I converted to Jehovah's Witnesses

[walter]

In context, yes ... taken alone, they could well be completely misunderstood.

So if we can't use "the context" in the scripture, are you suggesting we listen to [ advice or context ] not found in the Bible?

Didn't Jesus and the Apostle Paul tell us not to listen to the traditions of men who spoke different words that superseded The Original Teachings of Christ and the Bible ?