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The replies given are inadequate because they present definition choices without any analysis of why a particular choice should be made.
All words offer choices but all choices aren't correct.
In Philipians 2 the the phrase "to be" denotes that the notion of "equality with God" is future.
The niv doesn't use "to be" to refer to equality with God, but rather, uses "to be" to refer to a possible advantage.
Context defines proper word choice.
Simply listing all possible uses of a word doesn't define the proper word to use.
All words offer choices but all choices aren't correct.
In Philipians 2 the the phrase "to be" denotes that the notion of "equality with God" is future.
The niv doesn't use "to be" to refer to equality with God, but rather, uses "to be" to refer to a possible advantage.
Context defines proper word choice.
Simply listing all possible uses of a word doesn't define the proper word to use.
Philipians 2:5-8
Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ Jesus:
who, being in the form of God,
thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
but made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of a servant,
and was made in the likeness of men:
and being found in fashion as a man,
he humbled himself,
and became obedient unto death,
even the death of the cross.
Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ Jesus:
who, being in the form of God,
thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
but made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of a servant,
and was made in the likeness of men:
and being found in fashion as a man,
he humbled himself,
and became obedient unto death,
even the death of the cross.
5In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:
6Who, being in very nature[SUP]a[/SUP] God,
did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
7rather, he made himself nothing
by taking the very nature[SUP]b[/SUP] of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
8And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
Footnotes:
a 6 Or in the form of
b 7 Or the form
But ya know what? This is basic grammer. You're grasping at straws. Grammer has rules. You can't make up your own and expect others to communicate well with you. What you state regarding 'to be' above doesn't follow the rules. The NIV follows today's grammar rules. The KJV follows 16th century grammar rules.
(BTW if you use the phrase 'in other words' when explaining anything in the KJV you would nullify your argument. You know that, right?)
6Who, being in very nature[SUP]a[/SUP] God,
did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
7rather, he made himself nothing
by taking the very nature[SUP]b[/SUP] of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
8And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
Footnotes:
a 6 Or in the form of
b 7 Or the form
But ya know what? This is basic grammer. You're grasping at straws. Grammer has rules. You can't make up your own and expect others to communicate well with you. What you state regarding 'to be' above doesn't follow the rules. The NIV follows today's grammar rules. The KJV follows 16th century grammar rules.
(BTW if you use the phrase 'in other words' when explaining anything in the KJV you would nullify your argument. You know that, right?)
Then how CAN you be sure it's the work of the devil? 
If you go to Bible Gateway as has been suggested you can look at different versions parallel to each other like this:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philipians 2&version=NIV;KJV
NIV Philipians 2
5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in very nature[a] God,
did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
7 rather, he made himself nothing
by taking the very nature[b] of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
8 And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
[a] Or in the form of Or the form
If you go to Bible Gateway as has been suggested you can look at different versions parallel to each other like this:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philipians 2&version=NIV;KJV
NIV Philipians 2
5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in very nature[a] God,
did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
7 rather, he made himself nothing
by taking the very nature[b] of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
8 And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
[a] Or in the form of Or the form
I agree with most of what you said.
Judging from the instructions given to the translators, I don't think that James 1st was KJVO himself.
KING JAMES’ INSTRUCTIONS TO THE TRANSLATORS
“1. The ordinary Bible, read in the church, commonly called the Bishop’s Bible, to be followed, and as little altered as the original will permit.
This instruction makes clear that King James desired only a minor revision of the Bishop's Bible. This leaves no room for divine inspiration.
“2. The names of the prophets and the holy writers, with the other names in the text, to be retained, as near as may be, according as they are vulgarly used.
Vulgarly here means in common speech.
“3. The old ecclesiastical words to be kept; as the word church, not to be translated congregation, &c.
“4. When any word hath divers significations, that to be kept which has been most commonly used by the most eminent fathers, being agreeable to the propriety of the place, and the analogy of the faith.
This instruction restricts the translators from using the most appropriate definition of a word over the most common usage. That leaves little or no room for inspiration.
“5. The division of the chapters to be altered, either not at all, or as little as may be, if necessity so require.
“6. No marginal notes at all to be affixed, but only for the explanation of the Hebrew or Greek words, which cannot, without some circumlocution, so briefly and fitly be expressed in the text.
“7. Such quotations of places to be marginally set down, as shall serve for the fit references of one scripture to another.
“8. Every particular man of each company to take the same chapter of chapters; and having translated or amended them severally by himself, where he thinks good, all to meet together, to confer what they have done, and agree for their part what shall stand.
“9. As any one company hath dispatched any one book in this manner, they shall send it to the rest to be considered of seriously and judiciously: for his Majesty is very careful in this point.
