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Can you please quote scripture using any of the old bibles using the textus receptus? I do not mean pulling verses out of context.....quote the entire chapter or context. Let's have it.
Rules:
1) Any of the old bibles. NOT any of the satanic bibles based on the recently discovere some guys basement codex scriptures.
2) Prove acccording tot he whole chapter/context, NOT pulling verses out of context (let's see what the verses before the verse you quoted say).
It's not my job to prove anything to you, but since you asked nicely sure.
Scripture that condemns toxic masculinity
1) Jesus is not afraid to show emotions and vulnerability in scripture. Sure, it is at the death of a family friend, but it's still included in the story of Lazarus' death that "Jesus Wept" (John 11:35).
2) When Paul writes about the fruits of the Holy Spirit as opposed to the fruits of the flesh or our worldly nature, however, ou want to word that, he includes two things that I have heard pastors genuinely try to work around when talking to men, I'll bold them...
"But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering,
gentleness, goodness, faith,
meekness, temperance: against such there is no law." (Galatians 5:18-23)
3) Romans 12. Romans is an entire theological essay about sin, the law, and grace. After he's written is peace to level the playing field between the Jews and Gentiles in the Roman Church, he begins his conclusion by saying that "here's what you do." He starts out by saying "Now that we can agree we are all Christians here doesn't mean we are all the same, but remain humble because we're all just different parts of the same body... "
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office..."
4) There are countless stories in the Old Testament of men who seek after their own will, I don't mean necessarily anything sinful but just their own desires for power and sex. They're "men's men." Their stories don't usually end well. There's a story at the end of Judges, in fact the entire book of Judges is just multiple stories of things not going well, that's masculinity gone wrong. The story is two chapters long so I'll quote it into a spoiler and just summarize it. Basically what happens is a man gets into a fight with his concubine and she leaves him. He gives her space, but then goes and gets her. On the way back home, he stops in a city and to show that he isn't welcome, the men threaten to rape them. He throws said concubine to them and they literally rape her to death. He returns home with the body of his cocubine, cuts her into pieces and sends those two leaders throughout Israel. It starts a war that nearly compltely wipes out the Benjamites. AFter they realized they nearly whiped an entire tribe off the map, including the women and children, they go and kidnap a bunch of women for the surviving Benjamites to have wives. This is the verse at the end of the story and the entire book of Judges..."In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes." Over time, the situation in Judges just gets worse and worse, the judges (or delivers) become and worse and worse until there is none, and that happens because everyone is just doing what is right in their own eyes. It's Judges 19-21
5) Other things... When scripture talks about how to lead and be a leader, "
Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being examples to the flock." It denounces domineering and lording over, but promotes being an example and feeding the flock.
How Levitical Law Protected Rape Victims
There is an OT law, Deuteronomy 22:25-29 that demand a rape victim marry her rapist...
If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her; Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you. But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die. But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter: For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her. If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days."
This text is very foreign to us, and a lot of people use that passage to attack scripture. However, in shame-based culture where a young woman's most valuable asset is her virginity, that's actually a very mercible law for the woman. If she cries for help being raped, he is punished because he has to pay her dowery, marry her and unable to divorce (in other words, he has to provide for her for the rest of her life), and she is protected from false accusations from him, which would result in her being stoned to death. That's only if she was not married or pledged to be married and it occurred in the city. If it's outside of the city, a married woman or engaged woman is raped, or it happens outside of the city, he is stoned to death.