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Shabbat Shalom
שַׁבָּת
שָׁלוֹם
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Today we use the Gregorian calendar from Pope Gregory; from
the 1500’s,
August 5th, 2017 - in the 21 Century
August -- Augustus Caesar's month
Latin Augustus
"Augustus"
Latin Augustus mensis
"month of Augustus"
Latin sextilis mensis "sixth month"
Sextilis had 30 days, until Numa
when it had 29 days, until Julius when it became 31 days long.
Augustus Caesar clarified and completed the
calendar reform of Julius Caesar. In the process, he also renamed this month
after himself.
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We acknowledge God’s calendar
We are now in:
The 5th month of God which has no name, 12th day
Judaism calls the 5th
month Av which is not in the Hebrew Bible nor is
scriptural
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Today’s topic:
The history of the Gospels and letters
Many so-called Greek scholars from
the past, just like today often use the phrase “according to the original
Greek”. This leads one to believe
that they have access to the original autograph manuscripts. They do not!
No one today has the original writings themselves. Let me repeat that again: the original
autographical manuscripts of the Gospels and letters no longer exist. They were written on perishable material and
it is unlikely that they lasted more than a few years, let alone 20 centuries!
As you know, some people say they have the original Greek and the
original Bible. First of all, there was
no original Bible. At no time did the
original autographical manuscripts of the 27 books known as the Gospels and
letters ever reside between the covers of one particular book.
The Gospels and letters were not written as a book per se, it was
written by eight or nine different men, in a variety of locations and
circumstances over a period of about 60 years.
The Gospels and letters were originally letters which were written to
certain congregations or individuals.
These letters were written on papyrus in a particular kind of
recalled called Koine Greek. Koine
Greek was the language of the common man at that time. It is important to remember that the Gospels
and letters were originally written in Koine Greek, because
later on we are going to encounter manuscripts written in classical
Greek.
As the Gospels and letters were circulated from congregation to
congregation, each congregation would make a copy of the letter before passing
it on. Possibly, each congregation had
its own collection of letters.
This collection of letters would eventually be put together in a
book form, after the Gutenberg press was created. 1440
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The
development of the Bible that splits into two separate lines of Ascension
This is the line of Ascension of the Authorized Version of 1611
The underlying Greek text of the authorized version of 1611 is
called the Textus
Receptus
or received text, majority text. It is
called the majority text because 95% of all manuscript evidence supports this
text.
I have 14 other steps, Bibles from which the Authorized Version
came from
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The corrupt line of Ascension starts with a man named Origen.
Origen lived in the years 185 - 251 A.D., he was a Ebionite,
one who accepts the teachings of Messiah, but denies the doctrine of salvation. He believed infant baptism, like the
Catholics, universal salvation that is, that all men would be saved, rather
than are saved. He believes sin was
given through communion, he did not believe Messiah was our high priest. He does not believe in the physical
resurrection, nor did he believe the second coming of Messiah. He amended the Gospels and letters whenever
and wherever he felt like it. This is
where everything started, the corruption of the Gospels and letters.
After this we have the Emperor Constantine of Rome. 325 A.D.
Then Eusebius was a great admirer of Origen, he was an Arian that
denied the deity of Messiah and did not believe in a literal interpretation of
Scripture. Unfortunately, 50 copies of
the Bible he made up for Constantine were based on the corrupt works of Origin.
Catholics
creating 350 A.D.
The codices Vaticanus and Sinaticus
were written around 350 A.D. they were written on vellum in classical Greek
The next step in the corrupt line was Jerome’s Latin Vulgate
written about 400 A.D. it was based primarily on the work of Origen and
Eusebius. For the next thousand years,
this was the standard Bible the Catholic Church.
The codex Vaticanus is still
owned by the Catholic Church
The codex Sinaticus was
rediscovered 1859 in a trash basket at the monastery of St. Catherine on Mount
Sinai. This codex was corrected by over
10 different scribes in different periods of time and is very significant to
understand.
Next we have the Rheims-Douay Bible completed in 1610. It is the current Bible Catholic Church and
of course the teachings of Origen, Eusebius, and Jerome.
Some people will have you believe that there exists somewhere a
single authorized Greek text from which all translations and versions of
made. This is not true.
What we did have was over 5500 Greek manuscripts. Today, there might exist 5000 pieces of
evidence, fragments.
