How do you know?

The Spirit did lead me.

First to the Douay-Rheims (Confraternity Edition), then the RSV then the KJV then the NASB then to the study of the original languages, history and culture then to the NKJV. I have no doubt about His leading in this matter.

The Spirit has also led me to consider the statement of the AV translators and use several English translations to consider the sense of the Scriptures and how to carry over that "sense" (especially idiomatic) from Hebrew/Greek into contemporary English.

IMO, "evidence" can also be affected by subjectivity and is often the object of debate. The setting of mss dates often being one area of disagreement.

Also "correct translation" is often debatable.

In the final analysis, where would faith be if there were no room for doubt or subjectivity?

I believe there should be a blend of factors in our choices of translation(s): faith (through the Spirit), evidence and common sense.

These factors have led me to the use of any faithful English translation of the Traditional Text (Primarily) with due consideration given to the Critical Text versions.

A compromise? Perhaps, but IMO inescapable since God has not ordained the material preservation of even one of the autographs from the human hands of prophets and apostles.

HankD

 

You did not provide NAME of any version.

 

No I didn't here an audible voice but in His leading He went before me guiding me and I followed through the circumstance of discovery. Other times He provided what I needed at the moment. Very much as a shepherd leading His sheep.

I don't use just one. I use several.

No. He provided what I needed at the time just as a parent provides for each of his children according to their disposition and maturity.

In my case, He used/uses all the experiences and circumstances of my life to mature me as I assume He does all of us. We don't know all the details of the process of His leading and guiding, and IMO we don't have to know them but just trust Him to lead faithfully.

Do I/we go astray? Of course, but He makes it clear to me through the circumstances of life when I have done so.

HankD

 

Is there ONE manuscript that is perfect?
Which one would that be?
Thanks
S

 

All BVs/MSs are as perfect as God chose for them to be.

 

This statement reminds me of the third step of AA:

3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.

This is a very subjective statement--in AA, God, as you understood Him, can be the devil himself!! I've been there.

 

There is no need to do so. My statement stands on its own. Any version correctely translated from the correct texts. What part of that didn't you understand? </font>[/QUOTE]I understand your previous posts. I asked you to name it, but you refuse to name it. Are you afraid?

 

If all versions contradict each other in certain passages, they cannot all be correct.

 

I am still wondering which texts are the correct ones and how do you know they are correct?

 

That is because there is no "it" to name. There are several English bibles that meet the criteria. The Tyndale Bible, the Cranmer Bible, the Bishops' Bible, the Geneva Bible, the KJV, the LITV, the KJ2000, the TMB, the KJVII, and, with some reservations, the NKJV. And there are probably others that meet the criteria as well. </font>[/QUOTE]Thank you for answering.

 

neither contradict each other. The spelling is different, but they do not contradict each other.

 

how many words must be different in order for it to constitute a contradiction? 1, 2, 3?

 

The studied the manuscript evidence, and textual criticism, and made a determination which set of rules were more likely to point to the correct textform. When those rules are consistantly applied the evidence points toward the Byzantine textform as best representing the autographs. </font>[/QUOTE]Ok. So, do you believe these texts are perfect or only the autographs?

 

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