{{Bible quote|But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.|book=Matthew|chap=4|verses=4|version=KJV}}
{{Bible quote|But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.|book=Matthew|chap=4|verses=4|version=KJV}}
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Note: "every word," not "some words." The counterargument of many cafeteria Christians is that the word of the authors of certain parts of the Bible is not necessarily the word of God.
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Note: "every word," not "some words." The counterargument of many cafeteria Christians is that the word of the authors of certain parts of the Bible is not necessarily the word of God. However, absent evidence that a certain passage of the Bible is not God's Word (e.g., Paul's explicit statement that he is expressing a personal view), that counterargument is [[beg the question|circular]], as it assumes the propriety of cherry-picking the Bible in order to justify cherry-picking the Bible.