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1 | What is it, about Jehovah's Witnesses? | Bible general Archive 2 | Scribe | 104370 | ||
I think the main purpose of the forumn based on the policies you can read, is that of giving Bible answers to Bible Questions. It does not matter if the person asking the question is a JW or a Mormon, or any other cult, if they ask a bible question like "What does this verse mean?" people will give answers. The fact that many can give answers who are not your typically "trained" theology graduate, is a wonderful thing. The answers by the "untrained" are often some of the best given becuase they approach it in a very logical way, looking at the context and using common sense, they are often not using "filters" taught to them to interpret a passage. Yes there are going to be some strange answers and answers that are wrong, but they come from both the "trained" and "untrained" However over time what you have is a huge database of answers and insight by a particular verse. That is if people will post the right verses when they ask or when they answer a question. I am glad this is not the "Kingdom of the Cults" Forum, there are plenty of debate forums for that, and I am sure the JW who is attempting to convert a christian is already aware of those forums. If they really want an answer they should word their post as an honest question and they will find there are many that will give them an answer. | ||||||
2 | What is the most accurate version? | Bible general Archive 2 | Scribe | 104374 | ||
I am teaching a Bible Study on Bibliology. I have been doing research on this for several months now. I am not a Greek and Hebrew Scholar, not yet anyway. And I do not think even 4 years of Greek and Hebrew in a Bible College qualifies a person as superior to the calibur of the scholars of the KJV, but nevertheless after having read many books from men that were far more qualifed to judge on which English translation is closest to the original text (the copies of the original text that is) the consensus seems to be that the NASB is the most accurate if you are going to go by the "oldest manuscripts in extant that we know of" But the KJV is the most accurate if you are going to go by the MOST (majority) of texts in existance. Now being that I believe God has preserved His Word, for Jesus said His word would not pass away, then I have felt more comfortable in my faith and peace in my spirit that the MOST manuscripts were a better measurement. And we do not know if in the future an older manuscript than the Codex Vaticanus and Codex Siniaticus might be discovered in a cave somewhere, and what if these older copies agreed with manuscripts that the KJV scholars used, would we be so surprised? I would not. But I am not one to say that this is for sure the case. I may be mistaken and the NASB might be the better version. But for now I have more faith that the KJV is the most accurate and I also recieve more revelation from the Lord when I read that version than any other. But that is a matter of personal and subject experience and nothing I can use in a debate, other than to say "that's my story, and I'm stick'n to it." May God Bless you as you study His Holy Word. |
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3 | Why not use Yahweh for LORD? | Bible general Archive 1 | Scribe | 39779 | ||
It is an english translation. If they were to translate all Hebrew words to Hebrew. Would not that be an exercise in futility? I suppose there is a degree of sincere reverence in many that wonder which name is correct when addressing God. But since Jesus said Eloi on the cross, when he called out to My God., where does it end? We are talking about God here not man. God does not go by a proper name like Tom or Joe. When men asked God's name he answered with Covenant personalities. I AM, which means I am all that you need God to be to you. If you will obey me in faith | ||||||
4 | did the wine from the water make you dr | Bible general Archive 1 | Scribe | 41090 | ||
Paul listed being a drunkard (the simple act of using alcohol to get intoxicated and all the wicked thoughts and impulses that goes with it) as one of the life style sins that will cause even one who wants to number themselves with christians as a brother, as a sin that will keep them out of the kingdom of eternal heaven. If getting drunk is such an heinous sin to God then Why would Jesus give them alcohol of that strength to drink? Could they get drunk if they drank enough of it? Sure, it did contain alcohol, but not of the same strength as what you get at the liquour store. The fact that the fruit of the vine before it is fermented is healthy is undeniable. This too is called wine in Biblical context. The fact is that it would ferment also, But then you know that even to the Jews the person that drank to get drunk was considered a low life and a sinner. Historical evidence abounds that they did dilute the fermented wine for the purpose of both stretching the volumen and to also weaken the alcohol. If you drank even a few glasses you did not get drunk or even intoxicated. If you drank enought you would but then you would be obviously trying to be a sinner. So those that drank a healthy portion of wine diluted in this manner were not in anyway being evil nor did they poison their brains but instead recieved the nurishment of the grape. If you want to use the Biblical pattern of drinking wine and are not going to let anyone make you feel guilty, at least be honest enought to dilute your wine bottle. Add a 50percent mixture of water, maybe even more in lean times. If you notice that your desire for drinking the wine vanishes after you dilute it. Then it is possible your motivation for drinking wine was not Biblically based but a secret sin you were harboring to "feel" the effects of the alcohol, which even among the Jews was considered a scandulous thing. God Bless you ALL. |
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5 | May I Ask Again... Bible Software? | Bible general Archive 1 | Scribe | 41097 | ||
