You don't get to set the rules for belief and racing to the letter of scripture to support your contention or interpretation falls upon deaf ears
Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. - Luke 11:52
Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. - Luke 11:52
Bad form, and poor use of scripture. Christ was speaking to and about the Pharisees who burden people with laws that are not of God's making.
Try this one:
1 Peter 3:15 "Always be prepared to give an answer, to anyone who asks, to give a reason for hope that he has."
God's word is not up for alteration but is always up for discussion.
2 Timothy 3:16 "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness"
God, through Paul, has told us to study His word and be knowlegable in it.