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NASB | 2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is God-breathed [given by divine inspiration] and is profitable for instruction, for conviction [of sin], for correction [of error and restoration to obedience], for training in righteousness [learning to live in conformity to God's will, both publicly and privately--behaving honorably with personal integrity and moral courage]; |
Bible Question: I've been asked a number of moral questions recently (specifically about homosexuality) and was told to only use the Gospels as support. The logic was that the "letters" may be colored by the views of the "author" (even admitting that the true Author was God, it was suggested that the human author's views would have gotten in there). Any suggestions on how to respond? |
Bible Answer: seekingtruth, Hank is right. There is no logic to your questioners' way of thinking. It is clear that they want to stay in their sins. They will resist the truth no matter what book of the bible it comes from. There is plenty in the 4 gospels that you can present, but since they already decided to pick and choose what they want to believe, it is probably futile. The Gospels are built and founded upon the "Rock of offence", the "Stone that the builders refused", the "Word" that the Old Testament prophets spoke of. Jesus Christ firmly showed himself as the fulfilment of the truths that God had told to faithful witnesses from the beginning of time. To attemp to cut off the old testament is like removing the foundation from a building. And to attempt to remove the Epistles is to take away the power of the Gospel, since the Epistles prove the power of God and the Deity of Christ simply by how living witnesses have believed the report of the Epistles and sustained Christianity for the last 2000 years. By the way here is one scripture to start with: Matthew 7:26 "But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: Pastor Glenn |