We must avoid the mistake of many who are hung up on a concept or idea and who then seek to interpret the bulk of Scripture in a way that is supportive of that idea. —TBC
"Even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you...some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction...beware lest ye also being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness." —2 Peter:3:15-17 [15] And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
[16] As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
[17] Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
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