No, actually I can't and you're welcome to dispute that if you wish. I say it as I have heard that repeatedly from bible-thumping southern evangelicals. I don't believe it is said in the old testament as those are the only books I'm intimately familiar with (I'm Jewish).
I'm pretty sure it is not in the bible anywhere, Old or New Testament.
Imo, one thing that is very detrimental to people possibly rejecting the (whole) bible as true is that they don't read it themselves and accept something some other person or people have said is in there as actually being in there when it is not.
Just because some bible-thumpers told you something was in there I wonder how long you've lived believing it and possibly repeated it as though it were a fact? People can be mistaken and in addition some can be intentionally deceptive at times. That's why we need to read it ourselves.....
I've had a conversation with some Jehovah's Witnesses that were telling me about some scriptures but they were taking them completely out of context and making them mean what they wanted. When I pointed out the context by reading the whole chapter and not only the verse, they had nothing to say other than to repeat the scripture
You have to read the whole context around the verse to glean the proper meaning.
In addition, the young JW was not aware of certain scriptures that specifically and plainly state that being "saved" is not achieved or sustained by doing good "works" but by grace through faith. I gave her my email and she never wrote...I suppose it's possible the old lady JW w/her said it wouldn't be a good idea
Brixtonbulldog, please hang around here more if you have time. If you have other questions or beliefs that you've had about the N.T. that concern you some of us will do our best to help clarify if we can.
Also, you being intimately familiar w/the O.T. could help a lot of us learn also! Thanks
