Actually, the Bible isn't open for interpretation ...... translation is not the same as interpretation. There are plenty of what appears to be"contradictions" in the word but they are there to make one go further and examine the truth .....

Barak, you have such a way with words ........ haven't ever heard that before have you? .... (big O grin)

Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other the person to die ......

"When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me."