Would you consider your translation your final authority?

Sure, Jim, you're entitled to hold your own opinion. On the other hand, I see it as a greater testament of God's power to preserve His word in multiple translations for various languages. Despite differences in texts and translations, God's word is still there, as relevant for today's readers as it was for its original readers. Now that is the power of preservation!

I cannot understand why God would limit the preservation of His word to one particular family of manuscripts which would eventually be used to put together the "best of" compilation we now call the textus receptus, or TR. God must have known that down through the years not every language would have a translation based on that particular manuscript family. If your opinion is correct, Jim, that means God chose long ago not to provide His preserved word for every language. Why would God promise to preserve His word and then choose to selectively keep that promise, Jim?

 

I suppose for the same reasons He chose to "selectively" reveal the law, gospel, revelation, etc. Ummmm...because He is GOD?

God does things like that y'know? God could have created a whole bunch of different varieties of man as we see to day but He limited Himself to one; Adam. God could have saved more that just one man's family; Noah. God could have used more than one man; Abraham. God could have used more than one man; Moses. God could have used more than one man; David. God could have used more than oneman; Paul. God could have.........but HE DIDN'T!

Why did God choose Hebrew in the first place? Surely He must have known that the predominant language worldwide in these last days would be English. Why didn't He just choose to wait for that language to come along? Why did God choose Greek? Why did God choose Latin?

I can't understand why God does what He does. Why doesn't God provide a Bible for every single language on Earth and just settle this whole mess? Your question about why God "would limit the preservation of His word to one particular family of manuscripts" is an unrealistic question anyway. Certainly you are not so naive' as to think that the Adversary would NOT be interested in corrupting God's word to the destruction of humanity are you?

Why did God limit Himself to one.....(fill in the blank)? Who knows? He is GOD!

 

From the KJV1769 Edition with Strong's numbers
of e-sword.com I find

'All' appears 5621 times in 4664 verses;
'one' appears 1996 times in 1696 veses.
This shows that God has a 2 to 1 preference
for 'all' over 'one'.

I axiomatically believe that all valid
English Versions individually and collectively
contain and are the inerrant, Divinely Preserved
Written Word of God, the Holy Bible.

Ephesiams 4:4-6 Geneva Bible, 1587 edition:
There is one body, and one Spirit,
euen as yee are called in one hope of your vocation.
5 There is one Lord, one Faith, one Baptisme,
6 One God and Father of all, which is aboue all,
and through all, and in you all.

"One God and Father of all," -- that sounds a lot like
to me that there is one God and Father of ALL
BIBLES.

 

NASB 1995 update

 

I've been looking at the NASB 1995 edition, it seems like
a very good Bible.

I axiomatically believe that all valid
English Versions individually and collectively
contain and are the inerrant, Divinely Preserved
Written Word of God, the Holy Bible.

from which I can prove:

The NASB1995 Edition is valid
English Versions and individually
contains and is the inerrant, Divinely Preserved
Written Word of God, the Holy Bible.

 

Amen, Bro. Ed! Preach it!

 

Although I agree that it is wrong to say that God's Word exists only in one particular English translation, I am not at all sure about the validity of your reasoning, Ed. With it, we would have to say that God prefers sin over righteousness, for the word "sin" (or "sins") occurs 555 times in the AV/KJV of 1769, and "righteousness" (or "righteousnesses") 292 times.