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This verse, as with Matthew 5:37, is vague on evil. It could be interpreted as a reference to the Evil One, i.e. Satan, the general evil of the world, as translated by the KJV, or the evil of specific individuals, as is translated by the WEB. The third interpretation is the one held by most modern scholars.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. The World English Bible translates the passage as: But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No’ be ‘No.’ Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.
In contrast, according to Yair Hoffman, the ancient books of the Hebrew Bible do not show an awareness of the theological problem of evil, and even most later biblical scholars did not touch the question of the problem of evil. [99] In the Bible, all characterizations of evil and suffering assert the view of "a God who is greater than suffering ...
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: 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. The World English Bible translates the passage as: That you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes
Apostasy is the rejection of Christ by one who has been a Christian. …" [ 3 ] "Apostasy is a theological category describing those who have voluntarily and consciously abandoned their faith in the God of the covenant, who manifests himself most completely in Jesus Christ ."
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. The English Standard Version translates the passage as: And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. The Novum Testamentum Graece text is:
Although the Church is the new people of God, the Jews should not be presented as rejected or accursed by God, as if this followed from the Holy Scriptures. [ 65 ] [ 66 ] Norman A. Beck , professor of theology and classical languages at Texas Lutheran University , has proposed that Christian lectionaries remove what he calls "… the specific ...
Upon hearing that he was being charged with the rejection of the Old Testament moral law [failed verification], Luther responded: "And truly, I wonder exceedingly, how it came to be imputed to me, that I should reject the Law or Ten Commandments, there being extant so many of my own expositions (and those of several sorts) upon the Commandments ...