One person believes he may read many versions, while another person reads only one. Let not the one who reads many versions despise the one who reads one, and let not the one who reads one version pass judgment on the one who reads many, for God has welcomed him. Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
One person esteems one version as better than another, while another esteems all versions alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. The one who observes one version, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who reads many versions, reads in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God, while the one who abstains from many versions, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God.
I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself, but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean.
By what you read, do not destroy the one for whom Christ died. (That's not the purpose of the bible)
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of bible versions but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual up-building.
But whoever has doubts is condemned if he reads, because the reading is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.
I’m sure I’ll hear it from some of my KJV friends.
ReplyDeleteBesides, everyone knows that the NASB is the Bible written by the very finger of God. The Riplinger-esque proof is right there in front of us…
++ The letters for NASB, if taken numerically are: 14, 1, 19, 2
++ When we add the numbers up, we get: 36
++ If we take that 36 and divide it by the number of consonants (3), we get: 12
++ 12 is the number of the people of God (12 tribes, 12 apostles)
++ Therefore, the NASB is the Bible for the people of God.
How much clearer could it be?
hmmm... I smell something... What is it? I know what that is... Extra biblical numerology... LOL, the true people of God use the English Sanctified Version (A.K.A. ESV Bible)...
ReplyDeleteOne of the things that I have found facinating is that in my discussions with (more like apologetic debates) Jehovah's Witnesses is that while horrific translations such as "The New World Translation of Holy Scriptures" even there God soveriegnly prevents His entire Word from being corrupted as you can successfully preach the Gospel and defend the Nature of God and Man in using even their bible.
ReplyDeleteAn Adendum to my previous comment...
ReplyDelete*"...even there God soveriegnly makes sure that not all of His Word is corrupted. As you can..."
Good point, Anonymous.
ReplyDeleteIt's God's Spirit working through the Word that makes it effective...not really the translators, though they are important.