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| | [[Abortion]], the intentional termination of a pregnancy, is opposed by virtually all [[conservatives]] and devout [[Christians]]. There are numerous references in the Bible to an unborn child in the womb as a unique person.<ref>See, e.g., [[Feminist Bible]].</ref> | | [[Abortion]], the intentional termination of a pregnancy, is opposed by virtually all [[conservatives]] and devout [[Christians]]. There are numerous references in the Bible to an unborn child in the womb as a unique person.<ref>See, e.g., [[Feminist Bible]].</ref> |
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| − | Direct references to the life of the unborn child include Genesis 25:22; Psalm 51:5, 119:73 and 139:13-16; Isaiah 49:1,5; [[Isaiah 43-50 (Translated)#49:14|Isaiah 49:15]]; Jeremiah 1:5; Job 10:8-12 and 31:13-15; Ruth 1:11; Hosea 12:2-3; Matthew 1:18-20; Luke 1:39-44; Luke 2:5; and John 1:14. Indirect references include Judges 13:3-5, 7b; Rom. 9:11; Gal. 1:15. Jesus even violated customary rules of the Sabbath in order to perform [[pro-life]] work on that day.<ref>See, e.g., [[Luke 1-8 (Translated)|Luke 6:9]]</ref> Here are additional examples of specific pro-life references in the Bible: | + | Direct references to the life of the unborn child include Genesis 25:22; Psalms 51:5, 119:73 and 139:13-16; Isaiah 49:1,5; [[Isaiah 43-50 (Translated)#49:14|Isaiah 49:15]]; Jeremiah 1:5; Job 10:8-12 and 31:13-15; Ruth 1:11; Hosea 12:2-3; Matthew 1:18-20; Luke 1:39-44; Luke 2:5; and John 1:14. Indirect references include Judges 13:3-5, 7b; Rom. 9:11; Gal. 1:15. Jesus even violated customary rules of the Sabbath in order to perform [[pro-life]] work on that day.<ref>See, e.g., [[Luke 1-8 (Translated)|Luke 6:9]]</ref> Here are additional examples of specific pro-life references in the Bible: |
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| | *Genesis 25:21-22: "... and Rebekah his [Isaac's] wife conceived. And the children struggled together within her ...." | | *Genesis 25:21-22: "... and Rebekah his [Isaac's] wife conceived. And the children struggled together within her ...." |
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| | *1 Corinthians 3:17: "If any man desecrates the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that temple is you."<ref>[[1 Corinthians 1-8 (Translated)#3:17]]</ref> | | *1 Corinthians 3:17: "If any man desecrates the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that temple is you."<ref>[[1 Corinthians 1-8 (Translated)#3:17]]</ref> |
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| | + | *Psalm 22:9-10: "Yet you are he who took me from the womb; you made me trust you at my mother's breasts. On you was I cast from my birth, and from my mother's womb you have been my God."<ref>[[ESV]] quoted here.</ref> |
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| | + | *Isaiah 46:3: "Listen to me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been borne by me from before your birth, carried from the womb"<ref>[[ESV]] quoted here.</ref> |
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| | + | *Isaiah 49:1: "Listen to me, O coastlands, and give attention, you peoples from afar. The Lord called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name."<ref>[[ESV]] quoted here.</ref> |
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| | == Other Passages == | | == Other Passages == |
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| | Among non-Christian faiths, [[Judaism]] is almost exclusively pro-choice, largely due to interpreting Exodus 21 (see above) as showing such a philosophy. Of note, however, where Christianity translates to imply a premature (and potentially successful) birth, most Jewish translations directly refer to miscarriages. <ref>[http://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/9882|Chabad Translation: Exodus Chapter 21]</ref> | | Among non-Christian faiths, [[Judaism]] is almost exclusively pro-choice, largely due to interpreting Exodus 21 (see above) as showing such a philosophy. Of note, however, where Christianity translates to imply a premature (and potentially successful) birth, most Jewish translations directly refer to miscarriages. <ref>[http://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/9882|Chabad Translation: Exodus Chapter 21]</ref> |
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| | + | == Mistranslated passages == |
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| | + | Galatians 1:15, in the original Greek, is "set me apart from my mother's womb," as [[ESV]] acknowledges in a footnote, but in the text it translates it as "But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace." |
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