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NASB | 1 Timothy 1:6 For some men, straying from these things, have turned aside to fruitless discussion, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Timothy 1:6 Some individuals have wandered away from these things into empty arguments and useless discussions, |
Subject: Fruitless Scripture Discussion? |
Bible Note: Steve Thank you very much for everything you said. Somethig stood out that was very important to me in terms of how it is viewed the word "opinion". I have found that often when one gives the Bible verses and then takes the meaning that the author had for his audience, there is only usually one, that others think one is oferrig their "opinion". This is distrubing. There is indeed only one interpretation of scripture, but various applications. When one sticks to the application that the author had in mind according to his intent, that is sticking to the most literal interpretation that there could possibly be, but that does not mean that there are not other applications for the scripture that are valid, there are. For instance 1 Peter 4:16 "if anyone suffers as a Christian, he is not to be ashamed" - this can apply to suffering for preaching, and it can apply to obeying Christ in your personal life in all circumstances. That is two very different applications, one interpertation, two applications. When someone asks a question that is personal in nature, but there is definetely scripture that attends the problem with a literal interpretation, then this should not be seen as offering and "opinion" or pushing ones' view. Literal interpretation is literal interpretation, it is not an opinion, or advice, or pushing a view. I hear you that people who need counseling should go to counseling, but giving them scripture with a literal interpretation without proscribing what exactly is the course of action they should take is not counseling them, or giving advice, or pushing a view, or giving them your opnion. What they do with it is up to them. That is a shame, if it is true, that Calvinism and Arminianism cannot be discussed here. I actually went through some of the branches on that to see what you were talking about. What I found was that some only appeared to have grace on the surface and once the line of sovereignty was crossed in the discussion it digressed into the judgmental, or bordering on being crass in response. I myself am now trying to tread carefully on a number of subjects in here becuase there are people who strongly beleive what they beleive, but I am afraid that presenting evidence to the contrary will only result in either an arugument, or in my post being pulled. I am not here to offend by stating what I believe, I am not here tp push my views. 1 Corinthians 6:12 All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything. By the way what I was asking for was how to interpret a specific scripture in how to apply it - the whole paragraph there before and after in the scripture is definitely about what topics are acceptable to be discussing - to try to understand which ones would be off limits is not asking for an opinion, it is asking for clarification. Thanks for everything you said. blessings abound, bowler |