{"id":96832,"date":"2026-02-16T19:38:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T23:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/?p=96832"},"modified":"2026-02-16T19:38:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T23:38:48","slug":"ten-terrifying-shocking-un-protestant-bible-passages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2026\/02\/ten-terrifying-shocking-un-protestant-bible-passages.html","title":{"rendered":"Ten Terrifying, Shocking, &#8220;Un-Protestant&#8221; Bible Passages"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><figure id=\"attachment_96835\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96835\" style=\"width: 552px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/572\/2026\/02\/Cover-552x832-1.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-96835 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/572\/2026\/02\/Cover-552x832-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"552\" height=\"832\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-96835\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Photo credit<\/strong>: self-designed cover of my 2010 book.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><blockquote><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This is the transcript of my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/ITKsOwiDbi0\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">video short of the same name<\/a> (<em>Catholic Bible Highlights<\/em>, 2-16-26)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matthew 16:27 <\/strong>(RSV) For the Son of man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will <span style=\"color: #008000;\">REPAY EVERY MAN FOR WHAT HE HAS<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">DONE<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matthew 17:21 <\/strong>Not everyone who says to me, \u201cLord, Lord,\u201d shall <span style=\"color: #008000;\">ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN<\/span>, but he who <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">DOES THE WILL<\/span> of my Father who is in heaven. \u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matthew 19:16, 21<\/strong>\u00a0\u2026\u00a0 one came up to him, saying, \u201cTeacher, what <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">GOOD DEED<\/span> must I do, to <span style=\"color: #008000;\">HAVE ETERNAL LIFE<\/span>?\u201d \u2026 [21] Jesus said to him, \u201cIF you would be perfect, go, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">SELL WHAT YOU POSSESS<\/span> and give to the poor, and you will have <span style=\"color: #008000;\">TREASURE IN HEAVEN<\/span>; \u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matthew 19:29<\/strong>\u00a0And everyone who has <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">LEFT HOUSES<\/span> or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name\u2019s sake, will receive a hundredfold, and <span style=\"color: #008000;\">INHERIT ETERNAL LIFE<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matthew 25:34-35, 40 <\/strong>Then the King will say to those at his right hand, \u2018Come, O blessed of my Father,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\">INHERIT THE KINGDOM<\/span> prepared for you\u00a0from the foundation of the world; [35]\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">FOR<\/span> I was hungry and <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">YOU GAVE ME FOOD<\/span>, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, \u2026 [40] \u2026 as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Luke 10:25-28\u00a0<\/strong>\u2026 \u201cTeacher, what shall I do to <span style=\"color: #008000;\">INHERIT ETERNAL LIFE<\/span>?\u201d [26] He said to him, \u201cWhat is written in the law? How do you read?\u201d [27] And he answered, \u201cYou shall <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">LOVE<\/span> the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.\u201d [28] And he said to him, \u201cYou have answered right; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">DO THIS, <\/span>and<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">YOU WILL LIVE<\/span><\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Romans 2:7, 13<\/strong>\u00a0to those who by patience in\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">WELL-DOING<\/span>\u00a0seek for glory and honor and immortality,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\">HE WILL GIVE ETERNAL LIFE<\/span>; \u2026 [13] For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">DOERS OF THE LAW<\/span> who <span style=\"color: #008000;\">WILL BE JUSTIFIED<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1 Timothy 6:11-12, 18-19\u00a0<\/strong>\u2026 aim at <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">RIGHTEOUSNESS, GODLINESS<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">faith<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">LOVE<\/span>, steadfastness, gentleness.\u00a0[12] Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of the <span style=\"color: #008000;\">ETERNAL LIFE<\/span> to which you were called \u2026 [18] They are to <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">DO GOOD<\/span>, to <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">BE RICH IN GOOD DEEDS<\/span>, liberal and generous, [19] thus laying up for themselves a <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">GOOD FOUNDATION<\/span> for the future, so that they may take hold of the <span style=\"color: #008000;\">LIFE WHICH IS LIFE INDEED<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1 John 3:14<\/strong>\u00a0We know that we have <span style=\"color: #008000;\">PASSED OUT OF DEATH INTO LIFE<\/span>, because we <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">LOVE<\/span> the brethren. He who does not love abides in death. (cf. 3:10, 17-19; 2:17; 4:7-8, 11-12, 16-17, 20-21; 2 John 1:5-6, 8)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Revelation 20:12<\/strong>\u00a0. . . And the dead were\u00a0JUDGED\u00a0by what was written in the books,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">BY WHAT THEY HAD DONE<\/span>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Related\u00a0 Book<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/48k64gh\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Biblical Catholic Salvation<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Related Article<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2024\/08\/bible-vs-faith-alone-90-proofs.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Bible vs. \u201cFaith Alone\u201d: 120 NT &amp; 30 OT Proofs: from 26 out of 27 NT Books<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Related Web Page<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2006\/11\/salvation-justification-faith-alone.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Salvation &amp; Justification<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>******<\/p>\n<p>SUPPORT Dave Armstrong\u2019s apologetics work with a <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/dt7eum96\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">tax-deductible gift<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div>*<\/div>\n<div>***<\/div>\n<div>*<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><em><strong>Practical Matters<\/strong><\/em>:\u00a0 I run the most comprehensive \u201cone-stop\u201d Catholic apologetics site:\u00a0<a class=\" decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2024\/07\/top-personal-christian-blogs-ranked-by-ai-composite-score\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rated #1\u00a0for Christian sites<\/a>\u00a0by leading AI tool, ChatGPT \u2014 endorsed by popular Protestant blogger Adrian Warnock. 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