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Now we move to WESTCOTT AND HORT:
Just remember and take note: in every Bible today, the Gospels and letters are the work of Wescott and Hort.
Until the late 1800s,
the Textus
Receptus,
or the “received text,” was the foremost Greek text from which the Gospels and letters was derived. (The King James Version is based on
the Textus
Receptus.)
In 1881 two weasel scholars,
Brooke Foss Westcott and Fenton J. A. Hort, printed their New
Testament in Greek, later known as the Critical
Text. Dismissing the Textus Receptus
as an inferior text rife with errors, Westcott and Hort
compiled a New
Greek text, with special focus on two fourth-century
manuscripts, the Codex Vaticanus
and the Codex Sinaiticus.
As a result of Westcott and Hort’s work, their Critical Text became the standard Greek text
used for modern interpretation and translation for nearly two generations. The
Critical Text was the one chiefly used for the English Revised Version and the
later American Standard Version.
Today, the updated and revised Critical Text is the Greek
manuscript basis for the New International Version, the New American Standard
Bible, the English Standard Version, and virtually every other modern English
translation of the Bible.
Brooke Foss Westcott (1825-1901) and Fenton John Anthony Hort (1828-1892) produced a Greek New Testament
in 1881 based on the findings of Constantine Tischendorf, one who discovered and deciphered
rare ancient manuscripts. One was the Sinaticus codex.
In 1870, the southern convocation of the Church of England expressed desirability
of revising the Authorized Version. Wescott
and Hort were the so-called
Greek scholars at that time led the charge.
This Greek NT was the basis for the Revised Version of that same year.
They also developed a theory of textual criticism which underlay their
Greek NT and several other Greek NT since (such as the Nestle's text
and the United Bible Society's text).
Greek New Testaments such as these produced the modern
English translations of the Bible we have today.
So it is important for us to know these two men who have so greatly
influenced modern textual criticism.
The Westcott and Hort
theory states that the Bible is to be treated as any other book written.
Westcott and Hort
believed the Greek text which underlies the KJV was perverse and corrupt. Hort called the Textus Receptus vile and villainous (Life and Letters of
Fenton John Anthony Hort,
Vol. I, p.211).
If Westcott and Hort are
the fathers of modern textual criticism and the restorers of the true text,
should we not know something of their beliefs to see if they are consistent
with Scripture?
Here's what Westcott and Hort
said:
The Scriptures:
"I reject the word infallibility of Holy Scriptures
overwhelmingly." (Westcott, The
Life and Letters of Brook Foss Westcott, Vol. I, p.207).
"Our Bible as well as our Faith is a mere compromise." (Westcott, On the Canon of the New Testament, p.
vii).
"Evangelicals seem to me perverted.
. .There are, I fear, still more serious differences between us on the subject
of authority, especially the authority of the Bible." (Hort, The
Life and Letters of Fenton John Anthony Hort,
Vol. I, p.400)
"Dr. Wilbur Pickering writes that, Hort
did not hold to a high view of inspiration." (The Identity of the New
Testament Text, p.212)
Perhaps this is why both the RV (which Westcott and Hort helped to translate)
and the American edition of it, the ASV, translated 2nd Timothy 3:16 as,
"Every scripture inspired of God" instead of "All scripture is
given by inspiration of God" (KJV).
The Deity of Christ:
"He never speaks of Himself directly as God, but the aim of His
revelation was to lead men to see God in Him." (Westcott, The Gospel According to St. John, p. 297).
"(John) does not expressly affirm the identification of the Word
with Jesus Christ." (Westcott,
Ibid., p. 16).
"(Rev. 3:15) might no doubt bear the Arian meaning, the first thing
created." (Hort,
Revelation, p.36).
Perhaps this is why their Greek text makes Jesus a created god (John
1:18) and their American translation had a footnote concerning John 9:38,
"And he said, Lord I believe and he worshipped him," which said,
"The Greek word denotes an act of reverence, whether paid to a creature,
as here, or to the Creator" (thus calling Christ a creature).
Salvation:
"The thought (of John 10:29) is here traced back to its most
absolute form as resting on the essential power of God in His relation of
Universal Fatherhood." (Westcott,
St. John, p. 159).
