Congratulations. You have only just begun. For instance, Catholic Bibles have the Book of Wisdom and Maccabees, also. These books were, for some reason, not considered Canonical for Protestants. The first few books of the Christian Bible are also the Hebrew Bible and they are variously called Torah and Tanakh and are surrounded by a great penumbra of discussion and commentary called Midrash. I have not even gotten into the overlap the Q’uran (sp?) has with both the Christian and Hebrew Bibles.
The point is, good for you for reading one bible but I don’t know that you can call it a comprehensive study. I encourage you to go further. It is an emminently rewarding lifelong activity.
Of course, this doesn’t mean we should not hold ourselves and others accountable for bad actions. But it seems to me that our judgements should be guided with love and forgiveness.
It actually means, wholly and completely, DO NOT JUDGE.
Jesus also said, ‘By their deeds you shall know them.” Judgement is an assumption you can know them absent knowing their deeds.
When we SEE someone commit a bad action we have discerned the action. That is not judgement, that is not judgement that is discernment. Judgement is when we come to believe someone is capable of this or that bad action without enough evidence to support the judgement. I can call no man or woman a sinner, unless I actually see them sin, or if they confess their sins to me. It means not to call a Samaritan a bad person just because they are a Samaritan. It means not to assume ill will on the part of someone who hasn’t demonstrably shown ill will… etc.
Another one that is not actually in the Bible is, “God won’t give you more that you can handle.”
Actually Paul does say something like this 1 Cor 10–13: No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. (NIV)
Also in the same category is “Money is the root of all evil”. 1 Timothy 6:10 says, “For the love of money is the first step toward all kinds of sin”. Again, close enough if you aren’t looking for an exact translation.
The first, ‘Money is the root of all evil’ is a clear misquote. The quote in Timothy also translates to ‘Love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.’
