Featured Word Study G5500, cheirotoneō

Discussing my supposed "bad habits" is changing the subject from biblical word study.

Leaving out of the translation the method of selection, by a show of hands, leaves out the full message of God.

 

Thus Rippon said word studies are not completely objective, and I agreed with his obvious observation. No human assessment is completely objective.

But now he falsely claims I said the opposite. And then says I am dishonest. You have got to love them folks.

 

Here the idea is that if we do objective and unbiased word studied, we can grow more aware of God's Word. No claim was made that anyone's word study was totally unbiased or totally objective. Rippon twists and turns and misrepresents.

Liberals use the same tactics. Check out the DCCC fundraiser misrepresenting Rush.

 

More distortion and fabracation of strawman arguments.

1) We are to strive to do objective word studies, rather than redefine words to fit an agenda.

2) If we leave out part of the message contained in the Greek, i.e. the Elders were chosen by a show of hands, we do not present the full message of God.

 

Rippon makes charges, i.e. my bias is apparent, even though he seems unable to do word studies, so he is without a clue as to if the effort was objective or agenda driven.

I used the meanings found in the lexicons for each and every word studied. So yet another fabrication.

If you leave out that the Elders were chosen by a show of hands, you leave out the full message of God.

 

Here we have a compound word, literally meaning hand stretching. But the word is used to indicate taking a vote by a show of hands to select someone for something.

Acts 14:23, When they had appointed elders for them in every church, having prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

Here, this rendering misses the information of how the elders were selected, i.e. by a show of hands, a vote of the members. A far more complete translation would read, When they had selected elders for them by a show of hands in every church, having prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

2 Corinthians 8:19 and not only this, but he has also been appointed by the churches to travel with us in this gracious work, which is being administered by us for the glory of the Lord Himself, and to show our readiness,

Again the vote is obliterated in the rendering, whereas a literal translation would read, “but he has also been selected by a show of hands by the churches….”

Word Studies bring to light where versions hit the mark and where they miss the mark.
The idea is not to quibble over this word or that word, but to bring to light that we can grow more aware of God’s Word by striving to do objective and unbiased word studies.

 

Rippon does not seem to know how to do word studies but is sure they do not find where translations hit the mark or miss the mark. You have got to love them, folks.

 

Yet another Van bashing post, with nothing concerning the study of G5500.

Many schools and churches offer word study training, i.e. How to do word studies. Word studies help those not fluent in Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek to dig deeper into God's inspired word.

 

Here we have a compound word, literally meaning hand stretching. But the word is used to indicate taking a vote by a show of hands to select someone for something.

Acts 14:23, When they had appointed elders for them in every church, having prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

Here, this rendering misses the information of how the elders were selected, i.e. by a show of hands, a vote of the members. A far more complete translation would read, When they had selected elders for them by a show of hands in every church, having prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

2 Corinthians 8:19 and not only this, but he has also been appointed by the churches to travel with us in this gracious work, which is being administered by us for the glory of the Lord Himself, and to show our readiness,

Again the vote is obliterated in the rendering, whereas a literal translation would read, “but he has also been selected by a show of hands by the churches….”

Word Studies bring to light where versions hit the mark and where they miss the mark.
The idea is not to quibble over this word or that word, but to bring to light that we can grow more aware of God’s Word by doing objective and unbiased word studies.