It ain't necessarily so, the things your liable to read in the bible, it ain't necessarily so.

                          Porgy and Bess

                          George and Ira Gershwin

The things that your Preacher is liable to teach ya, it ain't necessarily so.

St. Paul Preaching to the Thessalonians

These (Berea) were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. (Acts 17:11)