Tumah
Veteran Member
In another thread a Christian poster brought the following NT verses to a non-Christian.
1 Thessalonians 4:10-11 (ESV Strong's) But we urge you, brothers, to do this more and more, 11 and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs,
1 Peter 4:15 (ESV Strong's) 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler.
It was questioned - presumably based on these two verses - why the Jewish poster got involved in a discussion that didn't concern him between a different Christian and a Jew.
Now, the Jewish poster is presumably acting on the dictum:
1 Thessalonians 4:10-11 (ESV Strong's) But we urge you, brothers, to do this more and more, 11 and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs,
1 Peter 4:15 (ESV Strong's) 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler.
Now, the Jewish poster is presumably acting on the dictum:
"And a man will stumble over his brother (Lev. 26:37)", over the sin of his brother*. To teach, that all of Israel are guarantors for each other".
- Sifra Lev. 26:37, Sanhedrin 27b, Shavuos 39a
So I wonder: What could possibly be the point of quoting your religion's Scriptures to someone not of your religion, as a reason for them to do or not do something?- Sifra Lev. 26:37, Sanhedrin 27b, Shavuos 39a