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From: none@none.con
On Jul 16, 2023, James wrote
(in article):
> On Fri, 14 Jul 2023 07:15:28 -0700, No one wrote:
>
> > On Jul 14, 2023, James wrote
> > (in article):
> >
> > > On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 13:02:08 -0700, No one wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Jul 13, 2023, James wrote
> > > > (in article):
> > > >
> > > > > On Wed, 12 Jul 2023 10:26:58 -0700, No one wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Jul 12, 2023, James wrote
> > > > > > (in article):
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > For another thing, look at all the wars they have been involved
in.
> > > > > > > Yet their professed leader, Jesus, said in their Bible
translation:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > -- New American with Apocrypha
> > > > > > > Matthew 5:44 But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for
those
> > > > > > > who persecute you,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Yet this same Jesus whooped on the moneychangers in the temple
> > > > > > courtyards
> > > > > > driving them out with whips etc.
> > > > >
> > > > > Were they at war with Jesus? No. Jesus reproved them for making a
> > > > > business out of God's worship. And the whip was likely for the
animals
> > > > > they were selling there.
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > So what are you misunderstanding?
> > > > >
> > > > > Absolutely nothing.
> > > >
> > > > Then your excuse for not fighting in a war is invalid, since they are
not
> > > > at
> > > > war with Jesus. And any nation at war does not know or care who you
are,
> > > > what
> > > > cult you are from, nor your name.
> > > >
> > > > You admit you knew this all along, in spite of your continual lies in
that
> > > > you stated here that you misunderstood nothing.
> > > >
> > > > Thank you for your clarification.
> > >
> > > Here is your clarification. Mt 5:44,
> > >
> > > (Matthew 5:44) However, I say to you: Continue to love your enemies
> > > and to pray for those who persecute you,
>
> Alright, what about these:
>
> -- American Standard
> Matthew 5:44 but I say unto you, love your enemies, and pray for them
> that persecute you;
>
> -- Living Bible
> Matthew 5:44 But I say: Love your enemies! Pray for those who
> persecute you!
>
> -- Revised Standard
> Matthew 5:44 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those
> who persecute you,
>
> -- New American Standard
> Matthew 5:44 "But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those
> who persecute you,
>
> -- New Jerusalem with Apocrypha
> Matthew 5:44 But I say this to you, love your enemies and pray for
> those who persecute you;
>
> -- New American with Apocrypha
> Matthew 5:44 But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those
> who persecute you,
>
> -- New Revised Standard with Apocrypha
> Matthew 5:44 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those
> who persecute you,
>
> -- Young's Bible
> Matthew 5:44 but I - I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those
> cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing
> you falsely, and persecuting you,
>
> -- Darby's Bible
> Matthew 5:44 But *I* say unto you, Love your enemies, bless those who
> curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who
> insult you and persecute you,
>
> -- Weymouth's New Testament
> Matthew 5:44 But I command you all, love your enemies, and pray for
> your persecutors;
>
> -- Webster's Bible
> Matthew 5:44 But I say to you, Love your enemies, bless them that
> curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them who
> despitefully use you, and persecute you;
>
> -- New Living Translation
> Matthew 5:44 But I say, love your enemies!* Pray for those who
> persecute you!
>
> -- Reina Valera Actualizada
> Matthew 5:44 Pero yo os digo: Amad a vuestros enemigos, y orad por
> los que os persiguen;
>
> -- Latin Vulgate
> Matthew 5:44 ego autem dico vobis diligite inimicos vestros
> benefacite his qui oderunt vos et orate pro persequentibus et
> calumniantibus vos
>
> -- International Standard Version
> Matthew 5:44 But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those
> who persecute you,
>
> -- William's NewTestament
> Matthew 5:44 But I tell you, practice loving your enemies and
> praying for your persecutors,
>
> -- Montgomery New Testament
> Matthew 5:44 But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those
> who persecute you.
Thank You for showing everyone the correctness of my statement. Words mean
things, and scripture is of God, and for you or anyone to inject distortions
into it, is sin.
Where is the word "Continue" in any verse other than your error ridden one?
>
>
> >
> > What you quoted was in error. An adulterated version of the word of God.
How
> > can you continue to do anything that you have never done and furthermore is
> > not in your heart to do? This is also speaking in the context of those who
> > hate you and persecute you because of the God you serve. You don't even
> > serve
> > him, you serve the doctrines of your cult.
> >
> > Also, in context with that verse there is this concluding thought
> > expressed,...
> >
> > “That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he
> > maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the
> > just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward
have
> > ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren
only,
> > what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
> > Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is
> > perfect.” (Mat 5:45-48)
> >
> > This is speaking to those who actually believe in and follow the Heavenly
> > Father. Did you know that they warred against other nations? And when a
> > nation attacked them they defended themselves while depending of The
> > Heavenly
> > Father for deliverance.
> >
> > Here is a copy of the verse you felt free to adulterate.
> >
> > “But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do
good
> > to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and
> > persecute you;” (Mat 5:44)
>
> So true Christians DO NOT go to wars, according to Jesus.
“Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down
first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that
cometh against him with twenty thousand?” (Luk 14:31)
As an individual you war with your wife, you war against those who do not
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* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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