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NASB | 1 Corinthians 1:10 ¶ Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 1:10 ¶ But I urge you, believers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in full agreement in what you say, and that there be no divisions or factions among you, but that you be perfectly united in your way of thinking and in your judgment [about matters of the faith]. |
Subject: Labels? My church just goes by the Bible |
Bible Note: "My church just goes by the Bible." That's what they all say. If a group (church, denomination) has no theology (no distinctive doctrines, no statement of faith), how does it define what it believes? How is anyone to know with any certainty what and how that group believes? Virtually all churches claim to go by the Bible. Yet not all have the same interpretation of it. Thus, claims to go by the Bible alone are not adequate to define WHAT a church believes or HOW it interprets and understands the Scriptures. Hence the need for churches to clarify what they beilieve -- what they mean when they say they go by the Bible alone. How do they clarify their position? By a statement of beliefs, theology, doctrine. What is true of the group's definition of its beliefs applies to the individual, as well. |