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1 | What does "send her away" refer to? | Matt 1:19 | John Reformed | 63388 | ||
Dear Ed, God bless your dear pastor friend! It seems like God has chosen to bless others (and your friend as well) in the midst of his trials. That having been said, I must admit that the NLB is not one that I know a great deal about. I believe it is paraphrased bible, is it not? Now in the hands of your friend it may be a wonderful tool for feeding the milk of the word to his flock. He probably can feed them meat as well through his lifelong study and the gift of teaching that he obviously possess. But I wonder if the NLB is suitable for study by the untrained reader. We know that even the best translations are not infallible for infallibility is ascribed to the original manuscripts alone. Now, I don't mean to say that the greek or hebrew copies are errant in any way. I believe that God has preserved His Word down through the ages for the church. My point is any translation from the original language is bound to have some problems, and then when fallible men begin to add words that that are meant to simplify or explain the original language it multiplies the existing problems and may add more on top. This is merely my opinion as a layman and I claim no expertise as a translator. What do you think, Ed? John |
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2 | What does "send her away" refer to? | Matt 1:19 | EdB | 63401 | ||
John I hesitate to respond the last time we communicated you told me you wanted no further communications from me. Has that changed? I never want to force myself on anyone. Your right the NLB is a paraphrase and a very bad one at that I would not recommend it to anyone. I removed it from my library many years ago. The Bible I'm talking about is the New Living Translation by Tyndale and is a completely different work. It came out in 1996 and is a very good translation. It is called a thought for thought translation and having read it through I can find nothing I would be concerned about. Interestingly it is one of the few translations where all the translators are listed and their work credited. EdB |
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3 | What does "send her away" refer to? | Matt 1:19 | John Reformed | 63447 | ||
Dear Ed, Thanks for clarifying the difference between the two translations for me. As far as our past is concerned, I regret anything unkind I may have said. Even in the closest of familys arguements break out and sharp words are spoken. It would be well if we all would remember Christ's prayer for the unity His church before we hit the submit button. Brother John |
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