My favorite software is free. Crosswalk.com Bible It has as many resources as most Programs I also use BibleSoft Library edition. It is huge. I have a lot of trouble with it as it relates to programming errors. I have had this trouble with Version 2 and 3 and in different Win 98, WinNT, and forget XP. I did not get support when I emailed them on it. But the program is great if it stays working. |
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6 | Should music be allowed in church? | Bible general Archive 1 | Scribe | 41115 | ||
One of the reasons most commonly given by the Church of Christ denomination (and it is a denomination in every definition of the word even if they say they are not a denomination) that the church should not use musical instruments in worship is that the New Testament does not mention the christians using musical instruments in worship. This is not true. I do not know why they say this it is an out right falsehood. It is a tremendously flagrant error. Here is the reference. Revelation 15:2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, [and] over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. Now if in heaven, where the saints are in the MOST Reverential state of worship they can be in they are using harps then it must be a very Holy thing. Now we do not HAVE to know how to play music on a stringed instrument now to be able to worship Him. But then we will all be able to. Praise God. That't good news for all you people that wish you had learned to play a guitar in order to worship the Lord with sweet music as you sing. No the fair question is not should musical instruments be allowed in worship but rather "can I worship God with just as much "will of God on earth as it is in heaven" without a harp?" and of course the answer is yes, but it would be a fair question since you read that the saints that get the victory over satan are worshippin in heaven with a harp. Now the arguement of not reading of harps in the book of Acts is very weak. We do not KNOW for sure that the New Testament saints did not use a harp or a lyre or a tamborine. There were Jews that did so it could be that there were NT saints that used them in worship. However we do KNOW for sure that the New Testament saints did not use Air Conditioning in their meetings. So in hot months they did sweat it out. So if the logic that we should not use instruments because we do not read of the church in Acts using it, why does not this logic apply to Air Conditioning. I have strong historical evidence that New Testament christians (especially Jews) would have used tamborines, and I have many verses in Psalms and even the prophets that show God was pleased with Praising Him with instruments and I have the resurrected glorified saints in their perfect condition with heavenly instrument of which the earthly harp is only a type. So I have strong biblical evidence that instruments dedicated to worshipping God are acceptable and encouraged by God. (also remember that Lucifer before his fall was discribed as having instruments as part of his being and he was the anointed cherub that covereth of which we see a type in the Cherubs that worship the Lord and say Holy Holy Holy, so again we see that God has made a point even in the angelic creation to use instruments in worship) As I stated I have strong Biblical evidence that God is pleased with instruments of music in worship but I have no Biblical evidence for Air Conditioning. We know that first church did NOT use Air Conditioning when they worshipped. So why is it that the Church of Christ denomination can use Air Conditioning in worship and we know the first church did not. and yet be so adamently against instruments and we DO NOT KNOW for sure that the church in Acts never used instruments. If they were honest in this approach they would not use Air Conditioning in worship. I think this exposes a possible false motive behind the COC teaching. It is the same motive that drives them to state that if you are not a member of the COC you are not the Church. |
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7 | do not be drunk with strong wine | Bible general Archive 1 | Scribe | 41379 | ||
Hosea 4:11 1 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart. | ||||||
8 | Creation - did it take 6 days? | Bible general Archive 1 | Scribe | 41380 | ||
Yes. And becuase God knew there would be false teachers that would try and invent doubtful doctrines about a day being a million years etc. He clarified it for all eternity by stating this phrase over and over in the creation account in gen 1 Genesis 1:13 3 And the evening and the morning were the third day. each time he says ..evening and the morning were the 2nd, third, forth etc day So what else is Evening and morning but the cycle of a normal day. Praise Him for His Power He is a God that can speak and a world is born. He is unlimited in Power and Might. He is not a space alien of advanced technology. He is GOD ALMIGHTY and He is so Great he Created what we see as an endless universe of billions of stars just for man :) Praise His Great and Holy Name. |
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9 | 1st Cor 14:34-35 and 1st Timothy 2:12 | Bible general Archive 1 | Scribe | 41922 | ||
1Co 14:34 ¶ Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. 1Co 14:35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church. Ignore? My church doesn't ignore it. If we seperated the men from the women in the Law style of synagogue meeting. And if the women yelled.. Hey what about this scripture that says men are to be circumcised, How can a man be saved who is not circumcised.?" that would be a shameful display both to her husband and to the church. She should wait and ask her husband that question at home instead of showing here ignorance so publically and shamefully. Now this truth applies to men as well. Let all things be done in decency and in order |
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10 | Are we expected to keep the sabath? | Bible general Archive 1 | Scribe | 42242 | ||