"I confess I have no repugnance to the primitive doctrine of a ransom paid
to Satan. I can see no other possible form in which the doctrine of a ransom is
at all tenable; anything is better than the doctrine of a ransom to the
father." (Hort, The First
Epistle of St. Peter 1:1-2:17, p. 77).
Perhaps this is why their Greek text adds to salvation in 1st Peter
2:2. And why their English version teaches universal salvation in Titus 2:11,
"For the grace of God hath appeared, bringing salvation to all men"
(ASV).
Hell:
"(Hell is) not the place of punishment of the guilty, (it is) the
common abode of departed spirits." (Westcott,
Historic Faith, pp.77-78).
"We have no sure knowledge of future punishment, and the word
eternal has a far higher meaning." (Hort,
Life and Letters, Vol. I, p.149).
Perhaps this is why their Greek text does not have Mark 9:44, and their English
translation replaces "everlasting fire" [Matthew 18:8] with
"eternal fire" and change the meaning of eternal as cited by Hort in the above quote.
Creation:
"No one now, I suppose, holds that the first three chapters of
Genesis, for example, give a literal history. I could never understand how
anyone reading them with open eyes could think they did." (Westcott, cited from Which Bible?, p. 191).
"But the book which has most engaged me is Darwin. Whatever may be thought of it, it is a
book that one is proud to be contemporary with..... My feeling is strong that
the theory is unanswerable." (Hort,
cited from Which Bible?, p. 189)
Romanism:
"I wish I could see to what forgotten truth Mariolatry (the
worship of the Virgin Mary) bears witness." (Westcott, Ibid. )
"The pure Romanish
view seems to be nearer, and more likely to lead to the truth than the Evangelical."
(Hort, Life and Letters, Vol.
I, p. 77)
It is one thing to have doctrinal differences on baby-sprinkling and
perhaps a few other faults interpretations. It is another to be a Darwin-believing theologian who rejects the authority
of scriptures, Biblical salvation, the reality of hell, and makes Christ a
created being to be worshipped with Mary his mother. Yet, these were the views
of both Westcott and Hort. No less significant is the fact that both men were
members of spiritualist societies (the Hermes Club and the Ghostly Guild).
Westcott and Hort
talked to Spirits of the dead.
Darwin 1809-1882
Brooke Foss Westcott 1825-1901
Fenton John Anthony Hort
1828-1892
This is where the corruption in evolution started in our
schools
Thomas Henry Huxley 1825 -1895
Charles Lyell
1797 – 1895
This is only a sampling of the information I have on these two men.
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The English Standard
Version is an updated version of the Revised Standard of the National Council
of Churches. The NCC has never been a Christian organization but is a Socialist
organization like the World Council of Churches.
The ESV is based on
the Masoretic text of the Hebrew
Bible as found in Biblia Hebraica
Stuttgartensia (Kittel,
Rudolf, 1853-1929) (2nd ed., 1983), and on the Greek text
in the 1993 editions of the Greek New Testament (4th corrected ed.), published
by the United Bible Societies (UBS), and Novum
Testamentum Graece (27th ed.), edited
by Nestle and Aland. < From the ESV official Website
His Son
Some people think that because it is a Bible Society that this means that those
working either for it, or within it, are somehow believing or accepting of the
truth or authenticity of Christianity or the Scriptures. This is not true when
you look into it.
taken from the net
The King James Version
verse will come first then corrupt
versions
Here is a
bad example:
KJV - Phil.2 [6] Who,
being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God…
ESV - Php 2:6 who, though he was in the form of God,
did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped…
English Standard Version (ESV) is adapted
from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible
ESV changed:
Eunuch to official
Comforter to helper
Antichrist to enemy
Sodomite to cult prostitute
No more hell in TaNaKh – Old Testament as you might know it
Change Isa. 14:12 Lucifer
to day star like other
corrupt versions did:
KJB - King James Bible
ESV - English Standard Version
NWT - New World Translation of the Jehovah’s
Witnesses
NAB - New American Bible of the Roman Catholic
Church
Matthew 8:29
KJB: And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee,
Jesus, thou Son of God? art
thou come hither to torment us before the time?
ESV: And behold, they cried out, "What have you to do with us, O
Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?"
NWT: And, look! they
screamed, saying: "What have we to do with you, Son of God? Did you come
here to torment us before the appointed time?"
