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"Biblical basis" is the way in which a practice or belief is derived from Scripture. Use this tag to ask how Christians use the Bible to derive a specific belief.

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What is the essence of sin?

The law was given so that we might know what sin was. 1 John 3:4 (NIV) Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. Romans 5:13 (NIV) To be sure, sin was in the world befo …
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What does the Bible say about tithing? [closed]

Do we have to tithe? Why does God need us to tithe? What are the results of NOT tithing?
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What is the Biblical basis for an Old Earth?

According to a comment by another user in this question Why do OEC discount the literal interpretation of the book of Genesis?, apparently there's Biblical evidence for an Old Earth. As a Young Earth/ …
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Where does the belief that the Earth is relatively young (6000 years) come from?

I'm a young earth creationist. No, not all Christians maintain this belief. Christians can identify themselves with two different categories, Young Earth Creationist (YEC) or Old Earth Creationist (OE …
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Do we have to obey the laws of the bible? If so, what laws? [closed]

I've read a ton about obedience in the bible and I realize that we have a responsibility to obey Jesus Christ. As it says in 2 Timothy 2:19 "God's foundation stands firm, sealed with his inscription. …
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Does the Bible give us a purpose to life? [closed]

I'm not sure that I know of any place in the Bible that directly states, "this is the purpose to life." But does it give us any idea as the exact purpose as to why we were created. If God is truly So …
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Adam and Eve versus ecology

You can interpret the story of Adam and Eve literally. What you're attempting to do is what all scientists do, assume that the situation today has always been the same and estimate incorrectly. What …
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Are we born sinners?

We are not born sinners. Think about it, if we were, then Christ would have been a sinner and therefore the entire story would collapse. 1 John 3:4 Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin i …
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What is the Biblical basis for the doctrine of the Trinity?

Ok, I will try my best to answer this. Jesus was prophesied to be God. Isaiah 9:6 (NIV) 6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be c …
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What is the Biblical evidence that there are ONLY three persons in the "Trinity"?

Based off of this question: We know that there is only one God. We know that Jesus was the visible image of God in all of the Fathers fullness. We know that the Holy Spirit is also God. We know tha …
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What is the biblical basis to claim that masturbation is a sin?

There's definitely two sides to this coin, some people say that masturbation is not a sin that leads to death, others say that it's a sin because Jesus commands us to deny the desires of our flesh. So …
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How do Jehovah Witnesses support scripturely the idea that humans will live on earth after d...

A Jehovah Witness and I spoke the other day and he explained to me that JWs believe that we'll live on earth after we die. What scripture, if any, do they use to back this belief?
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What is the biblical basis for a one world religion in the end times?

I was just reading about eschatology and somebody was stating that this verse suggests that there will be a one world religion, a false religion: Revelation 17:1–18 (ESV) 1 Then one of the se …
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What is the Biblical basis for the concept that Jesus spent time in Hell?

YES, He did. 1 Peter 3:19-20 (NIV) 19 After being made alive, he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits— 20 to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days …
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