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NASB | Revelation 2:4 'But I have this against you, that you have left your first love. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 2:4 'But I have this [charge] against you, that you have left your first love [you have lost the depth of love that you first had for Me]. |
Subject: Where are the other churches |
Bible Note: Dear Kcabml4, In Martin Luther's time the Bible was primarily available in the original languages and in Latin. Luther sought to provide the words of Scripture to the people. Luther understood the verbal plenary inspiration of the Bible (see post #195945). He also understood that God ministers grace to people through His Word (Romans 10:17). It was essential, therefore, to give the words of the Bible to the German people so that they themselves could read and understand God's self-revelation. This is an extremely important doctrine. It is why we carefully produce translations of Scripture to the peoples of the world in their own language. It is why we carefully educate them to be able to read, so that they are able to grapple with the the Word itself. Martin Luther wrote about the struggles of rendering the Bible into German: "'Let my soul be filled as with lard and fat, so that my mouth may make praise with joyful lips.' By 'lard and fat' the Hebrews mean joy, just as a healthy and fat animal is healthy and grows fat, and conversely, a sad animal loses weight and grows thin ... However since no German can understand this expression, we have relinquished the Hebrew words and rendered the passage in clear German like this, 'It would be my heart's joy and gladness, if I were to praise thee with joyful lips.'" Luther went on to say, "We do not have to inquire of the literal Latin, how we are to speak German... Rather we must inquire about this of the mother in the home, the children on the street, the common man in the marketplace. We must be guided by their language, the way they speak, and do our translating accordingly. That way they will understand it and recognize that we are speaking German to them." As Germans, you have a great and wonderful legacy from the Lord in Martin Luther. I wish that I could read his sermons in the language in which he spoke them. In Him, Doc |