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This is the compiling of little interesting tidbits in a Christian's bible.
Source: BibleGateway.com
(New International Version ©2011)
Version Information
The New International Version (NIV) is a completely original translation of the Bible developed by more than one hundred scholars working from the best available Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts.
The initial vision for the project was provided by a single individual â" an engineer working with General Electric in Seattle by the name of Howard Long. Long was a lifelong devotee of the King James Version, but when he shared it with his friends he was distressed to find that it just didnât connect. Long saw the need for a translation that captured the truths he loved in the language that his contemporaries spoke.
God sends two bears to rip up 42 little children for making fun of Elisha's bald head.
2nd Kings
2:23 From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and jeered at him. âGet out of here, baldy!â they said. âGet out of here, baldy!â
2:24 He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.
2:25 And he went on to Mount Carmel and from there returned to Samaria.
You must hate your father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yourself, and carry a cross on your back to become a disciple.
Luke
14:25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said:
14:26 âIf anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sistersâ"yes, even their own lifeâ"such a person cannot be my disciple.
14:27 And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.
14:28 âSuppose one of you wants to build a tower. Wonât you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?
14:29 For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you,
14:30 saying, âThis person began to build and wasnât able to finish.â
Sell your clothes for a sword.
Luke
22:35 Then Jesus asked them, âWhen I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything?â
âNothing,â they answered.
22:36 He said to them, âBut now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you donât have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.
22:37 It is written: âAnd he was numbered with the transgressorsâ[a]; and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me. Yes, what is written about me is reaching its fulfillment.â
22:38 The disciples said, âSee, Lord, here are two swords.â
âThatâs enough!â he replied.
Beat your children
Proverbs
23:13 Do not withhold discipline from a child;
if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.
23:14 Punish them with the rod
and save them from death.
Moses's Vengence
Numbers
31:1 The LORD said to Moses,
31:2 âTake vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.â
31:15 âHave you allowed all the women to live?â he asked them.
31:16 âThey were the ones who followed Balaamâs advice and enticed the Israelites to be unfaithful to the LORD in the Peor incident, so that a plague struck the LORDâs people.
31:17 Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man, 18 but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.
God & Slavery
Leviticus
25:40 They are to be treated as hired workers or temporary residents among you; they are to work for you until the Year of Jubilee.
25:41 Then they and their children are to be released, and they will go back to their own clans and to the property of their ancestors.
25:42 Because the Israelites are my servants, whom I brought out of Egypt, they must not be sold as slaves.
25:43 Do not rule over them ruthlessly, but fear your God.
25:44 ââYour male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves.
25:45 You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property.
25:46 You can bequeath them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly.
Old Testament Counts
Matthew
5:17 âDo not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
5:18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
5:19 Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Look it up for yourself; completely legit.
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You're kidding me right? This is so blatantly taken out of context to just add some more slander and mudslinging and hatred to this forum. You sir, are ridiculous.
Lemme refer you to my last line of the post.
Even if he looks at the last line of your post what he says is still true. It may be there but if you take something out of context you can make it sound however you want.
Am I supposed to put the whole bible in my post for it to not be out of context?
Am I supposed to put the whole bible in my post for it to not be out of context?Why don't you read the **** thing before making stupid remarks
Just so people don't mistake this...
Punish them with the rod
and save them from death.
It's metaphorically, death in this context means don't raise your children to have flaws that can be corrected with discipline.
Do not withhold discipline from a child;
if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.
This just helps my point.
Just so people don't mistake this...
It's true that that's how you interpret it.
With a good-spin.
Am I supposed to put the whole bible in my post for it to not be out of context?
No but if people want to learn about the bible this is a terrible place to do so. Taking all the little pieces out of it to make it look bad isn't very hard to do.
I've stated my source which has many many versions for you to look at, told you to look it up for yourself; I don't know what you want me to do.
It's metaphorically,
You know what else is metaphorical? The entire Bible. It's not a history text book, don't read it like one. Want me to post why? I'll do it. I've done it before.
The Bible is not much in the grand scheme of modern hubbub and what-not corruption.
You know what else is metaphorical? The entire Bible.
Of course it is. I probably say this in every thread, but people are idiots. Many times the bible is misunderstood.
I don't know what you want me to do.
I have read the bible and i don't want you to do anything. I'm just saying the way you made this thread is purposely making it look bad.
I have read the bible and i don't want you to do anything. I'm just saying the way you made this thread is purposely making it look bad.
Feel free to enlighten everyone. I'm not against it or anything.
Euh, how do you put metaphorically does example? I mean:
Punish them with the rod
  and save them from death.
It basically says to beat your child. In any way, it still says to beat your child.
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