Bible students are taught that a text taken out of context is a pretext for a proof-text (a pretence of proof). That’s another way of saying, if you isolate verses of Scripture from their context you can make the Bible say whatever you want it to say.

Let me give you an example: Did you know that the Bible actually says there is no God. It’s absolutely true! Psalm 14v1 actually says: “There is no God.” However, when we look at the verse in context, it reads: “The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God.’”

Here’s another example of taking a text out of context: A boy prays, ‘Lord, who should I go out with?’ Then he flips his Bible open at random to Isaiah 55:12 and reads, “You shall go out with joy.”