If I write a long letter, the readers have to read the whole letter from the introduction to the conclusion. If the readers still can’t understand, they have to re-read it again, and again. But if an individual only takes a verse, half a verse, or a sentence, and tries to paraphrase, it would have problems.
Worst still, if it takes a verse, cuts, copies, and joins to another verse, that is not right. Most likely, that individual is trying to justify his point. Not the point of the writer.
Similarly, it is like taking my head and pasting it on Mr. B’s photo. Take Mr. A’s legs and paste them on Mr. B. That will form another picture.
Truly, the Bible cannot be subjected to individual interpretation.
For instance 1 John 4:17 “….as He is, so are we in this world.”
That verse never says Jesus is without sickness in heaven, so are we in this world.
The complete verse reads as “(NKJV) 17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness on the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. (1 John 4:17)”.
We can’t just take half a verse and paraphrase until out of context. In reality, the context is talking about “love”. If we read the whole chapter, it means, that as Jesus is “loved”, so we have to exercise that “love” to others in this world. It doesn’t mean as Jesus is healthy, without sickness, with no cancer in heaven, so are we in this world now. If we still want to claim “as Jesus is….”, it can also paraphrase as:-
Today Jesus is seated as the lamb of God in heaven, are you and me the lamb of God too?
Obviously, NO. We can’t say as Jesus is the Lamb of God in heaven, “so are we as the lamb of God in this world.”
Again, Jesus is our redeemer, are you going to redeem me or I redeem you in this world?
In the Book of Revelation, the 24 elders are kneeling in worshiping God in Heaven. Does that mean I need to kneel before you or you on me in this world?
There again, Jesus is seated as King in heaven. Are you and me a king too in this world? No way.
The following verses on 1 John 4:19-21 tell us because God first loved us, we ought to use His love to love our brothers. Those who still hate his brothers are liars. Thus, the context for 1 John 4:17 is talking about “love” and not as Jesus is “healthy in heaven, so are we in this world.”
Don’t get me wrong. I am not saying Jesus cannot heal us. Yes, God can heal us.
Nevertheless, we have to keep the purity of the interpretation of the scripture. If we allow our own interpretation, the whole bible can be cut, copied, pasted, and connected into thousands of thousands of different Bibles. Context is king on a portion of scripture. But keep cutting a verse or half a verse, connecting all over the places, would be distorting His truth. Amenbible
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