What does this verse mean? Was Paul a liar?
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No. Bible will not give salvation. The words of Jesus with their understanding through the Holy Spirit leads to the way of salvation
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Or have a valley talk interpreter:
Then she would explain by shooting out the VT version:
16Be that as it may, I have not been a burden to you. Yet, crafty fellow that I am, I caught you by trickery!
Yeah, riiii-ght!
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There's also a joke (that as far as I know can be applied to other languages as well with similar constructions; the Greek equivalent «Ναι, καλά» comes to mind for some strange reason
where the teacher explains that there are times and languages where a double-negative has positive meaning ("Can't say I didn't see you") or it can keep a negative meaning ("Haven't done nothin!"), but there is no known case of a double-positive having a negative meaning, at which point the smart-alec of the class says:“Yeah, right.”
"Yeah Right" expression
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Amen!
Col 1:9
For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you,
and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
1Co 2:13
These things we also speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches,
comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
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I think sarcasm isn't a form of lying at all. It is simply one form of communicating.
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No. The Bible contains the words of prophets who wrote inspired by the Holy Spirit. It also contains the words of the Word. We don't have the originals of the OT and NT books. We have translated, added, deleted, misinterpreted words now. The will and way of God can be realized through these writings with the help of the Holy Spirit.
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Sarcasms and parables or metaphors, hyperbole, etc can all be misleading to some degree.
This is why Jesus explicitly explained why He uses them for certain audiences and told His disciples what they meant so that misinterpretation can be avoided or minimized.
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Given the wide range of manuscripts, we can be certain that our Greek text of the NT is very, very close to the original. That Greek text can be read by anyone who reads Greek. For those who don't, there are high-quality translations.
The Bible is the word of God.
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Bible contains the inspired words of God. Their interpretations are effective and correct with the help of the Holy Spirit.
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