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NASB | John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 1:1 In the beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. [Gen 1:1; Is 9:6] |
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Bible Note: Dear Shythiyl, Excuse my correction, but please take great care to choose words appropriate to sound doctrine. I believe I understand what you are affirming, but the terminology you choose leaves room for heterodoxical misunderstanding. No translation is inspired. The doctrine of the verbal plenary inspiration of the Word is rooted in an understanding that the Bible, as originally written, is God-breathed (theopneustos, 2 Timothy 3:16) sentence by sentence, word by word, syllable by syllable, letter by letter. (The Chicago Statement of Biblical Inerrancy states this very well. It is both more exhaustive and more clearly stated than anything that my feeble skills of explanation might afford.) Only the writers of the Bible itself were inspired by the Holy Spirit. Anyone since then has, at best, had the Scriptures illumined for them by the Holy Spirit (fotidzo, Ephesians 1:18). On the other hand, we know that God, in His providence, has preserved His Word and insured that it would be properly conveyed to us. Using the God given gift of rational thought, along with careful study, we might deem one translation superior to another. God graciously guides those who diligently seek Him. The implication of our doctrine is that we seek to get as close to the original transmitted text as we are able. Nevertheless, care must be taken to avoid conveying the un-biblical notion that anything is on a par or anywhere near the Word of God in accuracy, authority, sufficiency, infallibility, and necessity. In Him, Doc |