Can someone explain this? Is it a contradiction?
1 John 4:8
Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Exodus 20:4-6
"You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. "You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
I'm a slow walker, but i never walk back. May you always be happy and healthy :)
The old and new testament do not align. There are many contradictions in the bible, especially between the old and new testaments. There are also many contradictions between the various versions of the bible.
And then we have individual interpretations and people using particular bible verses to try and prove that their personal agendas are the correct ones to believe. The right for gay people to marry is an example of one of these. The bible doesn't actually state that people of the same sex shouldn't marry, however people claim that it does.
People also use the bible to say that men shouldn't sleep with each other however the bible also says that people shouldn't eat certain types of meat on certain days, wear clothing of mixed materials, and that people shouldn't wear hats in certain ways or locations. And yet, we do all of these things quite willingly and openly.
So, the bible is just an outdated document that was written by man and therefore full of holes and errors. Take it for what it is.