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Unless someone erroneously assumes the wrong point(s) to illustrate. Then they are useless.

It is possible for someone to believe in Jesus (ie. "be a Christian") and simply not understand the concept of forgiveness (yet). Very few (if any) of us come to faith and at the same time come to full understanding of all aspects of the faith. In time, most of us read the parable of the...

"The Discerning Gift"? The only such "gift" mentioned in Scripture (some translations) is the gift of discerning of spirits mentioned in 1 Corinthians 12:10.

Snarky rhetoric won’t move the conversation forward.

While Jesus' instruction of the original 12 is certainly "the example", there is nothing in Scripture stating that is "the correct way" to prepare disciples for ministry. Paul wasn't taught that way, nor was Timothy, nor Titus, nor any other leader after Acts 2. So where does that leave us?

Miss the point much? I'm not saying anyone tried to encode an existing text, but it's possible to do so as you write it. I haven't mentioned other translations; I have said other languages. Do you understand the distinction? Anyway, I've had enough entertainment with this thread. It's a...

Your words are the generalities of ignorance. You obviously know very few (if any) seminary students. Further, I am confident that you have never assessed the entrance requirements to any seminary, let alone every, which would be appropriate for the superlative knowledge you have supposedly...

No, it doesn't, because it is all the more likely that the "code" is of human origin. Start with TR-based translations in other languages such as French, Spanish, or German.

Sidestepping.

The proof is simple: try it with any other-language translation. Try it with the original-language texts. Try it with the TR. If any of the numbers differ even a little, your hypothesis is negated.

If you know he didn't say that, but continue to imply that he did (or would), you are no better than the homosexual-affirming pastor you decry... Revelation 21:8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and...

Well... when we can't find actual evidence to support our preconceived notions, we'll just make up some generalized vitriol and throw it on the fire to make sure nobody does anything ever. Or, to put it more succinctly, WHO HURT YOU?

More silly self-righteousness and empty assumptions.

Keep it up. Your self-righteous arrogance will bite you in the end.

You’re using one translation. Again, if the ‘code’ doesn’t exist in the original languages, it’s not there at all.

You, a newcomer, have no business saying such things.

There is enough material in the plain text of Scripture to satisfy a lifetime of dedicated investigation, study, and application. Playing at numerology with any translation is just a distraction... not inherently wrong, but of no more spiritual benefit than watching your team's latest game...

Another assumption: that you are less naive than others.

You make too many assumptions.