The Meaning of All in the New Testament

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A friend asked this insightful question:  You mentioned recently on a podcast that the word all does not always mean all in the New Testament.    That seems to fit your texts ok, but does that not dilute the value of some of the assurance statements where it says He forgives “all sin,” etc.?  How would you know when the word all is absolute and when
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Upside Down Exegesis Interpreters Sometimes Negate What Was Actually Said

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In the past year or so I’ve run across four examples where interpreters negate what the text actually says. I think you will find these examples instructive.  First, in the first parable of Luke 15, the Parable of the Lost Sheep, the Lord speaks in the conclusion of “ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance”
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