MOST RECENT RECENT QUESTION: links and black answers will be reported.

Dr. Faustus' faulty reasoning and misunderstanding of scriptures is part of what leads him to behave as he does. Read the following lines carefully, and then read Romans 6:23 and 1 John 1:7-9.

Stipendium peccati mors est.

Ha!

Stipendium, &c.

The reward of sin is death: that’s hard.

[Reads.]

Si peccasse negamus, fallimur, et nulla est in nobis veritas;

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and

there is no truth in us. Why, then, belike we must sin, and

so consequently die:

Ay, we must die an everlasting death.

What are the discrepancies (differences) between the Bible passage and Faustus' understanding? What does Faustus seem to be missing in his self-knowledge? What are some dangers that might come with misinterpreting scripture? Please explain fully how Faustus' reasoning is incorrect.