NAB: With a sudden shriek they cried: "Why meddle with us, Son of
God? Have you come to torture us before the appointed time?"
Matthew 17:21
KJB: Howbeit this kind goeth
not out but by prayer and fasting.
ESV: Omitted
NWT: Omitted
NAB: [This kind does not leave but by prayer and fasting.] (Placed in
Brackets)
Matthew 18:11
KJB: For the Son
of man is come to save that which was lost.
ESV: Omitted
NWT: Omitted
NAB: Omitted
Matthew 19:9
KJB: And I say unto you, Whosoever
shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another,
committeth adultery: and
whoso marrieth her which is put away
doth commit adultery.
ESV: And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual
immorality, and marries another,
commits adultery."
NWT: I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except on the ground
of fornication, and marries another
commits adultery."
NAB: I now to say to you, whoever divorces his wife (lewd conduct is a
separate case) and marries another
commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman
commits adultery."
Matthew 27:35
KJB: And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that
it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my
vesture did they cast lots.
ESV: And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among
them by casting lots.
NWT: When they had impaled him they distributed his outer garments by
casting lots.
NAB: When they had crucified him, they divided his clothes among them
casting lots.
Mark 6:11
KJB: And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart
thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily
I say unto you, It shall be
more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha
in the day of judgment, than for that city.
ESV: And if any place will not receive you and they will not listen to
you, when you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet as a testimony
against them."
NWT: And wherever a place will not receive you nor hear you, on going
out from there shake off the dirt that is beneath your feet for a witness to
them"
NAB: If any place will not receive you or hear you, shake its dust from
your feet in testimony against them as you leave.
Mark 9:44, 46
KJB:{ 44} Where their
worm dieth not, and the fire is not
quenched. {46} Where
their worm dieth not, and the fire is not
quenched.
ESV: Omitted
NWT: Omitted
NAB: Omitted
Mark 11:26
KJB: But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in
heaven forgive your trespasses.
ESV: Omitted
NWT: Omitted
NAB: Omitted
Mark 15:28
KJB: And
the scripture was fulfilled, which saith,
And he was numbered with the transgressors.
ESV: Omitted
NWT: Omitted
NAB: Omitted
Luke 2:33
KJB: And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him.
ESV: And his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him.
NWT: And its father and mother continued wondering at the things being
spoken about it.
NAB: The child's father and mother were marveling at what was being said
about him.
Luke 4:4
KJB: And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread
alone, but by every word of God.
ESV: And Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by
bread alone.'"
NWT: But Jesus replied to him: "It is written, 'Man must not live
by bread alone.'"
NAB: Jesus answered him, "Scripture has it, 'Not on bread alone
shall man live.'"
Luke 9:55
KJB: But he turned, and
rebuked them, and said, Ye
know not what manner of spirit ye are of.
ESV: But he turned and rebuked them.
NWT: But he turned and reproved them
NAB: He turned toward them only to reprimand them.
Luke 9:56
KJB: For
the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And
they went to another village.
ESV: And they went on to another village.
NWT: So they went to a different village.
NAB: Then they set off for another town.
Luke 17:36
KJB: Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the
other left.
ESV: Omitted
NWT: Omitted
NAB: Omitted
Luke 23:17
KJB: (For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
ESV: Omitted
NWT: Omitted
NAB: Omitted
Luke 23:38
KJB: And a superscription also was written over him in letters of
Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
ESV: There was also an inscription over him, "This is the King of
the Jews."
NWT: There was also an inscription over him: "This is the king of
the Jews."
NAB: There was an inscription over his head: "THIS IS THE KING OF
THE JEWS."
John 3:15
KJB: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
eternal life.
ESV: that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
NWT: that everyone believing in him may have everlasting life.
NAB: that all who believe
may have eternal life in him.
John 5:3
KJB: In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt,
withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
ESV: In these lay a multitude of invalids--blind, lame, and paralyzed.
NWT: In these a multitude of the sick, blind, lame and those with
withered members, was lying down.
NAB: were crowded with sick people lying there blind, lame or disabled
[waiting for the movement of the water.]
John 5:4
KJB: For
an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water:
whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole
of whatsoever disease he had.
ESV: Omitted
NWT: Omitted
NAB: Omitted
John 6:47
KJB: Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me
hath everlasting life.
ESV: Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life.
NWT: Most truly I say to YOU, He that believes has everlasting life.
