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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:
Greetings Justanotherchristian! You wrote: "For the unavoidable REALITY is that IF 1 John 5:7 is not inspired, authentic and trustworthy, we also do not know WHAT ELSE will sooner or later be changed or deleted or added." Now, you seem to be knowledgable enough to know that there are many manuscripts which make up the basis of the text of the Bible. Not all of them agree on every single point. Therefore, your slippery slope arguement does not work. If we had 3,000 manuscripts of the Bible, and they all agreed one hundred precent, and then someone came along and ripped a verse out for no reason whatsoever, then your arguement would be valid. However, it isn't valid for one very simple reason - there isn't just one text. Hence, textual decisions must be made as to what should be included and what should not. What you are claiming is that a reading (1 John 5:7-8), which is found in only four late manuscripts, should be included in the text of the Bible, even though thousands of earlier manuscripts do not include it. How do you reach that decision? On what basis should anyone reach this conclusion? In fact, one could argue that you are in fact 'adding' to the Word of God, since you are inserting a verse which is not found in all but four late manuscripts! ;-) So, what I am asking is how do you propose that textual decisions be made? Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
Bible Answer: What you are claiming is that a reading (1 John 5:7-8), which is found in only four late manuscripts, should be included in the text of the Bible, even though thousands of earlier manuscripts do not include it. How do you reach that decision? On what basis should anyone reach this conclusion? 1. It is truth 2. And since it is how do you know there wouldn't have been agreement from the earlier writers? From the text, held in context, can you envision a difficulty? Sounds inspired to me. |