Col 2:16 ¶ Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Col 2:17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. Paraphrase ... sabbath equals shadow Christ.. equals the real body that casts the shadow the Real Body is the real thing not the shadow. The sabbath was given to point to things to come...the rest that Christ would give a man when he came into forgiveness and righteousness by faith in the finished WORK of chirst. SO christians do keep the sabbath by true faith in Christ to make them righteous. In other words if a man trys to get a sense of righteosness by working at keeping a day of the week, he fails. He is working. If a man rests in the finished work of the cross to make him righteous by faith, he RESTS. he therefore keeps the true sabbath. So keep the true sabbath and let those that would trouble you work on at it all they please, it is between them and God, but you may rest in His finished work. Heb 4:8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. Heb 4:9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. Heb 4:10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. Heb 4:11 ¶ Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. |
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11 | Do you disobey this commandment? | Bible general Archive 1 | Scribe | 42243 | ||
Col 2:16 ¶ Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Col 2:17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. Paraphrase ... sabbath equals shadow Christ.. equals the real body that casts the shadow the Real Body is the real thing not the shadow. The sabbath was given to point to things to come...the rest that Christ would give a man when he came into forgiveness and righteousness by faith in the finished WORK of chirst. SO christians do keep the sabbath by true faith in Christ to make them righteous. In other words if a man trys to get a sense of righteosness by working at keeping a day of the week, he fails. He is working. If a man rests in the finished work of the cross to make him righteous by faith, he RESTS. he therefore keeps the true sabbath. So keep the true sabbath and let those that would trouble you work on at it all they please, it is between them and God, but you may rest in His finished work. Heb 4:8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. Heb 4:9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. Heb 4:10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. Heb 4:11 ¶ Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. |
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12 | Pretribulation or slightly after ? | Bible general Archive 1 | Scribe | 42597 | ||
I am glad you asked this question. I was thinking about bringing it up myself today. I know that there have already been many posts on this topic here and I am sure there have been very good jobs at explaining this doctrine. However often the posts are to incomplete to convince anyone of anything. I am not dogmatic about my views and willing to change them when it comes to many things involving eschatology however there are certain basic truths that one should embrace and have as part of their hope as they wait for the coming of the Lord. To understand the doctrine of a pre-tribulation rapture of the Church you have to get a handle on two other doctrines first. One that of a promise of a bodily resurrection. This topic alone is a foundational truth concerning salvation. If there were no bodily resurrection of the saints then you would still be in your sins. Now there are those that are saved before they even understand 'whether there be any bodily resurrection' in that they put their trust in Jesus Christ and leave the details to Him. However the fact remains that if there were no bodily resurrection they would not be saved. This is a legal issue in the heavenly courtroom and this whol subject of a bodily resurrection must be probed and examinded and embraced and rejoiced in before the idea of a raptured church will make any sense. One of the passages where we get or doctrine of a rapture (simple word for a long explanation of a prophetic event) is from 1 Cor 15. As you read it you see that there will be a people who will not die. There will be a generation of saints that will be changed and recieve glorified bodies and rise and meet the Lord in the air. Does this happen at the end of the Tribultion or the Middle or the Beginning? I cannot say for certain I can give scripture that sounds like one or the other. However if all the verses are examined the majority of verses weighs heavily on the pre-trib view. The other doctrine that must be examined before you examine that of the rapture is the doctrine of the Day of the Lord and the Wrath of God ready to be revealed upon the ungodly. This day of wrath is described in many Old Testament Prophets and in all cases more than a 24 hour day is described. When it was prophesied about the day of Jacobs trouble that would be the worse they had every seen it was a prophesy of Judgement. When the Great Tribulation begins in Revelation it is all about Judgement being poured out on unrepentant sinners. There is another use of the word tribulation, that which we all have as christians if we live holy in this world, we will have tribulation. But THE GREAT TRIBULATION is alogether another use of the word. As the wrath of man is a different use of the word WRATH when we refer to the WRATH Of GOD. We may recieve the wrath of man or so it may appear to us while we live holy in this life, but never will the saint recieve the WRATH of GOD. |
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13 | Pretribulation or slightly after ? | Bible general Archive 1 | Scribe | 42598 | ||
CONTINUED If we understand that the DAY of THE WRATH of Him that sits upon the Throne and of the LAMB is being poured out upon unrepentant man , then we know that we are kept from it. So for clarity when discussing the Day of Judgement I will call it the Great Day of God's Wrath instead of Tribualtion so that you do not mix up what I am saying with the type of testing and adversity we all face and some more than others. After you examine the doctrine of the Judgement of the Lord upon man prior to the New Heavens and Earth and after you master the doctrine of a bodily resurrection then it is time to examine the passages about a church that is changed and glorified and rises to meet the Lord (rapture). This rumor that the pre-trib view started in the 19th century is not accurate. I have numerous books in my library that reference the doctrine of a generation of saints that are changed in a moment and rise and meet the Lord and then afterwards an