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Do you conclude that the epistles of Paul are not God's inspired (God-breathed) Scripture?

So, is the 1611 edition of the KJV the standard by which you judge all other translations?

Don't you understand that the original Word of God comes in the original documents and NOT any translation, whether KJV or NIV or NLT?

CL, Second Peter 3:16 is not Paul speaking. It is Peter speaking God-breathed Scripture. We have this example from 1 Cor 7: In 7:10, Paul wrote: “But to the married I give instructions, not I, but the Lord, that the wife should not leave her husband.” However, 2 verses later (7:12) he...

CL, I agree, but there is one exception, 2 Peter 3:16: He [Paul] writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own...

Hobie, What does 1 John 4:3 state in the Greek texts? Textus Receptus (TR) Greek text (Byzantine) reads: και παν πνευμα ο μη ομολογει τον ιησουν χριστον εν σαρκι εληλυθοτα εκ του θεου ουκ εστιν και τουτο εστιν το του αντιχριστου ο ακηκοατε οτι ερχεται και νυν εν τω κοσμω εστιν ηδη (Beza...

Why are you reviving this thread that finished in 2015?

HIH, What Enoch gave you was not 'verse by verse exegesis'. He quoted verses and gave no exegesis. What is the meaning of exegesis? See: What is the difference between exegesis and eisegesis? | GotQuestions.org

So what do these verses mean in relation to the transcendent God? Are they irrational? 18 But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who suppress the truth by their wickedness. 19 They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them. 20 For ever since...

Taken, Was it rational for God to state through the logic of sentences of Scripture that: 'But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who suppress the truth by their wickedness. 19 They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them. 20 For ever...

Taken, Really? Irrational means something is 'done or happening without clear or sensible reasons' (Macmillan Dictionary 2019. s.v. irrational). So, are you saying that God's actions in our world are unreasonable, wrong, extreme, absurd or perverse. All of these are synonyms of irrational...

Robert Schuller believed that doctrine but it didn't stop the Crystal Cathedral from becoming bankrupt and the Roman Catholic Church purchasing it. See ‘Crystal Cathedral: Schullers lose in court’, Orange County Register, August 21, 2012. Available at: Crystal Cathedral: Schullers lose in court...

Yehren, I don't find it encouraging as I have to begin discussions on the Gospel way back further than the Bible. Defending the integrity of the Bible is not that difficult but I've spent my advanced study in this field. I sometimes write for a secular e-journal in Australia, On Line Opinion...

Try that here and you're likely to get an angry response: 'I don't believe your blankety blank fairy tales. I don't give a damn about what the Scriptures say. You haven't demonstrated to me the can be trusted. When you can do that, I might listen'. Your approach is a country mile from what I...

Steve, That's fine if one is a believer, as I've tried to identify in a series of 4 articles on my homepage, Truth Challenge: Can you trust the Bible? However, many Aussies are way back further than being persuaded of the Scripture's divine authority by the Holy Spirit working within them...

Steve, OT & NT are historical documents that can be supported by the strategies of historical research. Because my background is on research into the historical Jesus, I talk with them through what criteria would be used to demonstrate that Captain James Cook sailed up the east coast of...

Seems as though he meant something like that. Do you consider Scripture is self-authenticating? See: What does it mean that the Bible is self-authenticating? I could not use that approach in Australia with skeptics. They want evidence that the Bible can be trusted. What proofs should we give...

I do not believe trees have souls but trees engage in a respiration process.

Willie, That was taken from Book 1, chapter VIII, of John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion. The chapter heading is, 'The credibility of Scripture sufficiently proved in so far as natural reason admits'. In three sentences: Human wisdom will not demonstrate the authority of...

Christian friends, Today, On Line Opinion published my article, Have politics changed ScoMo's Christianity? There are already non-Christians attacking the content. Would you please join me in dealing with the content of the article? I urge you to keep focussed on the content of what I wrote...