“When you cherry pick particular words or phrases, you can make The Bible say just about anything you want to say.”
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True. One can even remove God’s words regarding His triune nature:
Authorized King James:
6 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. 7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
From “The Message”s version of 1 John 5:7
6 Jesus - the Divine Christ! He experienced a life-giving birth and a death-killing death. Not only birth from the womb, but baptismal birth of his ministry and sacrificial death. And all the while the Spirit is confirming the truth, the reality of God’s presence at Jesus’ baptism and crucifixion, bringing those occasions alive for us.[(s15.7)] A triple testimony:
8 the Spirit, the Baptism, the Crucifixion. And the three in perfect agreement.