It seems the Holy Spirit through Paul disagrees with you. I'll stay with what the Holy Spirit says out right.
The first time Christ’s disciples left him, was when he said, literally, that we must eat His flesh and drink His blood, because they were real food and real drink. When His disciples questioned his literal statements, He doubled down — when what they wanted to hear was that it was just an alliteration.
It was not, and they left! Christ asked whether His apostles would also leave after hearing this truth. Of course not; Christ had the “words of life” — to whom would they go?
I bring this up as your comment discussed a literal New Testament statement by Paul. Why aren’t Christ’s literal words enough?