's perfectly okay to ask and answer your own question on a Stack Exchange site. - The Christianity.SE Help Center.
Asked by Hall Livingston (978 rep)
Nov 13, 2025, 03:36 AM
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