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NASB | John 7:18 "He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who is seeking the glory of the One who sent Him, He is true, and there is no unrighteousness in Him. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 7:18 "He who speaks on his own accord seeks glory and honor for himself. But He who seeks the glory and the honor of the One who sent Him, He is true, and there is no unrighteousness or deception in Him. |
Subject: Biblically Based Questions/Notes |
Bible Note: Pazn I congratulate you on you admonishment to everyone to include scripture. And we should! However the fact that text is written in the Bible does not in itself prove what person that quoted the text is saying was correct. There is such a thing as proof texting. That is when someone pulls text out of context to prove their point. Many times the text ripped out of context meant just the opposite of what the author of the append said when quoted text is read within context. While providing text is important, everyone also needs to be admonished to study the text within context to insure a correct understanding of the scripture. We live in a day and age where proofing texting is often done and has become almost an accepted norm, especially here on the forum. We need to develop critical thinking, what does this passage really say in light of surrounding text and how does this passage fit with the rest of the scripture. Text out of context becomes pretext. :-) EdB |