“10. If any company, upon the review of the book so sent, shall doubt or differ upon any places, and therewithal to send their reasons; to which if they consent not, the difference to be compounded at the general meeting, which is to be the chief persons of each company, at the end of the work.
“11. When any place of special obscurity is doubted of, letters to be directly by authority to send to any learned in the land for his judgment in such a place.
“12. Letters to be sent from every bishop to the rest of the clergy, admonishing them of this translation in hand, and to move and charge as many as being skillful in the tongues, have taken pains in that kind, to send their particular observations to the company, either at Westminster, Cambridge, or Oxford, according as it was directed before the king’s letter to the archbishop.
“13. The directors in each company to be deans of Westminster and Chester, and the king’s professors in Hebrew and Greek in the two universities.
“14. These translations to be used when they agree better with the text than the Bishop’s Bible, viz. Tyndale’s, Coverdale’s, Matthew’s, Wilchurch’s,* Geneva.”
This instruction shows that James acknowledged all the major translations extant in his time as valid translations. So he was NOT KJVO (IMO).
*By “Wilchurch” is meant the Great Bible, which was printed by Edward Wilchurch, one of King Henry VIII’s printers.
Judging from the instructions given to the translators, I don't think that James 1st was KJVO himself.
KING JAMES’ INSTRUCTIONS TO THE TRANSLATORS
(Sources: Lewis’ History of the English Bible and The Men Behind the KJV by Gustavus S. Paine).
The following set of “rules” had been prepared on behalf of church and state by Richard Bancroft, Bishop of London and high-church Anglican. “For the better ordering of the proceedings of the translators, his Majesty recommended the following rules to them, to be very carefully observed:-- “1. The ordinary Bible, read in the church, commonly called the Bishop’s Bible, to be followed, and as little altered as the original will permit.
This instruction makes clear that King James desired only a minor revision of the Bishop's Bible. This leaves no room for divine inspiration.
“2. The names of the prophets and the holy writers, with the other names in the text, to be retained, as near as may be, according as they are vulgarly used.
Vulgarly here means in common speech.
“3. The old ecclesiastical words to be kept; as the word church, not to be translated congregation, &c.
“4. When any word hath divers significations, that to be kept which has been most commonly used by the most eminent fathers, being agreeable to the propriety of the place, and the analogy of the faith.
This instruction restricts the translators from using the most appropriate definition of a word over the most common usage. That leaves little or no room for inspiration.
“5. The division of the chapters to be altered, either not at all, or as little as may be, if necessity so require.
“6. No marginal notes at all to be affixed, but only for the explanation of the Hebrew or Greek words, which cannot, without some circumlocution, so briefly and fitly be expressed in the text.
“7. Such quotations of places to be marginally set down, as shall serve for the fit references of one scripture to another.
“8. Every particular man of each company to take the same chapter of chapters; and having translated or amended them severally by himself, where he thinks good, all to meet together, to confer what they have done, and agree for their part what shall stand.
“9. As any one company hath dispatched any one book in this manner, they shall send it to the rest to be considered of seriously and judiciously: for his Majesty is very careful in this point.
“10. If any company, upon the review of the book so sent, shall doubt or differ upon any places, and therewithal to send their reasons; to which if they consent not, the difference to be compounded at the general meeting, which is to be the chief persons of each company, at the end of the work.
“11. When any place of special obscurity is doubted of, letters to be directly by authority to send to any learned in the land for his judgment in such a place.
“12. Letters to be sent from every bishop to the rest of the clergy, admonishing them of this translation in hand, and to move and charge as many as being skillful in the tongues, have taken pains in that kind, to send their particular observations to the company, either at Westminster, Cambridge, or Oxford, according as it was directed before the king’s letter to the archbishop.
“13. The directors in each company to be deans of Westminster and Chester, and the king’s professors in Hebrew and Greek in the two universities.
“14. These translations to be used when they agree better with the text than the Bishop’s Bible, viz. Tyndale’s, Coverdale’s, Matthew’s, Wilchurch’s,* Geneva.”
This instruction shows that James acknowledged all the major translations extant in his time as valid translations. So he was NOT KJVO (IMO).
*By “Wilchurch” is meant the Great Bible, which was printed by Edward Wilchurch, one of King Henry VIII’s printers.
Not very long ago schools in English speaking countries actually taught using Shakespeare and Milton; so Elizabethan English was not very difficult. On the other hand in present day usage a pap smear admittedly doesn't concern itself with the nipples.
You made a very valid point. I'm just lamenting the decline in 'modern' education.
You made a very valid point. I'm just lamenting the decline in 'modern' education.
While I do reference other translations, there really is something special about the KJV. It seems to radiate power and authority.
Call me crazy...
Call me crazy...
John 16:13-15
13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
KJV
All things that the Father hath are mine: Even His authority.
13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
KJV
All things that the Father hath are mine: Even His authority.