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Did Paul suggest capital punishment? ~ Cross reference of 1 Corinthians 5:13 to Deuteronomy 13:5, Deuteronomy 17:7, Deuteronomy 19:19, Deuteronomy21:21, Deuteronomy22:21-24, Deuteronomy 24:7

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Corinth had a goddess called Aphrodite who was their goddess of sexual love and beauty. In this chapter Paul is addressing sexual immorality within the church though the elders in Corinth were trying to push it under the carpet as it was an one off issue. Paul comes down hard on them, because they were trying to protect the influential person who was involved in this sin. Wonder why he had to come down so hard on them given that Jesus died for them and once saves, saved for ever. One question I have though is, are today's Christians free from sexual immorality? Will they go to heaven even if they sin because they believed in Jesus? All Images are links to Google Images. Copyright violations not intended. All Greek Text references are from NIV and Tanakh references are from Chabad. This post is not intended to offend anyone's faith but for those people who are Seeking the truth of THE ONE TRUE G-D of the universe to who we owe all our love, gratitude & devotion. My encourag...

Happy slap EVERY-day ~ Cross reference of Matthew 5:38 to Exodus 21 & Exodus 22

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  In Matthew 5:38-42 Jesus teaches that one needs to live a life where one seeks non-violence & peace. Does this teaching make sense in the world we live where the strong exploit the weak and there is injustice all around. Was Jesus saying that if Christians start doing this the offending people will get a change of heart and stop doing these things. All Images are links to Google Images. Copyright violations not intended. All Greek Text references are from NIV and Tanakh references are from Chabad. This post is not intended to offend anyone's faith but for those people who are Seeking the truth of THE ONE TRUE G-D of the universe to who we owe all our love, gratitude & devotion. My encouragement to you is that you read the whole chapter of Tanakh that the Greek text quotes so you get the context and understand what G-d actually said. G-d Bless and Seek THE Truth. Matthew 5:38   “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’[h] 39 But I tell you...