Christians, do you read and understand scripture? Please list scriptures often misunderstood.?

Question

Many verses like ......"For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them." is NOT what many of you think.

That verse was written to a church that has two or three people that need to address a problem in the church. Jesus promises to be with the group that has to confront the person causing a problem.

.' 17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector. 18 "I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. 19 "Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them.

Can you list some other frequently misunderstood scriptures?

Answer 1

I'm with Robert on this one as well...

Judge not, lest you be judged.

Most often used by people who have never opened a Bible in their life. It is NOT saying that we should NEVER judge, else it will go against 1 Cor. 3 and many other scriptures. It means we should never pronounce a condemnation on anyone, that is GOD'S job.

Answer 2

My questions are a recommendations from being responded. I examine the bible various circumstances a week. now and again a sparkling "perception" opes as a lot as me, now and again it really is purely reading, now and again i have self belief on the point of God, now and again no longer something, now and again I even cried. i do not imagine my questions will ever all be responded. which will be uninteresting besides :-D i do not imagine you could ever recognize each and every thing. Does all and assorted have self belief that? per chance some non secular tremendous experts ... i imagine it does make me a extra effective man or woman if i'm open to regulate and reading it because i elect to understand what God needs, sure, and it provides countless convenience, too.

Answer 3

Did you know pi=3?

It's in the Bible.
1 Kings 7:23

Answer 4

James 5:9
Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.


Too many people believe that Judging is when you call them on doing sometrhing wrong. If god called it wrong and you just reiterate it there is no judgment other tha what God has already made

Answer 5

In the bible it says not to drink blood, Jehovah witness take this to the extent that they refuse blood transfusions and their children die because of it, Scientologist use the Scripture about seeking a physician to not seek any medical help at all again their children are dying from many things that are treatable like diabetes,etc.

Answer 6

Many think the parable of the the rich man & Lazarus was a literal account; whereas Jesus was using it as a teaching point. (Read the verses leading up to it.)

"“But a certain man was rich, and he used to deck himself with purple and linen, enjoying himself from day to day with magnificence. But a certain beggar named Laz′a·rus used to be put at his gate, full of ulcers and desiring to be filled with the things dropping from the table of the rich man. Yes, too, the dogs would come and lick his ulcers. Now in course of time the beggar died and he was carried off by the angels to the bosom position of Abraham.

“Also, the rich man died and was buried. And in Ha′des he lifted up his eyes, he existing in torments, and he saw Abraham afar off and Laz′a·rus in the bosom [position] with him. So he called and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Laz′a·rus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguish in this blazing fire.’ But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you received in full your good things in your lifetime, but Laz′a·rus correspondingly the injurious things. Now, however, he is having comfort here but you are in anguish. And besides all these things, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you people, so that those wanting to go over from here to you people cannot, neither may people cross over from there to us.’ Then he said, ‘In that event I ask you, father, to send him to the house of my father, for I have five brothers, in order that he may give them a thorough witness, that they also should not get into this place of torment.’ But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to these.’ Then he said, ‘No, indeed, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them they will repent.’ But he said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone rises from the dead.’”

Answer 7

Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.

Answer 8

The rich young ruler:

Jesus says to him, "Why do you call Me good?"

People tend to think that Jesus was separating Himself from the Father by saying that.....but He wasn't

Jesus was simply acknowledging His humanity at that point.....but He was always equal to God in every sense

Answer 9

Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world.
It doesn't say sins.

Answer 10

--I WILL LIST a few that have been taken out of context or flim flamed--& and will try and supply the TRUE scriptural interpretation:

1.--PHAROAHS' HEART hardened by God--
(Pharoah hardenend his own heart, by being obstinate--any good translation will indicate that!

--(Exodus 9:12) 12 But Jehovah let Phar′aoh’s heart become obstinate, and he did not listen to them, just as Jehovah had stated to Moses.
-Bible principle that shows that Jehovah God does not control our FREE WILL for the GOOD or BAD:

(James 1:13-15) 13 When under trial, let no one say: “I am being tried by God.” For with evil things God cannot be tried nor does he himself try anyone. 14 But each one is tried by being drawn out and enticed by his own desire. 15 Then the desire, when it has become fertile, gives birth to sin; in turn, sin, when it has been accomplished, brings forth death."
--PHAROAH BROUGHT on the death of his first born, and he and his own army by his OBSTINANCE!

2 --ELIJAH taken to heaven in a chariot!
--TIME COVERED BY 2 KINGS--920-580 BCE.
(2 Kings 2:11) 11 And it came about that as they were walking along, speaking as they walked, why, look! a fiery war chariot and fiery horses, and they proceeded to make a separation between them both; and E·li′jah went ascending in the windstorm to the heavens."

