When Translation Becomes Interpretation

1 Corinthians 6:9

Assuming a modern definition of 'homosexuality' for ἀρσενοκοῖται without conside...

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Ephesians 2:8

Assuming that the pronoun 'this' (τοῦτο) refers exclusively to faith as a gift f...

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Ephesians 5:23

Interpreting 'head' (κεφαλή) as an absolute or tyrannical hierarchical authority...

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Genesis 1:2

Inferring a fully developed New Testament Trinitarian theology directly from 'Sp...

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Genesis 1:5

Assuming that the Hebrew word 'יוֹם' (yom) in Genesis 1:5 and subsequent creatio...

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Genesis 17:7

Interpreting 'everlasting' (עוֹלָם) as a promise of immutable continuity in its ...

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Genesis 2:7

Interpreting 'living soul' as an immaterial part of the human being separate fro...

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Hebrews 4:9

Interpreting 'sabbatismos' as the literal observance of the Saturday Sabbath as ...

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Acts 13:48

Interpreting 'ordained' unilaterally, either as an unconditional divine decree t...

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Isaiah 53:11

Separating the justification by the Suffering Servant from his atoning work, or ...

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Isaiah 7:14

Assuming that the Hebrew word 'almah' (עַלְמָה) *must* mean 'virgin' in the stri...

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John 3:16

Interpreting 'world' as a homogeneous mass of individuals without distinction, o...

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John 6:44

Interpreting the verb 'draw' (ἑλκύσῃ) in a way that completely nullifies human w...

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Luke 16:23

Conflating 'Hades' with 'Gehenna' (the final, eternal hell), or interpreting the...

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Luke 23:43

Assuming that the punctuation of modern translations (the comma before 'today') ...

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Luke 7:50

Limiting the meaning of 'saved' (sōzō) to a single dimension (only spiritual or ...

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Matthew 16:18

Assuming 'my church' refers exclusively to a modern institution or denomination,...

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Matthew 24:3

Reducing the meaning of 'parousia' to a single future, spectacular event, ignori...

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Matthew 25:46

Assuming that 'eternal' in this verse refers exclusively to infinite duration in...

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Matthew 5:32

Interpreting the exception clause ('saving for the cause of fornication') in iso...

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Romans 3:21

Understanding 'the righteousness of God' as a moral quality that humans must ach...

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Romans 8:29

Defining 'foreknew' (προέγνω) and 'predestined' (προώρισεν) exclusively accordin...

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Romans 8:3

Interpreting 'flesh' (σάρξ) as merely the physical body, leading to an erroneous...

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Psalm 136:1

Reducing חֶסֶד (chesed) to a simple, sentimental 'mercy' or 'goodness,' losing i...

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Psalm 136:1

Reducing 'chesed' to a single facet like 'mercy' or 'goodness,' losing its rich ...

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Psalm 16:10

Equating 'Sheol' directly with the New Testament concept of 'hell' (Gehenna) as ...

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