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21 | What is the best version of the Bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | Theopnuestos | 38224 | ||
I would guess that there are few linguistics experts here so I will give it my novice attempt. I have read several critiques of differing versions. Personally, I use the NKJV - specifically, the New Geneva Study Bible. The ASV is good to, at least to my knowledge. I started out with the KJV but I would not recommend that for anybody. I believe the strange grammer and language usage of the "King's English" veils the Scriptures from the baby Christian. I don't consider it profitable to have them learn a new language to get to the word of God. The NIV I "feel" plays loose with some texts. I say I feel, but we will call that an "educated feeling." What I have read says to me that I don't want to have to be on guard all the time over my Bible version. The recent "gender-neutral" version by IBS/Zondervan is a blasphemous load of tripe and I would avoid it. They are not careful with grammatical interpretaion. They substitute popular opinion for textual fidelity. This is the stuff I think that verse about changing the Bible is about. Read - http://www.cbmw.com/ for more on gender issues. Specifically, see- http://www.cbmw.org/resources/tniv/index.html "More than thirty-five evangelical scholars issued a joint statement declaring that the recently released Today’s New International Version, which news reports on Monday identified as "gender-neutral," should not be commended to the church. The scholars expressed concern about "troubling translation inaccuracies ... that introduce distortions of ... meanings." The NKJV and ASV both use our common vernacular, so it is readable by the average "Joe" or "Jane" for our gender-neutral constituents. Of course this does not clear up every verse, but it does help in the reading - with the KJV you have to do a mental translation of strange usages into our modern day usage, and that is if you properly understood the strange usage in the first place. I am not familiar with the RSV, NASB or others. I hope this helps. In Him, Matt. |
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22 | Meaning of Spirit filled | Bible general Archive 1 | Theopnuestos | 38220 | ||
They have to - the Holy Spirit does not reside in the temple of Baal. He resides in temples that have been prepared for Him - us. To be born again is to be "spirit-filled." The term "spirit-filled" comes out of alot of crappy interpretation. (I originally used theology for interpretation, but had to replace it with the latter. The whole "spirit-filled" movement is the result of a lack of knowledge of God, not a Theo-ology, or knowledge of God. The ideas presented are that you can "leak" needing refilling. How absurd - can God wane in power? Is He waiting on us to get cleaned-up enough before He saves us? But, mainly, "spirit-filled" is in reference to the Apostolic confirmation of a believer. Spirit-filled, in the Bible anyway, refers to the gifts of ministry given by the Holy Spirit - everybody who is born again is equipped for whatever task God has called them to. If He sends you to hoe, you get a hoe. If He sends you to plant, He gives you a sack of seed. The ability to speak in foreign languages is the "filling" of the Spirit(Acts 2:4), then Peter's boldness before Sanhedrin to speak the truth (go read it, I doubt any man "in the natural" could speak those things. Acts 4:31-"And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness." But Colossians 1:9 sums it up nicely - "For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding" This filling is for equipping - being filled with knowledge equips you to resist temptation, do good works, proclaim the truth in hostile scenarios, remain steadfast and sure, et. al. |
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23 | Is it right to use the word "Trinity"? | Bible general Archive 1 | Theopnuestos | 38217 | ||
Why not? Is it right to use the word rapture? Just because a word does not appear in the Bible doesn't mean that it is the spawn of Hell! "Trinity" is a single descriptive word for a reality presented in the Bible, the same as with the word "rapture." "Rapture" is the sudden taking away. Trinity describes the triune nature of God, three persons, equal in value and essence, yet possessing differing roles in the economy of salvation. They are in that order if you wanted to apply an order. Think of it as three co-equals doing different jobs just like my stomach doesn't do the thinking "well, sometimes! :)", yet I don't regard my stomach of less value than my brain. They both are me! If we were to get technical about words, then we should all be speaking in ancient Greek and Hebrew as it is used in the original autographs. |
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