--2 CHRONICLES covered time period :
1037-537 BCE--LETTER WRITTEN from ELIJAH some years later--FROM THE INCIDENT of the fiery chariot, HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO a different assignment --NO HEAVEN ABBODING!
(2 Chronicles 21:12-15) 12 Eventually there came a writing to him from E·li′jah the prophet, saying: “This is what Jehovah the God of David your forefather has said, ‘Due to the fact that you have not walked in the ways of Je·hosh′a·phat your father or in the ways of A′sa the king of Judah, 13 but you walk in the way of the kings of Israel and cause Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to have immoral intercourse the same way that the house of A′hab caused the having of immoral intercourse, and even your own brothers, the household of your father, who were better than you, you have killed; 14 look! Jehovah is dealing a great blow to your people and to your sons and to your wives and to all your goods. 15 And you will be with many sicknesses, with a malady of your intestines, until your intestines have come out because of the sickness day by day.’”

--BIBLE PROOF that he NOR ENOCH could not have go to heaven:
(John 3:13) 13 "Moreover, no man has ascended into heaven but he that descended from heaven, the Son of man."

--*** w05 8/1 p. 9 Highlights From the Book of Second Kings ***

2:11—What were “the heavens” to which “Elijah went ascending in the windstorm”? These were neither the distant parts of the physical universe nor the spiritual place where God and his angelic sons dwell. (Deuteronomy 4:19; Psalm 11:4; Matthew 6:9; 18:10) “The heavens” to which Elijah ascended were the atmospheric heavens. (Psalm 78:26; Matthew 6:26) Racing through earth’s atmosphere, the fiery chariot evidently transferred Elijah to another part of the earth, where he continued living for a time. Years later, in fact, Elijah wrote a letter to Jehoram, the king of Judah.—2 Chronicles 21:1, 12-15."

--THERE IS ALWAYS a scriptural principle, law, cross-reference to any major and many times minor concerns over an idea that religion might present as truth, as is shown in this beautiful text:

(2 Timothy 3:15-17) . . .. 16 All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good work."

--THE FACT THAT the Roman Historian and Bible lover Jerome called Bible "The DIVINE LIBRARY"--SHOWS something indeed is VERY SPECIAL in the amazingly truthful little library , from where the idea of "BIBLIOGRAPHY" comes from!
*** si p. 299 Study Number 4—The Bible and Its Canon ***
****THE DIVINE LIBRARY
4" What man knows today as the Bible is in fact a collection of ancient divinely inspired documents. These were composed and compiled in written form over a period of 16 centuries. All together this collection of documents forms what Jerome well described in Latin as the Bibliotheca Divina, or the Divine Library. This library has a catalog, or official listing of publications, which is limited to those books pertaining to the scope and specialization of that library. All unauthorized books are excluded. Jehovah God is the Great Librarian who sets the standard that determines which writings should be included. So the Bible has a fixed catalog that contains 66 books, all products of God’s guiding holy spirit."

-The Bible is the only Library in the world that one can go to it within its 66 little reference books and find true interpretation// UNLIKE any library in the world , where indeed there books of all sorts that condradict every subject imaginable!

PS--THERE IS NO MISUNDERSTANDING OF ACTS 15 on the blood issue!

--If one is unconscience in a coma and they want to keep the person alive, ARE THEY GOING to shake the person awake to feed him through the mouth, or GORGE food down his gullet, and sufficate or drown the individual in fluid OR ------
--WILL they feed him intravenously with food in his veins--IS THAT TOO hard for our lover of blood transfusions to digest?
--AS FOR LETTING our children die!!
--WITH THAT AS OUR purpose,---WHY IS IT that over 100, 000 doctors, surgeon , anesthiesiologists etc( as of the early 2000s)-- prefer to use NON-BLOOD transfusions RATHER THAN take a dangerous gamble with blood?

--AS TO the question on Leviticus 18-- I think the problem might be the "translation" used it generalizes mankind as meaning man--
--SO THEN what it is saying is that Sodomy or homosexuality is just as perverted as having sex with an animal and the other listings!
--PLEASE NOTE the context is showing that God is referring to MAN as the culprit , not a woman, ALTHOUGH this would apply to any perversion on her part!
--AMPLIFIED BIBLE--Lev. 18
14You shall not have intercourse with your father's brother's wife; you shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt.
15You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law; she is your son's wife; you shall not have intercourse with her.
16You shall not have intercourse with your brother's wife; she belongs to your brother.
17You shall not marry a woman and her daughter, nor shall you take her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter to have intercourse; they are [her] near kinswomen; it is wickedness and an outrageous offense.