if the bible is "inspired" by god and therefore the truth how is this in the bible?

Question

Mark 12:30 (King James Version)

30And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.


Deuteronomy 6:13 (King James Version)

13Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.


1 John 4:18 (King James Version)

18There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

Answer 1

Youre twisting the bible's words. Its talking about a different kind of fear.

Answer 2

First off, you're taking certain scripture in the Bible out of context. I say this because, "to fear the LORD," means to "reverence" and or "respect" him.

To be able to fully understand the inspired Word of God, you must also have His Spirit which teaches you all things pertaining to His Word. You cannot intellectualize the written Word because it's spiritually discerned.

The Bible has different translations in order for readers to get an understanding of the terminology that's written therein. In other words, the King James Version may have different meanings, for some of the same words that may be found in the New International Version or the Amplified Version of King James.

The confusion comes in when people misinterpret the meanings, of the Words. These other versions were written so that one can get a better understanding of the Old English language.

But the Word is the Word, and God is a Spirit! And in order to fully understand the Bible you must become spiritual and not so analytical intellectually speaking.

Peace,

Hope

Answer 3

It's lovely when one looks at "words" without regard to "meaning"

Let's consult this strange creature called a "dictionary"; foreign to many, but still available.

We'll start with the word "first", ok? Let's look at just the first definition (I'm using the Random House Dictionary of the English Language)
first, adj. 1. being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importanc, etc., used as the ordinal number of one.

It's plain, even in the English language, that "first" needn't necessarily represent number, but may represent rank or time as well. And that's without going any further down in the definition.

Your apparent contradiction shows only a contradiction in thought in your own mind.

Should we examine the word "fear" next? Let's shall.

Fear: Definition 1 is the emotion brought on by impending pain, danger, etc. That's not the only definition though. Another is awe and reverence (especially toward God).

Do you really not think it a bit immature to look at a single word, forget that it may have multiple definitions and then try to point out a non-existent contradiction?

I'm NOT A CHRISTIAN, but I despise juvenile attempts at disproving the bible, with the only tool being a "lack of education". It's like "I'l prove you wrong with my stupidity".

I disagree with the Christian faith, but can't stand lousy argument.

Answer 4

Firstly I don't use the King James Version at all because I'm Catholic. Secondly when the commandment say you should fear the Lord our God it means respect him not literally wet thy self and run in a cave and get a flare lighted and run towards the hills into a village.

Answer 5

hmm let me check strong's
allright, here we go..
the word in the KJV 1611 translated 'fear' at Deut. 6:13, is the Hebrew word 'yare' which means the type of fear that is primarily reverence.
(Strong's exhaustive concordance #3372 Hebrew/Chaldee).
the word translated fear at 1 John 4:18 in the 1611 KJV, is from the Greek word 'phobos' which literally means "alarm, fright, fear and terror" (from Strong's Greek #5401).
So you can see that the definitions for the word fear at these 2 verses are not done justice by using the same word 'fear' at both places.
You see, the fear talked of at Duet. 6:13 is really the fear you have of offending someone of importance, not the morbid dread and terror that is talked of at 1 John 4:18.

You should really get a Strong's Concordance so as to help you understand what are apparent contradictions as a result of poor tranlations such as the 1611 King James!
Making strong assertions of the reliability of the Bible without doing a few minutes of research makes the accuser look foolish and petty.

Answer 6

The word used in Deuteronomy 6:13 translated as fear, is yare’ pronounced yaw-ray’, and can mean reverence or awe.

If you read it that way, it makes more sense.

You cannot simply read the english translation and know what it is talking about, sometimes you have to read the Hebrew or Greek and see what the definitions of those words are in order to understand the passage.

Fear of something, can not exist in love, that kind of fear is of the adversary the Devil.

You also have to realize that the Jews did not look to God for their salvation, they looked for the coming Messiah for their deliverance. They heard the voice of God once and told Moses they did not want to hear it again, because it brought fear in their lives, so they told Moses to confer with God by himself.

grace2u

Answer 7

i'm not christian, but i found this question interesting. people of other faiths wonder about this concept as well (fearing and loving God)

I suppose it's too difficult to explain the complex emotions of the mortal faithfuls toward their divine object of worship, but i have heard this concept explained in human terms, very simply:

When a man loves his mother and father he obeys them for fear of angering or displeasing them. Of course fear of displeasing parents would not be the only motivation for obedience, but it is an important one.

This can be a way of explaining a subject's love and fear of God.

As for finding contradictions in the bible, I don't have any knowledge on the subject unfortunately, but it seems Theophilus has a good point: reading the book in its original language might clarify certain things.

Answer 8

read a differant translation and the scriptures before and after 1 john 4:18 god is love, there is no fear in love,perfect love throws fear outside because fear exercises a restraint indeed he that is under fear has not been made perfect in love as for us we love because he first loved us
you are afraid of the police if you did something wrong
you are not afraid of the polece if are innocent

Answer 9

All of those verses are true. Therefore all of those verses are inspired by God. You cannot pick certain verses and question them. God spoke to different men throughout time telling them what to say to certain people. You either take the Bible in totallity or you don't. I take the Bible as a whole. In every single book of the bible you will find God, if you just look.

Answer 10

By saying "fear the Lord", they don't literally mean fear as in be afraid, they mean fear as in know his power and respect him. Notice how that is in old English. Some words take on a slightly different meaning than what you're used to now. DON'T BE SO DAMNED IGNORANT IF YOU ARE GOING TO INSULT THE BIBLE!!!! That was a great try, but you failed.

Answer 11

Unless you are willing to undertake a rather lengthy study there is no way to respond to you... except in a way you will not understand or even understand the meaning of the explination of why you will not understand.... but here goes the short statement of why you do not understand.... The Bible of The True Christian Faith is not intended for the non-believer. There is nothing in the Bible for them... Only those who are open to the leading of The Holy Spirit will find, in The Bible, what God has for them there..... understand?.....