Prophesying is not for the unbeliever. Therefore if you prophesy the unbeliever is convinced. "Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; as also in all of his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood" (2 Peter iii, 15, 16). The Duke of Somerset says: "There is scarcely a single passage in the Pauline Epistles, or a single doctrine in the Pauline theology, which is not darkened or embroiled by the ambiguity of the expression" (Christian Theology and Modern Scepticism, p. 116). 15. The following passage of seven verses from Paul (Rom. iii, 12-18) is borrowed from six different chapters of the Old Testament. Is it a medley of misquotations, or a mosaic of plagiarisms? "They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. "Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips. "Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. "Their feet are swift to shed blood. "Destruction and misery are in their ways. "And the way of peace have they not known. "There is no fear of God before their eyes." "They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one" (Ps. xiv, 3). "Their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with the tongue (Ps. v, 9). Adders' poison is under their lips" (cxl, 3). "His mouth is full of cursing and deceit" (Ps. x, 7). "Their feet run to evil and they make haste to shed innocent blood" (Is. lix, 7). "Wasting and destruction are in their paths" (Ibid). "The way of peace they know not" (8). "There is no fear of God before his eyes" (Ps. xxxvi, 1). 16. The following words are ascribed to Jesus by Paul: "Remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive" (Acts xx, 85). No such words are to be found in the recorded sayings of Jesus. "But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him" (1 Cor. ii, 9). The above is quoted by Paul as scripture, but the scriptures do not contain this passage. 17. "Who his [Christ's] own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree" (1 Peter ii, 24). The Epistles of Peter are devoted largely to Christ's suffering and death, but no mention is made of his crucifixion. The words "cross" and "crucify" are not to be found in them. In Acts Peter speaks of Jesus' death as follows: "Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree" (v, 30). "God anointed Jesus of Nazareth ... whom they slew and hanged on a tree" (x, 38, 93). 18. "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one" (1 John v, 7).