There is much debate about those who wish to delete from scripture passages and verses that prove uncomfortable to them. Some wish to excise the accounts of miracles. Others would brazenly remove accounts of Christ’s divinity. Yet others would discard verses that contradict their professed theology. Such treatment of Scripture is anathema.
However, there is an equally abominable practice and that is adding things to Scripture that it does not explicitly teach. Just like the Pharisees of the New Testament, these people want to make verses of Scripture “stronger” than what is found in the actual text. These people seek to “fill in the gaps” for what the Bible does not actually say. They ban behaviors that Scripture does not explicitly condemn. They make certain practices mandatory when Scripture is silent on the issue. In people’s well-meaning attempts to “protect” the Bible, they actually deface it by changing what the divine author meant in the first place.
Some people add to Scripture because they want to make it stronger. But they accomplish the opposite. God’s word has proven the test of time. It has not required any amendments. While there may be some facts we wish the Bible had chosen to reveal, nothing is lacking when it comes to how we should live.
Be careful when people begin telling you facts and principles that are not found in the Bible. Anyone who feels a need to supplement Scripture’s teachings has too low a view of God’s word. God has already given us everything necessary for life and godliness (2 Timothy 3:16).