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[TD="width: 250"]The Minority Text
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[TD="width: 250"]1 John 4:3, " And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist,"
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[TD="width: 250"]1 John 4:3, " but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist,"
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[TD="width: 250"]Since the spirit of the NIV does not confess in this verse that "Christ is come in the flesh," it must be the spirit of the antichrist.
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[TD="width: 250"]Philippians 2:6, "Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:"
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[TD="width: 250"]Philippians 2:6, "Who, being in the very nature of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,"
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[TD="width: 250"]The Minority Text contradicts John 10:30, "I and my Father are one."
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[TD="width: 250"]Matthew 9:13, "for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
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[TD="width: 250"]Matthew 9:13, "For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
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[TD="width: 250"]The Minority Text deletes the purpose behind calling sinners!
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[TD="width: 250"]Mark 2:17, " I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
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[TD="width: 250"]Mark 2:17, "I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
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[TD="width: 250"]John 6:47, "...He that believeth on me hath everlasting life."
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[TD="width: 250"]John 6:47, "...He who believes has everlasting life."
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[TD="width: 250"]Revelation 22:14, "Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city."
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[TD="width: 250"]Revelation 22:14, "Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city."
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[TD="width: 250"]Well, it seems we don't have to obey God's Commandments anymore...all you have to do is wash your robes!
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[TD="width: 250"]Galatians 5:12, "I would they were even cut off which trouble you."
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[TD="width: 250"]Galatians 5:12, "As for those agitators, I wish they would go the whole way and emasculate themselves!"
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[TD="width: 250"]In the Majority Text, Paul says that the legalistic trouble makers should be cut off. This is an easy phrase for any non-scholar to understand, it means that they should be disassociated or separated from believers until they change their minds. The Minority Text has Paul cursing the legalists and wishing they would cut off their genitals. Is this a Christ-like example?
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[TD="width: 250"]Mark 9:29, "And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting."
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[TD="width: 250"]Mark 9:29, "He replied, This kind can come out only by prayer."
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[TD="width: 250"]Matthew 6:13, "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen."
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[TD="width: 250"]Matthew 6:13, "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one."
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[TD="width: 250"]The Minority text has a strange aversion to God's Kingdom.
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[TD="width: 250"]Luke 11: 2, "And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, 'Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
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[TD="width: 250"]Luke 11: 2, He said to them, "When you pray, say: "`Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come.
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[TD="width: 250"]The Minority Text also has a strange aversion to 'heaven.' Notice how the references to heaven have been removed in the following verses.
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[TD="width: 250"]Hebrews 10:34, "...knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance."
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[TD="width: 250"]Hebrews 10:34, "...because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions."
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[TD="width: 250"]Revelation 16:17, "...and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven..."
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[TD="width: 250"]Revelation 16:17, "...and out of the temple came a loud voice..."
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[TD="width: 250"]1 John 5:7-8, "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one."
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[TD="width: 250"]1 John 5:7-8, "For there are three that testify: the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement."
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[TD="width: 250"]The modern versions and textual criticism have a heyday with this verse. The NIV says this verse is "not found in any Greek manuscript before the sixteenth century", yet this verse is found in "The old Syriac A.D. 170, old Latin A.D. 200, Vulgate: 4th and 5th century, Italian 4th and 5th century". Also many church fathers quoted this and it is found in "Liber Apologetic A.D. 350, Council of Carthiage A.D. 415."
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[TD="width: 250"]Mark 10:24, "...Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!"
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[TD="width: 250"]Mark 10:24, "...Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!"
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[TD="width: 250"]We can't have it both ways. It is either hard for those who trust riches to enter into the kingdom of God, or it is hard for everyone to enter into the kingdom of God.
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[TD="width: 250"]Luke 4:4, "And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God."
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[TD="width: 250"]Luke 4:4, "Jesus answered, It is written: Man does not live on bread alone."
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[TD="width: 250"]Revelation 2:15, "So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate."
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[TD="width: 250"]Revelation 2:15, "Likewise you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans."
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[TD="width: 250"]Romans 8:1, "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit."
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[TD="width: 250"]Romans 8:1, "Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus."
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[TD="width: 250"]Matthew 19:17, "...Why callest thou me good?..."
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[TD="width: 250"]Matthew 19:17, "...Why do you ask me about what is good?..."
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[TD="width: 250"]Matthew 25:13, "...Ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh."
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[TD="width: 250"]Matthew 25:13, "...You do not know the day or the hour."
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[TD="width: 250"]John 8:9, "And when they heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out…"
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[TD="width: 250"]John 8:9, "At this, those who heard began to go away…"
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[TD="width: 250"]1 Timothy 3:16, "...God was manifest in the flesh..."
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[TD="width: 250"]1 Timothy 3:16, "...He appeared in a body. ..."
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[TD="width: 250"]Colossians 1:14, "In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:"
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[TD="width: 250"]Colossians 1:14, "In whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins."
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[TD="width: 250"]1 Peter 1:22, "Ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit…"
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[TD="width: 250"]1 Peter 1:22, "you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth…"
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[TD="width: 250"]Revelation 21:24, "And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it..."
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[TD="width: 250"]Revelation 21:24, "The nations will walk by its light..."
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[TD="width: 250"]No Contradiction
Matthew 26:29, "But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom."
Matthew 27:48, "And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink."
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[TD="width: 250"]Contradiction
Matthew 26:29, " I tell you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father's kingdom."
Matthew 27:48, " Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a stick, and offered it to Jesus to drink."
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[TD="width: 250"]Clearly, if Jesus took wine, sour or otherwise, and drank it on the cross, we have a contradiction that would make Jesus out to be a liar. The Greek word used for "fruit of the vine" at the Last Supper and the Greek word used for "wine vinegar ("sour wine" in some English translations) is not the same Greek word. What Jesus tasted on the cross was water mixed with vinegar, a common drink among the Roman soldiers. This vinegar did not necessarily come from grapes; it could be made from figs, palms, fermented grain extract, etc. Therefore, Jesus did not lie, and the Greek language bears this out. However, the great majority of English Bible translations including such popular ones as the NIV, NASB, NKJV, and the Amplified have Jesus contradict Himself.
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