Inspiration in various languages

Well I think the answer to that is obvious...Yes,God inspired His word in other languages.

I just reject the ones that were translated from Egyptian/Catholic/Jesuit/dark-age mss.Just as quickly as I reject the ones in English.
My position is not unique,as Church history reflects.

 

C4K I could reword your question.

Does He do the same in every language? Is there a perfect Spanish, French, German, Swedish, Dutch, Tugaloo, etc. Bible.

Or, did God ONLY give 1st century Greek speakers a perfect Bible?

What is the difference? If The KJV is a "perfect translation, then use the Bibles you have now in foreign languages or carefully and prayerfully translate new ones. But when there is a question, refer to the one that has proven itself with an overwhelming abundance of fruit.

Lacy

 

C4K, these two related threads are downright scary.

Ethnocentrism at its worst.


We of course being the new chosen people of God deserve to have the only preserved word of God. I guess we should just stop all mission works in countries where the people have not been given the gift of English speaking by the Holy Spirit. They clearly are not among the elect of God if they cannot understand his very Word!

Or perhaps we could pray for a return of biblical tongues, than these folks could be lazy, go overseas, never learn a language and preach from the beloved KJV, and the folks in tanzania would hear it in their native tribal languages.

I am continuously amazed at the power of satan do divide the peoples of God.

 

My best friend speaks four languages (English, French, Italian, Czech). She is a professional translator (not Bible-related though), and has a Masters degree in translation. She thinks the idea of word-accurate translation between languages for any document of significant size is ridiculous, for differences in grammar, concepts, idioms, etc. make it impossible - sometimes words can be directly translated, but often a preservation of the thought is the only way to translate from one language to another. She thinks I'm completely wasting my time talking to KJV-onlyists, especially those who speak only English and have absolutely no clue about how translation actually works. I agree, but I think it is still kind of fun.

 

That would be the Geneva Bible. The existence of the US colonies was the direct result of the Geneva. It could also be the Guterburg bible. It was the common man's universal Bible in Europe for years.

 

Disagree.

 

My in-laws are United Pentecostal. I believe that they are an anti-Trinitarian cult. The UPC is KJVO.
My wife and were visiting their church about a year ago when they had some foreign missionaries speaking and sharing PowerPoint slides of their work in East Africa. They said "One of the first things we do when we get to a village in Kenya or Nigeria or some other country is we teach the people how to speak English so that they can understand the King James Bible."

My brother in-law went on a Mexican mission trip, last spring in the Yucatan, with members from several UPC chruches. He stayed about two weeks he said that they "saw Hundreds of pepole get the Holy Gost, and now some permanant missonaries were staying for about 2 years to teach them English so they can read the Bible."

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No! It's real!!
They teach people English so they can read the KJ Bible, in order to speak in non-English tongues.

I don't know Greek, or Hebrew, but I am a former high school Spanish teacher and I understand problems of translation due to synonyms, euphemisms and idioms. I think everyone should study at least one foreign language.

I don't know if these 2 instances, which I previously posted, represent the official UPC position on the KJV, but it is the logical conclusion to Onlyism.

 

Amen!

We are not dealing here with Baptists; we are dealing with the powers of darkness.

Rev 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. (KJV)

 

The really scary thing about this is that they are teaching a heretical faith to all these people overseas!

The UPC openly rejects and denounces the Trinity, believes one must be baptized to be saved (by their formula), and believes one must speak in tongues as evidence of having the HS. So to add KJVO on top of all this, just makes it really tragic.