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In 1 John 2:6, those who are in Christ are obligated to walk in the same way that he walked, which is true regardless of whether or not I happen to be doing that. If I were not, then that would just mean that I would need to repent, not that I was wrong about the fact that followers of Christ...

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I didm't say that John is Paul. I quoted verses from Paul with the exception of two quotes from John that I see no reason to think that he was in disagreement with. Do you think that Paul thought that someone can be in Christ while refusing to walk in the same way that he walked? If you'd...

In Romans 2:6-7, Paul said that those who persist in doing good will be given eternal life. In Romans 6:19-23, we are no longer to present ourselves as slaves to lawlessness, impurity, and sin but are now to present ourselves a slaves to God and righteousness leading to sanctification, and the...

It is important to recognize that the Bible can speak against obeying God for an incorrect reason without speaking against obeying God. If Paul had been speaking against circumcision for any reason, then Galatians 5:2 would mean that he caused Christ to be of no value to Timothy when he had him...

The Hebrew word “yada” refers to intimate knowledge gained by experience, such as with Genesis 4:1 where Adam knew (yada) Eve, she conceived, and gave birth to Cain. God’s way is the way to know (yada) Him and Jesus by experiencing being in His likeness through embodying His character traits...

In 2 Timothy 3:15, Paul referred to Scripture that Timothy had available to him since childhood, which could only be referring to OT Scripture because none of the books of the NT had been written at the time of his childhood. Everything that Paul said OT Scripture is profitable for is in regard...

If you read about an accident in a newspaper and then spoke to someone who told you that they witnesses the accident, but they couldn't tell you any information beyond what was written in the newspaper, then you might question whether they witnesses it, so we should expect there to be more...

A child no longer needs a guardian to help them cross a busy streets safely when they've been taught how to do that on their own, but that is not the same as having no more need to cross busy streets safely. Someone who disregarded everything that their tutor taught them after their purpose has...

Indeed, that is the Gospel for the Jews, which I showed is the same as the Gospel that Paul taught to Gentiles (Acts 14:21-22, 20:24-25, 28:23). Likewise, in Romans 15:4, Paul said that OT Scripture was written for our instruction, and in Romans 15:18-19, his Gospel involved brining Gentiles to...

There is one Gospel, through there are multiple ways of describing it that all boil down to the message to repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand. For example, in Titus 2:14, Jesus gave himself to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people of his own possession who are...

In Matthew 4:15-23, Jesus began his ministry with the Gospel message to repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand, which was a light to the Gentiles, and the Law of Moses was how his audience knew what sin is (Romans 3:20), so repenting from our disobedience to it is a central part of the Gospel...

In Deuteronomy 13, the way that God instructed to determine that someone is a false prophet is if they speak against obeying His law, so it is either incorrect to interpret Paul as doing that (my position) or he was a false prophet according to God, but either way followers of Christ should be...

Indeed, if a teacher teaches their student to believe something and the believe it, then they have faith in their teacher and the faith of their teacher. In Genesis 18:19, God knew Abraham that he would teach his children and those of his household to walk in His way by being doers of...

We embody what we believe about God's character traits through our works such as with James 2:18 saying that he would show his faith through is works, so everyone who is a doer of the same works as James has faith in and of Jesus. In other words, the way to believe in God is by being in His...

Is there any economic system that doesn’t run on constant growth that won’t be negatively affected by population decline? If economic prosperity generally leads to population decline, then does that mean that economic prosperity is bad?

A “shliach” is someone who is sent in order to represent another party by acting on their behalf in accordance with their authority, power, will, and character, so they are lesser than the one that they represent but they are are still showing us the person that they represent through their...

Which law should that verse be interpreted as referring to out of all of the categories of law that Paul spoke about and why? Galatians 4:13 You know it was because of a bodily ailment that I preached the gospel to you at first, If Matthew 4:15-23, Jesus began his ministry with the Gospel...

God gave the children of the free woman the Law of Moses so how does it make sense to interpret Paul as saying that the being children of the free woman means that we don't need to obey the Law of Moses?

It is important to recognize that Paul was responding to things that the Corinthians were saying by quoting them, not endorsing what they were saying. It is not the case that Paul thought all of these things were lawful or permissible: Or do you not know that the unrighteous[b] will not...