The same way that the Canon ws established, The Holy Spirit gives guidance.
Wait a minute. Are you saying the holy spirit gives you guidence to determine which translation is a more accurate rendering of the greek original?
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The same way that the Canon ws established, The Holy Spirit gives guidance.
Wait a minute. Are you saying the holy spirit gives you guidence to determine which translation is a more accurate rendering of the greek original?
Yes. He is also a great help in understanding the Bible as well.
Actually, there is no particular reason to assume that the Bible is needed at all... .
I am glad you posted this.I was (am?) invovled in a debate on a different thread on a particular passage of the NT (see here if interested). It is just one more example on the countless nuances and subtleties which are lost in translation. If you aren't willing to learn greek, I would recommend getting a biblical lexicon (a good one) as well as e-Sword (free download) with the KJV+ (which will give you the greek words every english word was translated from) as well as several translations. This is probably the next best thing to understanding the greek NT.
:yes:The NIV is perhaps the smoothest translation into current idiomatic English, but its glosses from the Greek, and the choices that it makes with respect to which text to follow, is biased at best and intellectually contemptible at worst. It doesn't even read like a translation -- because of the smoothness of the reading, it seems like it was written in English to begin with.
The English Standard Version is by far the best translation.
Not all Christian denominations believe that they are inspired by God. Instead, they let the Bible be the first and last and only reliable source of God's will.If the holy spirit guided the bible then why do different denominations include different books in their bibles? Are you saying some denominations aren't inspired by god?
Not all Christian denominations believe that they are inspired by God. Instead, they let the Bible be the first and last and only reliable source of God's will.
Then why is a document claimed to be god's will filled with so many errors? Is your god imperfect?
I think the standard answer to this question is that the christian god is not imperfect, but humans are, and humans are responsible for the NT.
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But it is likely this verse is not genuine. It is wanting in every MS. of this epistle written before the invention of printing, one excepted, the Codex Montfortii, in Trinity College, Dublin: the others which omit this verse amount to one hundred and twelve. - Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible
Only found here: codex 61, written by one Roy or Froy at Oxford in c. 1520 - The Textual Problem in 1 John 5:7-8 | Bible.org
Then why is a document claimed to be god's will filled with so many errors? Is your god imperfect?
Not all Christian denominations believe that they are inspired by God. Instead, they let the Bible be the first and last and only reliable source of God's will.
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I agree. The ESV is the main version that I use. It's based on similar ancient texts to the RSV.
The NET (New English Translation) Bible has loads of excellent notes and references which make it a very useful resource for Bible students, but it does have an evangelical bias.
What does it being inspired have to do with anything?How can you put faith in a book as God's will if it isn't inspired?
What version(s) of the bible do you find most accurate?
I would think everything.What does it being inspired have to do with anything? Especially when you are dealing with faith?