…..your offer to play “Stump the Chaps”, I mean:
“All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient” ( 1 Corinthians 6:12)
Whut mean? I get the “not expedient” part, but: does St Paul mean that he could do anything: fornicate, murder, eat pork—and it would be “lawful” for him cuz he’s already a saint, predestined for salvation?
Or did he mean he could do anything he might possibly be tempted to do, but , he wouldn’t even be tempted to commit more than minor infractions, cuz: Saint?
Along those same lines:”Better to marry than to burn.” Does he mean than to burn with lust? Or burn in Hell?
In my (Good) Book, Paul is the patron saint of gnomic utterances, a divine of the double entendre!
So, y’know, when you’ve put Peter away, maybe you’ll enjoy takin’ on Paul….?
Love,
Hypatia (late of Alexandria, flayed to death by a Christian mob) 😫😇)
That’s the Christmas spirit!
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Chaps, after taking on St. Paul how about a starting a discussion about whether or not ‘once saved, always saved?’ After an apparently less than sanctified 2019, that would be an interesting topic for backslidden sexapts.
P.S. Asking for a friend.
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Obviously, we all know I have no idea what Hyp is writing about, but I feel like giving Simon a hard time anyway. 🙂
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Second that!
But: No, ET, it’s not hard, it’s essentially what ST asked.
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Simon, that’s exactly it: did St Paul mean he was destined for Heaven, could not possibly screw up no matter what he did?
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“Sexapt”…….typo, or bravado? 😁
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It is a thing not a typo. Really though where I live, Chiang Rai, is too provincial for most self-respecting sexpats. Those of us who live here, hope it stay this way.
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No, we know you’re a sexPAT. What I was remarking on was “sexAPT”…oh never mind 🙄
I see now what you did. I thought your SexApt was the typo. That is what happens when I try to type and have sex (with an LBFM in case you were wondering) at the same time.
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Hello, Hyp and ST! (Sorry to hear about your namesake, Hyp! Happy to joust w/that rabbi from Tarsus next….ST, will gladly consider the “one-and-done” position on salvation, too. Thank you both for the gray matter workout upcoming!
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Oh…it’s okay….it was a long time ago.
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Oh…it’s okay. It was a long time ago…
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Alexandria was a weird place na. Origen’s self-‘mutilation’, for instance…Lots of overheated people, methinks…
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Some are made eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake..
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Yeah, and some take it a bit too literally, no?
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