The Test of the Translations (part 5)
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2 Peter 1:15-21
2 Peter 1:15-21
Here are the TESTS
1. The Test Of Consistency.
Does it say the same thing?
2. The Test Of Commitment.
Does it leave anything out?
4. The Test Of Corruption
Are these translations corrupted from the Greek text they come from?
Is the New King James an update of the King James Bible like it claims?
5. The Test Of Confusion
Do all these translations add confusion?
Yes!!!
In a class room anywhere…
ONE Teacher
Many Students
ONE Text Book
1 Corinthians 14:33
For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
Psalm 12:6-7
6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
The Seven Languages of God’s Words
The Original Hebrew Scriptures
The Aramaic Scriptures
The Original Greek Scriptures
The Syriac Scriptures
The Latin Scriptures
The German Scriptures
The English Scriptures
God’s Seven English Bibles
TYNDALE of 1525
COVERDALE of 1535
MATTHEW’S of 1537
GREAT of 1539
GENEVA of 1560
BISHOPS of 1568
AUTHORIZED VERSION of 1611
Nine In The Bible is the number for fruit or fruitfulness
H O L Y B I B L E
Nine In The Bible is the number for fruit or fruitfulness
K I N G J A M E S
Nine In The Bible is the number for fruit or fruitfulness
1611
Nine In The Bible is the number for fruit or fruitfulness
1
+6
+1
+1
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9
Joshua 1:8
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Ps 119:11
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Ps 138:2
I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
An apostate preacher’s summary:
“Jesus is the Word of God, not some book.”
Q: How do you know about Jesus sir?
A: All you people do is stir up trouble! Why my seminary training has helped me to overcome such ignorance as you try to pull on me.
Q: But sir, how do you know about Jesus?
A: He dwells in my heart!
Q: Sir how do you know that? By what authority do you make that claim?
A: From the REAL Bible: The “original manuscripts!”
Q: Sir, sir, where are those “original manuscripts” and where might I find a copy of them?
A: (no answer)
What Does God think about those “original manuscripts”?
Jeremiah 36:23
And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumedin the fire that was on the hearth.
- Thus ends original manuscript number one
What Does God think about those “original manuscripts”?
Jeremiah 51:63
And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates:
- Thus ends original manuscript number two
The whole issue here is not the King James Bible, for you see the evidence: IT IS THE BIBLE.
The whole issue is Final Authority.
What is your Final Authority?
Revelation 1:3
Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.