One of the rules of interpreting Scripture is that we understand it speaks both specifically and generally. That a general rule might have specific exceptions. And that these aren’t contradictory.
Another important rule is the importance of ‘It means’. Before we have worked out what a given Scripture does mean, and why Scripture gives for that meaning, we cannot begin to discuss what it ‘doesn’t mean’. Doing so is often an excuse for simply ignoring it.
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Von
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