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Originally Posted by Ohio
And how many other verses have also been removed from your "bible?"
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It is not the removing of the verses. I believe it is the inappropriate use of them to stop a righteous inquiry. Just because someone does something at someone else's behest is no excuse. To take that verse to mean that we are unable to judge RG is to suggest that the lackeys of mafia bosses are excused because they are "dealing with" his rivals at his behest and not merely on their own.
I believe that this verse is being used in an incorrect way. In the context, the only master in question is God. This is about the meat v no meat controversy in Romans 14. It is not about someone doing something at the behest of some human master. There is a context. It is not so general as to forgive everything.
Besides, it is clear from other words by Paul that we are not to judge the world, but we are to judge the believers. This is why there is church discipline. This is why we
do care about teachings. It is how we decide to "refuse" certain teachers. It is a judgment.
Just because one verse says "Who are you to judge someone else’s servant?" does not make that an overarching command. It is specific concerning things with no command. It is about what meat you can eat. No command. Each man acts according to his conscience before God. There is no parallel to RG writing
Lord Thou Saidst.