Hello, Justin, Welcome to CC forums & chatroom fellowships.
Yes, your post is of major interest to me because I've always read the Bible in Spanish, very old Castilian, frankly. Therefore, I have not been affected by the various confusions of English Bibles currently in the market.
The intrigue of why must there be so many, quite contrary, English Bibles out there put me on the quest to be educated in that respecty & informed on the topic.
So far, I have discovered that there is indeed an agenda to minimize the deity of Christ, an agenda to put Man in control of what God's Word should be, and to keep the public "in the dark" by the ambiguity these "scholars" bring forth in printing out all kinds of bibles.
Here's an example of the ambiguity "textual criticism" bring into new editions of bibles are based upon.
The so called, "older manuscripts" (collectively known as "critical texts" which all where found in Egypt in a trash pit of a monastary together with Sappho's writting and other ancient Greek secular authors) are given greater value vs. the so called "majority texts" because the older manuscripts were produced sometime between the 2nd to 4th century, while the majority texts were produced during the 5th throught the 12th century. These are collectively called "Byzantine texts."
Now, take for example 1 John 5:7. ALL the older manuscripts do not contain that verse. I verified that myself. This implies, according to these "scholars," that bible scribes outside of Egypt "corrupted the Scriptures" by adding that verse into the actual text.
Well if that is the case, what about the letters to Timothy? Neither 1Timothy nor 2Timonthy are accounted for in any of the "older manuscripts." The 1st & 2nd Epistles to Timothy are only, SOLEY accounted for by the Byzantine texts. Why then does the NIV, NWT, etc. toss out these Epistles?
Here's another hypocresy. Among the "older manuscripts" found in that trash pit in Egypt were also all kinds of gnostic texts such as Gospel of Mary, Gospel of Peter, Shephard of Hermas, etc.
So, why does not the "critical scholars" include the Gospel of Mary, the Gospel of Peter and the rest of the "trash" (pardon my English) they found in their "older texts" bibles and remove the letters to Timothy since these Epistle are nowhere to be found till after the 5th-6th century?
Do you see how, yes, removing a verse here and a verse there will not make a big impact in their publishing loss (since nobody would be purchasing gnostic ancient trash for a bible), were as removing the entire Epistle to Timothy or adding the Shepherd of Hermas in replacement would make a big impact.
This is such a major fraud what these "new bible version" have done to the world of God. Yet does it matter? Frankly, no. It doesn't matter because there will always be God's chosen people seeking Christ wherever He leads. We do not depend of "new and revised and improved" bibles. We depend on the finished work of Christ crucified, and depend on the victory of His resurrection and on the PROMISE of His glorious return. We are sealed by the Holy Spirit of God which leads us to ALL truth.
Our agenda (my agenda) is and shall be Christ considering nothing shall separate us from the Love of God. Well, back to my quirks in mapping out what chapter and verse came from what Greek manuscript, where and when. Taste and see that the Lors is good!
Yes, your post is of major interest to me because I've always read the Bible in Spanish, very old Castilian, frankly. Therefore, I have not been affected by the various confusions of English Bibles currently in the market.
The intrigue of why must there be so many, quite contrary, English Bibles out there put me on the quest to be educated in that respecty & informed on the topic.
So far, I have discovered that there is indeed an agenda to minimize the deity of Christ, an agenda to put Man in control of what God's Word should be, and to keep the public "in the dark" by the ambiguity these "scholars" bring forth in printing out all kinds of bibles.
Here's an example of the ambiguity "textual criticism" bring into new editions of bibles are based upon.
The so called, "older manuscripts" (collectively known as "critical texts" which all where found in Egypt in a trash pit of a monastary together with Sappho's writting and other ancient Greek secular authors) are given greater value vs. the so called "majority texts" because the older manuscripts were produced sometime between the 2nd to 4th century, while the majority texts were produced during the 5th throught the 12th century. These are collectively called "Byzantine texts."
Now, take for example 1 John 5:7. ALL the older manuscripts do not contain that verse. I verified that myself. This implies, according to these "scholars," that bible scribes outside of Egypt "corrupted the Scriptures" by adding that verse into the actual text.
Well if that is the case, what about the letters to Timothy? Neither 1Timothy nor 2Timonthy are accounted for in any of the "older manuscripts." The 1st & 2nd Epistles to Timothy are only, SOLEY accounted for by the Byzantine texts. Why then does the NIV, NWT, etc. toss out these Epistles?
Here's another hypocresy. Among the "older manuscripts" found in that trash pit in Egypt were also all kinds of gnostic texts such as Gospel of Mary, Gospel of Peter, Shephard of Hermas, etc.
So, why does not the "critical scholars" include the Gospel of Mary, the Gospel of Peter and the rest of the "trash" (pardon my English) they found in their "older texts" bibles and remove the letters to Timothy since these Epistle are nowhere to be found till after the 5th-6th century?
Do you see how, yes, removing a verse here and a verse there will not make a big impact in their publishing loss (since nobody would be purchasing gnostic ancient trash for a bible), were as removing the entire Epistle to Timothy or adding the Shepherd of Hermas in replacement would make a big impact.
This is such a major fraud what these "new bible version" have done to the world of God. Yet does it matter? Frankly, no. It doesn't matter because there will always be God's chosen people seeking Christ wherever He leads. We do not depend of "new and revised and improved" bibles. We depend on the finished work of Christ crucified, and depend on the victory of His resurrection and on the PROMISE of His glorious return. We are sealed by the Holy Spirit of God which leads us to ALL truth.
Our agenda (my agenda) is and shall be Christ considering nothing shall separate us from the Love of God. Well, back to my quirks in mapping out what chapter and verse came from what Greek manuscript, where and when. Taste and see that the Lors is good!
Let us continually thank the Lord Jesus for the precious gift of salvation and His finished work at Cavalry. Amen!
Also, thank you for welcoming me here at Christian Chat. I like this online community a lot. And I look forward to reading some of the testimonies on here. All glory be to God!