ongoing time of judgement upon those that remain that date back to the middle ages. I have a book that is one of the best and most scholarly expositions on Revelation by a man named James A. Siess titled "The Apocalypse" that was written in the 18th century (late 1700s) and he even used the word rapture. Siess cites numerous rescources in his book of ancient writers that held similar views based on the same verses we use today to explain the rapture. No Granted there is one major difference. The idea of disappearing from view. I am not sure why anyone would have thought that a necessary explanation. There was never any indication of Elijah dissapearing, he was seen to go up. I mean he disappeared when he go too high. As with Jesus, he was seen to ascend up into a cloud. The mount of transfiguration glory is promised to all the saints that are ready at his appearing and so when I read this event in 1 Cor 15 and the passaged in 2 Thess I thought of other scripture references and my first thought was that of being glorifed and shining like the sun and then rising and wicked sinners that once persecuted the holy saints looking on in awe. The passage says we are CHANGED in a twinkling of an eye not that we dissapear. And the passage is quite detailed about the change. Our mortal bodies are changed into immortal glorifed ones. This promise is to be held dear. When it happens is in question. The event is not in question. The type of change .. bodily glorification .. is not in question. May God Bless you in your Study of His Word. |
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14 | What about tithes and offering | Bible general Archive 1 | Scribe | 42885 | ||
Not as a law. The Christian lives by the law of love and gives from the abundance of a loving heart has God has prospered him. The tithe some use as a rule or guide but it is not a Law. In other words, no christian is condemned by God or called unrighteous if his bank records show he did not give 10 percent of his income. He is the righteousness of God by faith in Christ and he can grow in how to give as the Lord teaches him. He will want to give because of the cause not becuase of the law. He will want to give to the cause, such as helping poor saints or helping send a missionary to the Congo. The saint who's heart is filled with love will give without a law. The law of love leads the saint in all areas of obedience to Christ. Those that love the Lord will worship HIm in spirit and in truth every day and not just on the sabbath. The saint that knows the Lord keeps sabbath everyday. |
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15 | Not keeping the Sabbath? | Bible general Archive 1 | Scribe | 43123 | ||
If you do not trust the finished Work of Christ on the cross as sufficient to make you in rightstanding with God and thus enter into that rest (this is keeping the Sabbath) then you would not enter into the rest. And then you would be still trusting in your own works which are not sufficient. Or were you talking about going to a church on a Saturday? | ||||||
16 | is not it the same LAW | Bible general Archive 1 | Scribe | 43414 | ||
Who told you that tithe was a law we are supposed to keep? They were mistake. We are to give. Which is what the tithe law taught us. | ||||||
17 | Too much grace? | Bible general Archive 1 | Scribe | 43415 | ||
Thank you for your thoughts charis, I am not sure why you consider me studious, 'wordy' yes, but others here are much more studious. However I was certainly verbose enough that it would seem one would know I never said any sin was unforgiveable. The message I am preaching is that a saint should live holy. I am sure you agree with that. May God Bless you in your Study of His Word. |
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18 | Are we free to disobey God's OT Law? | Bible general Archive 1 | Scribe | 43607 | ||
Acts 15:5-29 But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses. And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter. And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they. Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them. And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me: Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up: That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things. Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world. Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God: But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood. For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day. Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren: And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia: Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment: It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth. For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well. | ||||||
19 | Was the Law ever abolished/negated? (3) | Bible general Archive 1 | Scribe | 43608 | ||
It was nailed to the Cross. Acts 15:5-29 But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses. And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter. And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they. Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them. And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me: Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up: That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things. Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world. Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God: But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood. For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day. Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren: And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia: Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment: It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth. For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well. |
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20 | Are we free to disobey God's OT Law? (2) | Bible general Archive 1 | Scribe | 43638 | ||
No. The gentile christian is free from the law. Hallelujah! " For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well." |
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