"For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ." (2 Cor. 2:17) "...Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures." (2 Pet. 3:15-16)

An older preacher was teaching a Bible class and made the statement that one could prove anything by the Bible. He explained, "If one misuses verses--by pulling them out of context--by twisting what they are saying, and so forth, he could teach anything he desired." One of the students stated that he didn't believe that one could prove anything by the Bible. The preacher affirmed that it could be done. The student then said, "OK, prove to me that it is wrong to split wood." The preacher, with no more that a moments hesitation, replied, "Whatsoever God hath joined together, let not man put asunder."