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Saying / Proverb★★★★

Most people are bothered by those passages in Scripture which they cannot understand; but as for me I always notices that the passages in Scripture which trouble me are those which I do understand.

The point

Twain notes that problem passages in Scripture are usually not the ones he doesn't understand, but the ones he does—which trouble him through conviction to obey.

Scripture
Audience
Adults
Tone
Humorous · Convicting · Wise
To tell aloud
under a minute · 36 words
Subjects
ObedienceBibleWarConvictionSacrificeFamilyUnderstandingScriptureLove

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Twain notes that problem passages in Scripture are usually n