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Results from: Answers On or After: Thu 12/31/70 Author: andrewtlocke Ordered by Date |
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1 | King James Version | 1 John 5:7 | andrewtlocke | 110361 | ||
Brother or Sister in Christ, I just wanted to address part of your question. The question that is asking about I John 5:7. The KJV has that particular rendering of this passage because the people who wrote the KJV were using versions of the Vulgate that also contained it. The Vulgate being a Latin text, it makes sense that it was written many years afer the original Greek texts were written. Most of the modern translations (NIV, Amplified, NASB, etc.) exclude this passage because it is not in any of the Greek texts prior to the 16th century. It is genrally thought that the closer a text is to the actual date that the original passage was penned, the more accurate the text should be. In this particular case, because I John 5:7 does not appear in ANY Greek manuscripts prior to the 16th century, it has been generally accepted that that the bit about there being three that testify in heaven was not part of the original text, and therefore it should follow that the verse should be omitted from new translations of the Bible in an effort to keep the text as accurate and close to the original as possible. Excellent question! Your Brother in Christ, Andrew |
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