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1 | why do both words appear...? | Rom 1:29 | Morant61 | 36841 | ||
Greetings PJG! It depends! The particular variant is rated a C reading, which simply means that no one is really sure. There are three possibilities. 1) The word 'porneia' could have been dropped accidently. But, the fact that 'porneia' only appears in later manuscripts make this very unlikely. 2) The word 'porneia' could have been added accidently in some manuscripts when 'poneria' was mistakenly read as 'porneia'. 3) The word 'porneia' could have been deliberately added when copyists found the word in some manuscripts. The most likely answer is a combination of 2 and 3. The word was added by mistake in some manuscripts and then added deliberately in others. Why are both words in the later manuscripts? This is called conflation. For instance, a scribe might be copying a manuscript which did not include 'porneia', but remembered it being in another manuscripte and simply added it. Thus, both words were included. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | what about inerrancy? | Rom 1:29 | PJG | 36857 | ||
How can we be sure of the inerrancy of scripture when we are looking at words being "accidentally" added or omitted, or scribes having to decide between options? | ||||||
3 | what about inerrancy? | Rom 1:29 | Morant61 | 36858 | ||
Greetings PJG! Great Question! The easiest answer is that inerrancy only applies to the original autographs, not to the copies of them. This takes a little getting used to since most Christians aren't aware that there isn't one BIBLE which was simply handed down complete from heaven. What we actually have are some complete copies and lots of incomplete copies. However, all it not hopeless! Not one variant reading in the Bible affects any doctrine. Most of the variant readings have to do with word orders or spelling. Very few are that important. If you are interested in pursuing this topic, I would recommend picking up a good book on the issue. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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4 | your recommedations? | Rom 1:29 | PJG | 36860 | ||
Is this covered in the books you recommended earlier? (Harold Greenlee, "Introduction to New Testament Textual Criticism", and Bruce Manning Metzger, "The Text of the New Testament") |
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5 | your recommedations? | Rom 1:29 | Morant61 | 36862 | ||
Greetings JPG! I don't think those books go into the issue of innerancy. You can do a search on the internet. Here is a link to John MacArthur's comments on the issue: http://www.gty.org/IssuesandAnswers/archive/errorfree.htm If you do a search of book titles with Innerancy in the title, you can find some good ones. Try to stick with some well known authors and scholars. Good systematic theology books will also go into quite a bit of detail on this topic. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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