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A serious flaw in modern thinking is that you can dismiss the Bible as the authority on moral issues like adultery, fornication, homosexuality, drunkenness, etc. because the Bible has been corrupted and changed over the centuries. They make this argument, not because they looked at the evidence firsthand, and have seen the changes from century to century in the various manuscripts, copies, and translations, but because they heard someone make this claim, adopted it as valid, and passed that argument along. In other words, people pass along this argument without proving it. Where is evidence that these moral issues were approved, for example, in the 5th-century manuscripts, copies, and translations, but flipped in the 7th-century copies and translations based upon the cultural changes in the society? No such example can be shown. You should be able to show where the copies, and translations conformed <\/strong>to the morality of the local culture instead of challenging <\/b>the local culture at any given time. But, you don’t find these kinds of changes in the Bible.<\/p>\n Men of all times and cultures have always recognized that one thing that makes the Bible authoritative is the internal evidence that God has never conformed to man, but has always challenged men to repent and transform to His holy standard. Men must learn God and His holiness, love God and let His word work in them mightily. The Bible has in every age stood the same. No matter the language it is translated into, it never reverses the moral standard. Sin is sin in every age. Men must let it transform them from within. The word of God abides forever, and it will judge us on the last day (I Peter 1:25; John 12:48).<\/p>\n Have you been reading it for yourself?<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Terry Wane Benton A serious flaw in modern thinking is that you can dismiss the Bible as the authority on moral issues like adultery, fornication, homosexuality, drunkenness, etc. because the Bible has been corrupted and changed over the centuries. They make this argument, not because they looked at the evidence firsthand, and have seen…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[568,37,219],"class_list":["post-32161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-accuracy-of-the-bible","tag-apologetics","tag-bible"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":64275,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-earliest-manuscripts\/","url_meta":{"origin":32161,"position":0},"title":"The Earliest Manuscripts","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 28, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"by Ferrell Jenkins \"In the original Greek, it says\u2026\" How many times have you heard that in a Bible class or sermon? The fact is, we have no originals (autograph copies) of any New Testament or Old Testament book. Textual critics, those scholars who work with the available materials to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":52335,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/three-witnesses\/","url_meta":{"origin":32161,"position":1},"title":"Three Witnesses","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 7, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: I John 5:5-9 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0There are two readings for I John 5:7-8 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\"For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Audio"","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":94271,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-not-having-the-original-manuscripts-a-serious-problem\/","url_meta":{"origin":32161,"position":2},"title":"Is Not Having the Original Manuscripts a Serious Problem?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 28, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"by Terry Wane Benton It is not a problem at all. Unless all the copies and quotes are so contradictory and diverse that we need the original documents to settle the matter, the numerous quotes and copies provide enough certainty that we do not need the original autographs. In comparing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":51938,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-does-i-john-57-8-mean\/","url_meta":{"origin":32161,"position":3},"title":"What does I John 5:7-8 mean?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 19, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: \"For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.\" (I John 5:7-8 KJV).\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":54162,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/was-timothys-father-an-aramean\/","url_meta":{"origin":32161,"position":4},"title":"Was Timothy’s father an Aramean?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 7, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: In\u00a0Was Timothy's father a non-believer? you said, \"In the end, I think all you can state is that Timothy's father was of Greek nationality.\" But Acts 16:1 (translated from Aramaic Peshitta, based on Younan) says, \"And he arrived at the medintha [city] Derbe and at Lostra. 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