Published answer

Yes. You are invited to understand the proposal and test its reasoning, not required to endorse it. Disagreement can expose a missing step or suggest a better reading. Questions about a teaching should not become judgments about a reader’s worth, family, or sincerity.

Scripture trail

KJV passages and notes

These passages commend examination, testing, and answering with meekness and fear. They support a respectful process rather than compulsory agreement.

Conclusions and suppositions

Editorial commitment grounded in the cited principles.

Consistency test

Can we state another reading fairly and identify evidence that would change our own view?

G’s commentary