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NASB | Matthew 12:34 "You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 12:34 "You brood of vipers, how can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart. |
Subject: Where's the LOVE |
Bible Note: So then, if 2 Timothy 3:16 refers solely to the Old Testament, it not only spits in the face of what Peter said in 2 Peter 3:15,16, but it casts a pall of serious doubt upon the validity of the entire New Testament as well. To interpret 2 Timothy 3:16 in this manner is a glaring example of the path down which an irresponsible and untutored eisegesis of scripture can lead. If 2 Timothy 3:16 refers to the Old Testament only, one is obliged to draw the inference that the New Testament constitues unscriptual writings and are thus apocryphal if not patently spurious. This view of course knocks down the entire foundation of Christianity. But it doesn't stop there. If the entire New Testament is unreliable, then what Paul said to Timothy about all scripture being God-breathed may likewise be thrown into question since it comprises a portion of the dubious New Testament. Hence, it is by this measure quite legitimate to question the reliability of the entire Bible. It is axiomatic, it seems to me, that the gross misinterpretation of one passage of scripture frequently results in a fatal and chaotic rupture of sound doctrine because it disrupts the perfect harmony of scripture, making it all but impossible to handle aright the word of truth as Paul taught Timothy to do. [2 Timothy 2:15]. The eisegesis of one passage often has the domino effect of leading to the eisegis of another and so on. There are broad paths to error and they are easy to find, but the path to truth is far more difficult [See Matthew 7:13,14]. Conclusions seem to have an aversion to being pounced upon. When they are jumped at, often as not they rebound with a false message. --Hank |