Favourite Bible Translations

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If you could focus on the inerrancy of Scripture and get away from the (alleged) inerrancy of the KJV translation of Scripture, it would really help.

Regardless of what you and other KJV-only folks believe, the KJV is NOT exclusively synonymous with "Scripture".
You don't have to give me advice. The ONE AND ONLY reason I participate in these threads is to counter the lie that our bibles are full of errors.
 

Dino246

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You don't have to give me advice. The ONE AND ONLY reason I participate in these threads is to counter the lie that our bibles are full of errors.
Great... then stop attacking our Bibles and claiming they are full of errors.
 

John146

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interesting; how did Paul manage to preach in Athens to the Gentiles he found there? what was he thinking writing the epistle to the Romans ((in Greek)) and quoting the law & prophets?

:p

know that i love you, brother. we're just having discussions :)
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John146

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You don't have to give me advice. The ONE AND ONLY reason I participate in these threads is to counter the lie that our bibles are full of errors.
I always wonder why these bible correctors don’t just correct all the mistakes and give us a perfect bible.🤔
 
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I always wonder why these bible correctors don’t just correct all the mistakes and give us a perfect bible.🤔
Because it requires inspiration to give us a perfect bible. It takes inspiration to give us the Spirit of Christ.

The Spirit of Christ DOES NOT teach that Gods word is inaccurate and full of “translational errors”.

The Spirit of Christ doesn’t teach that God is not capable of translating his word.

The Spirit of Christ doesn’t teach that God WILL NOT translate his word into other languages.

The Spirit of Christ doesn’t teach that he would preserve his world in the original languages.

All those teaches come from the lowest pits of hell.
 
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This thread has descended into fodder for atheists.
Thats for sure. Christians trying to convince others Christians that the Bible’s are inaccurate.... insanity.

Hard to believe the perfection of the Bible has to be defended on a Christian site.
 

Dino246

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You’re a double minded man. Do ALL BIBLES contain errors or no?
Because it requires inspiration to give us a perfect bible. It takes inspiration to give us the Spirit of Christ.

The Spirit of Christ DOES NOT teach that Gods word is inaccurate and full of “translational errors”.

The Spirit of Christ doesn’t teach that God is not capable of translating his word.

The Spirit of Christ doesn’t teach that God WILL NOT translate his word into other languages.

The Spirit of Christ doesn’t teach that he would preserve his world in the original languages.

All those teaches come from the lowest pits of hell.
You are quick to call "Liar" anyone who misquotes you, but you are blind to your own hypocrisy.
 
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You are quick to call "Liar" anyone who misquotes you, but you are blind to your own hypocrisy.
You’re shifting sand Dino. At one point you say all translations have errors and then you turn around and say all bibles perfect. Which is it?
 

Nehemiah6

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It really comes down to faith. Do you trust Gods promise to preserve his words for us today. If so, where are they? Where are his perfect, holy words without error?
Correct. If God has not preserved His word in the majority of Hebrew and Greek manuscripts, then the doctrine of the divine preservation of Scripture fails. But in fact, He has.

Those who were capable and qualified to collate the extant manuscripts (to a large degree) established the FACT that the traditional Hebrew and Greek texts did indeed represent the majority of manuscripts. The traditional Hebrew text is the Masoretic Text which was published in the printed Rabbinic Bible of Jacob ben Hayyim (16th century) called Mikraot Gedolot in Hebrew. The traditional Greek text was published in the printed Textus Receptus of Stephanus (16th century). Both of these were used by the King James translators (17th century). Therefore the KJB became the standard English Bible for over 400 years (again a confirmation of the preservation of Scripture). All conservative scholars, theologians, and pastors regarded this Bible as "the Word of God".

On the other hand, less than dozen corrupted manuscripts -- Aleph, A, B, C, D, E and a few papyri -- became the Minority Text. This was favored by almost all the unbelieving textual scholars and critics, simply because Aleph (Codex Sinaiticus) and B (Codex Vaticanus) happened to be the oldest. But in this case, oldest did NOT mean best. It meant "worst". This was clearly established by outstanding textual scholars such as Burgon and Scrivener (who were ignored because they spoke the truth). Satan was behind the corruption of modern English translations since 1881, and he succeeded to a very large degree. Through deception, the Christian world was persuaded to believe that modern versions were superior to the King James Bible. But Christ had already warned us of deceivers and liars, so there is no excuse.
 

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Shouldn’t we sound the alarm when people cast doubt on the inerrancy of scripture. I would think you would be doing the same.



That is NOT my job but the Holy Spirit is here to convict,to teach and bring to remembrance HIS WORDS!
When you witness do you go verbatim by the scriptures or do you paraphrase in speaking on their level of understanding?
 

Nehemiah6

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Paul quoted the OT in his letters. he wrote them in Greek. therefore he was writing OT verses in Greek. so did Peter. so did John.
True. But a careful examination of the Greek Septuagint (LXX) verses with those in the Greek New Testament shows that the apostles were not relying on the LXX, but on translating the Hebrew Tanakh into Greek. Once again it was not really Paul but the Holy Spirit directing Paul to quote as he did. Only about 10% of the OT quotations are an EXACT match to the LXX.
 
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That is NOT my job but the Holy Spirit is here to convict,to teach and bring to remembrance HIS WORDS!
When you witness do you go verbatim by the scriptures or do you paraphrase in speaking on their level of understanding?
It’s every believers responsibility to stand up for the credibility of the Bible.
 

Gardenias

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It’s every believers responsibility to stand up for the credibility of the Bible.

I agree to a point in being ready to defend,to teach to be instant in season and out of season but not in the way you do it.
Hey look,I love love love my KJV both 1611 and one Ive had for over 43 yrs.,but I move when the Spirit moves me, not as a mission to cause others to rile against his words in any translation.
God can and has used any thing,word,object or person to have HIS word prevail.
 
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I agree to a point in being ready to defend,to teach to be instant in season and out of season but not in the way you do it.
Hey look,I love love love my KJV both 1611 and one Ive had for over 43 yrs.,but I move when the Spirit moves me, not as a mission to cause others to rile against his words in any translation.
God can and has used any thing,word,object or person to have HIS word prevail.
We’re born again by the incorruptible word of God that means the Bible isn’t corrupt.

Anybody can hire translators and slap the title Holy Bible on it but that doesn’t make it a Bible.
 

Magenta

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You don't have to give me advice. The ONE AND ONLY reason I participate in these threads is to counter the lie that our bibles are full of errors.
Yet you keep saying Bibles are full of errors.