How, if there are contradictions throughout the Bible, do you know which bits are God's word and which arent?

Question

For example:

Exodus 20:13 "Thou shalt not kill."
VS.
I Samuel 15:2,3,7,8 "Thus saith the Lord . . . Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ***. . . . And Saul smote the Amalekites . . . and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword."

OR:

Galatians 2:16 "Knowing that a man is NOT justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ."
VS.
James 2:24 "Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only."

OR:

Numbers 23:19 "God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent."
VS.
Exodus 32:14 "And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people."

OR:

John 14:27 "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you."
VS.
Matthew 10:34 "Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword."

Answer 1

All out of context. Scripture cannot be isolated.
The first example...Part of the ten commandments. If we all obeyed this, there would not be any trouble.
But because there IS trouble, God agreed to rid the land of idol worshippers. after all, it is He who gives life, which gives Him [ God] the legal right to take it. How He does this is his decision.
In this case, through warfare.
The second case...justified by works of LAW...Man's law...NOT God's law,
The 'works' associated with faith...preaching...
TWO DIFFERENT 'WORKS'
Third case......Jesus' peace is what we will enjoy if we obey him.
But because we DO NOT obey him, we will have no peace. Jesus' teaching will cause a separation between those who obey and those who do not, resulting in NO peace.
It is NOT Jesus' teaching that causes no peace, but our failure to obey him.

Answer 2

Its all God'sYou need to study your Bible and true follwings of Jesus if you want to find contradictions so start studying.
And dont leave things out. Its like a preacher that says the old testament in not needed until it comes to paying tithes.

Exodus verse kill is supposed to be murder.
Samuel verse you left out half the first verse the Amalekites attacked Israel while they were coming out of Egypt.

In Galatians Paul is telling Peter that he should not go sit with the Jews. Peter sat with the Jews instead of the Gentiles. Now the Jews keep laws that are burdensome and not found in the Bible. such as a Jew shouldn't sit with the Gentiles. thats the Works that Paul is talking about.
Ro 3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
James verse I like this one.

Ok here in numbers There is a pagan king trying to get God to curse his enemies and he Gets God prophet to ask God three different times. This is God just saying "Did I Studdard"
In Exodus Moses reminded God of his people and what he was about to do.

The johon verse. I like again.
the Mattew verse is a parable. keep reading you get to read every thing im living proof. I am a Christian just like the rest of my family. But i have different veiws in the Bible such as the sabbath, food laws and other things like hell and resurruction. My Grandma aunts uncles, and other don't take to my dad because of what we believe.
Mt 10:35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Mt 10:36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.

Answer 3

a million. There are no longer "2 introduction debts." you have misunderstood a literary gadget. 2. The debts of Judas' loss of existence do no longer conflict. He hung himself. A suicide by using putting, if achieved incorrect, may result contained in the physique bursting open. there are a number of approaches this would ensue. they're too grotesque to point in this context. 3. the classic Hebrew language has an analogous be conscious for fish and whales, so there could be no contradiction there. 4. Genealogies will fluctuate if one lines his line contained in the direction of the father vs tracing his line contained in the direction of the mummy. The Hebrew custom of genealogies allowed one to pass ancestor's names. those stated have been stated for a particular reason. you do no longer comprehend their way of existence. 5. i do no longer comprehend what you advise by using "third hand account" or what you advise to teach. An account does no longer inevitably would desire to be an eyewitness account to be inspired of God. Are there the different (meant) contradictions contained in the Bible that i will provide help to with?

Answer 4

Lol well a lot of that isn't contradictions, but there are a number of inconsistencies in the stories and etc. This is done on purpose, with the whole attempt for people NOT to believe it is literal, but to gain esoteric knowledge from it. Besides Paul spoke against the letter that killeth, Jewish fables that were allegorical, figurative that people formed rituals and traditions off of that took them further from the truth. Paul taught the need for inner works, not outward ritual. Applying the Ordinances of God inward outward. He spoke for people who were in Jesus way to walk spiritually, in Jesus pattern. James spoke of the exact same thing, only with one sentence that summed it up, "faith without works is dead."

The other stuff, the bible is allegorical - those events in Samuel are allegory, the portrayal of God in the OT is allegory, the passage in John, is in reference to the apostles because he was going to die/leave soon, and the Mathew quote, well he came to invoke laws which would move people in many ways.

Answer 5

i don't think you can distinguish which parts of the bible are god's words and if they are true words. people wrote the bible...they are stories of what people/god said, what they heard, what they experienced. and it has been translated from differ net ancient languages into today's modern languages. a good chunk of the bible also was passed down in history orally for hundreds and thousands of years before it was actually written down. the bible was also largely edit ted by the Romans (what to include, what not to include, how to translate, etc) there is just too much room for human error to assume that the entire bible is 100 percent accurate.

Answer 6

After enough serious study and reading the entire Holy Bible enough times, one clearly knows which ones are the "cheap tricks" being used by those who want to deceive others when they begin extracting verses out of context for their own hidden agendas.

That said, if you are serious about your question, then I believe you presumably know the answers as well...

Peace be with you.

Answer 7

Well, you should get the red letter edition, which all words that Jesus said are in red. Remember that after Jesus walked the earth in the new testament, that they laws changed from man's laws to God's laws so to speak. The Bible should be used for a general guideline to living a good life, believing in God, and trying to be the best christian you can be.

Dont worry, it also says that we will not understand everything until we are in heaven.

Answer 8

None of it is "god's word". It has been translated 6 times before english. Everytime, due to biast translators, it gets farther and farther away from what it originally was. Also, all gospels were written over 100 years after christ has died.

Answer 9

You are pulling these quotes out of context. The message of the Bible is clear and consistent; over and over. God loves us. We disobey God. God sent Jesus as a gift of forgiveness and the Way to God, Jesus bridges the gap that is caused by our sin that separates us from God. The message never waivers, if you take time to study that message and not try to find contradictions.

Answer 10

How can you believe that any of it is "god's word"? If he is god why didn't he write it himself. If he could create the earth in 7 days he should be able to write a book. The bible is nothing more than a fiction novel.