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I'm with ya, Willie-T. I read that passage, read the footnotes, read some commentaries--I do not conclude that Jesus Christ physically whipped human beings. I do conclude that he used the whip to drive the animals out of the temple--and, yes, the owners of the animals were also driven out of the temple... but I don't think this means Jesus whipped people.
Had I simply read the KJV and nothing else--ya, I might have drawn the conclusion that Jesus might have possibly whipped humans.
Had I simply read the KJV and nothing else--ya, I might have drawn the conclusion that Jesus might have possibly whipped humans.
Yes, I did not post the whole of it. Here is some more, perhaps more pertinent to the other side of the issue and why it was brought up in the first place, for I think it was meant as a rebuke, as if telling the truth were not a loving thing to do.
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.
Then there is the part I posted, verses 4-7. followed by 8-13:
Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.
Then there is the part I posted, verses 4-7. followed by 8-13:
Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
Well, yes, it is Scripture, and it was said in the context of someone referring to 1 Corinthians 13 
And I am certainly not offended to be called a hippie LOL. Those were the days, my friend, we thought they'd never end... but they did, didn't they?
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 1 Cor 13:4-7
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And I am certainly not offended to be called a hippie LOL. Those were the days, my friend, we thought they'd never end... but they did, didn't they?
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 1 Cor 13:4-7
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I was making a point or at least I thought I was. Haha
Which btw the hippie movement advocated sex drugs and rock and roll so I dont know why you would still identify with it....just sayin.
btw: I dont need a response. Derailing a thread is not kosher
Not everyone needs to be confronted with fire and brimestone in order to get them to repent. That's where prayer, discernment and being led of the Holy Spirit comes in. For it is not about I did this, or I did that it is about Christ and Him crucified. God is to get ALL Glory. God doesn't force Himself on anyone neither should we shove Him down anyones throat.
John 6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him:
1 Peter 4:8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Charity- benevolent goodwill toward or love of humanity
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 1 Corinthians 13:4-7King James Version (KJV)
4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
If we all reviewed our posts on here are we showing Charity (love).
Proverbs 16:18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Haughty- having or showing the insulting attitude of people who think that they are better, smarter, or more important than other people.
Edited to add: I just realized that while this post was being made that Magenta had posted the same verse.
John 6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him:
1 Peter 4:8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Charity- benevolent goodwill toward or love of humanity
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 1 Corinthians 13:4-7King James Version (KJV)
4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
If we all reviewed our posts on here are we showing Charity (love).
Proverbs 16:18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Haughty- having or showing the insulting attitude of people who think that they are better, smarter, or more important than other people.
Edited to add: I just realized that while this post was being made that Magenta had posted the same verse.
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Just to be clear, I didnt call you a hippie.
I was making a point or at least I thought I was. Haha
Which btw the hippie movement advocated sex drugs and rock and roll so I dont know why you would still identify with it....just sayin.
btw: I dont need a response. Derailing a thread is not kosher
I was making a point or at least I thought I was. Haha
Which btw the hippie movement advocated sex drugs and rock and roll so I dont know why you would still identify with it....just sayin.
btw: I dont need a response. Derailing a thread is not kosher
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Rather than 'assigning motive in error' or 'lying' or 'providing false testimony' -- I was speaking with tongue in cheek.
My intent was not to accuse--but to make aware.
Rather than 'looking hard for something to titillate' -- I exposed my own weakness.
Regardless, thank for your admonition--I have learned from it and will do my best to apply.
My intent was not to accuse--but to make aware.
Rather than 'looking hard for something to titillate' -- I exposed my own weakness.
Regardless, thank for your admonition--I have learned from it and will do my best to apply.
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