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NASB | 1 John 5:7 For there are three that testify: |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 John 5:7 For there are three witnesses: |
Bible Question:
OUTRAGE AND DISAPPOINTMENT!!!!!!! There is much to be admired in the NASB, but I can see that even in your latest revision, you have left 1 John 5:7 out of the text. I know your reasons - but I also know why it should be left in (not the least of which ia a matter of grammar). AND I see that you INCLUDED that verse in your new SpaNish translation - ??????? HUH? WHY is 1 John 5:7 good for the Spanish but not good for the English?? LISTEN!.... myself and a million others are waiting for someone to present us with an IMPROVEMENT (but not a butcher job or unwarranted change change)over the 1769KJV - and whoever would do that would sell millions. What is it with you folks that you cannot see that 1 John 5:7 and Romans 8:1b etc. ought to be LEFT INTACT in their places? FOR THIS ONE REASON ALONE (your EXclusion of 1 John 5:7 (and etc.), I cannot recommend or give away your NASB. IF you ever get around to producing a Bible that does not have verses removed from the text, I am right here and ready to buy. I BUY AND SEND BIBLES to Kenya.... those folks could use a more modern English than the 1769KJV (the NKJV is also corrupted and I know where) - but I have not found it yet. EXAMPLE: "falling away can and should be replaced with "apostasy" and "let" should be replaced with "hinder/restrain" - but we do not need to have 1 John 5:7 (a MOST crucial verse for The Trinity and the practical equality between God The Son and God The Word) removed!!!! PLEASE fix this problem right now and issue us a Bible in modern, literal English, that has all the text that's in the KJV. PLEASE???????????? |
Bible Answer: I wonder what you think of "The Message" and the way it translates the word of God. See how they render Matthew 23:24. "Do you have any idea how silly you look, writing a life story that's wrong from start to finish, nitpicking over commas and semicolons?" I find it interesting to see how all of the translations tell us the message God has given. Also interesting to see how the message develops across the pages from Genesis to Revelation. God speaks once, yea twice, yea many times, but there is no contradiction or confusion there, when you get it. God established his creation and speaks through it. Those who have no Bible or reading ability still get the message. There is no language and no place where it is not heard. God gave each of us a conscience so that even without a word in writing we know right from wrong. Moreover, we can know God, and it is within us to worship him as God or to become vain in our imaginations. God has sent his Son, and he has spoken, with words and deeds, including a death and a resurrection that might have made it clear. But some still would not believe. Is it because they had problems with the meaning of the words, or what he had failed to say? He wrote nothing himself, as far as we know, except once on the ground, and we do not know what he wrote then. Those who heard him wrote what he said and did, though none wrote all of it, and their accounts have some slight variations. But we do not well to strain over those slight variations. Thank God for all of them and see that their stories all agree. Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours, as are all the translations of the Bible. God gave us his Holy Spirit and even when we are unsaved he ministers to us, of sin and of righteousness and of judgment to come. When we are saved he guides us from inside, reminding us of the word of God and giving us the applicable meaning. He knows the mind of God, and he tells us without having to strain at words. And the Spirit and the Son and the written word and our hearts all agree. And there are many translations of the Bible. They all tell us the same message: that God loves us and sent his son to die for us. And they all tell us that we are to love each other. What if we knew just that and did not have the wherewithal to see the gnats? Then perhaps we would concentrate on acting on the little that we knew. The message of 1 John 5:7 is seen throughout the Bible. It seems to me it does not matter whether or not it was said there one more time. |