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Re:Show HN: I made a new kind of Bible app by brightball on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @05:08PM (#27597242)
Context matters so much.

Paul was writing each letter to different churches based on things he knew were happening at that particular church.

A verse without context is popular but has very little meaning.

You need look no further than Philippians 4:13, in which Paul is talking about being able to be content in prison. Context matters.

Re:Show HN: I made a new kind of Bible app by andrewmcwatters on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @05:12PM (#27597273)
The letters to the churches are relevant today. They aren’t cannon to point out the church at Corinth has this particular issue and it doesn’t apply to anyone else.

You’re pointing out that scriptural context is important, and you’re right. These verses, in full context, are about divisions in the church.

Re:Show HN: I made a new kind of Bible app by brightball on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @05:15PM (#27597313)
That’s true, but the context of what was going on still matters. You’re better off referencing the entire book and what it’s saying and why, than covering a single verse out of context as instruction.
Re:Show HN: I made a new kind of Bible app by andrewmcwatters on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @05:18PM (#27597357)
Yes, that’s true. But, it’s not out of context. It’s explicitly about being “divided.”

> Divisions in the Church

10 I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. 11 For it has been reported to me by Chloe's people that there is quarreling among you, my brothers. 12 What I mean is that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” or “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.” 13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? 14 I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, 15 so that no one may say that you were baptized in my name. 16 (I did baptize also the household of Stephanas. Beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized anyone else.) 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

Do you follow the LGBT church? Or the anti-LGBT church? Or do you follow X? Or do you follow Y?

Re:Show HN: I made a new kind of Bible app by lalaland1125 on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @06:26PM (#27598036)
> I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment.

But how would you actually implement that in this app? People fundamentally disagree about the meanings of many verses.

Re:Show HN: I made a new kind of Bible app by treeman79 on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @06:42PM (#27598235)
List different translations and links to evidence for each. Order by some metric of “this has best evidence, or this is most common understanding