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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: My husband says the Bible is full of contradictions. For example, he says the Bible says to turn the other cheek, and also says an eye for an eye. What can I say to him to let him know the Bible is not contradictory? |
Bible Answer: Shalom Debbie, Brad is absolutely correct; an unbeliever loves to try to use the contradictory way out of believing the Bible. (I did it for years!) But if he is just searching and not understanding then let him know that the eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a life for a life isn't meant to be taken literally. It's God's instructions for humans to mete out civil justice. If someone injured another's eye in a brawl, it simply meant that the retribution should match the offense - more than a 15 minute time-out but less than a capital punishment - and since there were no jails at that time for one to serve time, most punishments were actually retributions, and the guilty one would very likely have extra people to support while the injured party healed or learned a new trade to support his family. As far as the "turn the other cheek" goes, our Master was not invalidating the original command, He was telling us that there is a "better way." Turn the other cheek and avoid the brawl altogether. So those two commands are NOT contradictory at all, they are actually complimentary. Cheri |