NAB: Let me firmly assure you, he who believes has eternal life.
John 16:16
KJB: A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little
while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.
ESV: "A little while, and you will see me no longer; and again a
little while, and you will see me."
NWT: In a little while you will behold me no longer, and again, in a
little while you will see me."
NAB: Within a short time you will lose sight of me, but soon after that
you shall see me again."
Acts 2:30
KJB: Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an
oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he
would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
ESV: Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an
oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne,
NWT: Therefore, because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to
him with an oath that he would seat one from the fruitage of his loins upon his
throne.
NAB: He was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him that one of his
descendants would sit upon his throne.
Acts 7:37
KJB: This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A
prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto
me; him shall ye hear.
ESV: This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, 'God will raise up
for you a prophet like me from your brothers.'
NWT: "This is the Moses that said to the sons of Israel, 'God will
raise up for you from among YOUR brothers a prophet like me.'
NAB: This Moses is the one who said to the Israelites, 'God will raise
up for you from among your kinsmen a prophet like me.'
Acts 8:37
KJB: And
Philip said, If thou believest
with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and
said, I believe that Jesus Christ
is the Son of God.
ESV: Omitted
NWT: Omitted
NAB: Omitted - Takes half of verse 36 as verse 37
Acts 24:7
KJB: But the chief captain Lysias
came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,
ESV: Omitted
NWT: Omitted
NAB: Omitted
Romans 1:16
KJB: For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the
power of God unto salvation to every one
that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
ESV: For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for
salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
NWT: For I am not ashamed of the good news; it is, in fact, God's power
for salvation to everyone having faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
NAB: I am not ashamed of the gospel. It is the power of God leading
everyone who believes in it to salvation, the Jew first, then the Greek.
Romans 8:1
KJB: There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ
Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
ESV: There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ
Jesus.
NWT: Therefore those in union with Christ Jesus have no condemnation.
NAB: There is no condemnation now for those who are in Christ Jesus
Romans 11:6
KJB: And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is
no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise
work is no more work.
ESV: But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works;
otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
NWT: Now if it is by undeserved kindness, it is no longer due to works;
otherwise, the undeserved kindness no longer proves to be undeserved kindness.
NAB: But if the choice is by grace, it is not because of their
works-otherwise grace would not be grace
Romans 16:24
KJB: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
ESV: Omitted
NWT: Omitted
NAB: Omitted - They take part of verse 23 for verse 24
1 Corinthians 6:20
KJB: For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your
body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
ESV: for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
NWT: for you were bought with a price. By all means, glorify God in the
body of YOU people.
NAB: You have been purchased, and at a price. So glorify God in your
body.
1 Corinthians 7:39
KJB: The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be
dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
ESV: A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her
husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.
NWT: A wife is bound during all the time her husband is alive. But if
her husband should fall asleep [in death], she is free to be married to whom
she wants, only in [the] Lord.
NAB: A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. If her husband
dies she is free to marry, but on one condition, that it be in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 15:47
KJB: The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the
Lord from heaven.
ESV: The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is
from heaven.
NWT: The first man is out of the earth and made of dust; the second man
is out of heaven.
NAB: The first man was of earth, formed from dust, the second is from
heaven.
Galatians 3:1
KJB: O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not
obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set
forth, crucified among you?
ESV: O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes
that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified.
NWT: O senseless Galatians, who is it that brought you under evil
influence, you before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly portrayed impaled?
NAB: You senseless Galatians! Who has cast a spell over you-you before
whose eyes Jesus Christ was displayed to view upon his cross?
Galatians 3:17
KJB: And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of
God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after,
cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
ESV: This is what I mean: the law, which came 430 years afterward, does
not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to make the promise
void.
NWT: Further, I say this: As to the covenant previously validated by
God, the law that has come into being four hundred and thirty years later does
not invalidate it, so as to abolish the promise.
NAB: My point is this: a covenant formally ratified by God is not set
aside as invalid by any law that came into being four hundred and thirty years
later, nor is its promise nullified.
Ephesians 3:9
KJB: And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery,
which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all
things by Jesus Christ:
ESV: and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery
hidden for ages in God who created all things,
NWT: and should make men see how the sacred secret is administered which
has from the indefinite past been hidden in God, who created all things.
NAB: and to enlighten all men on the mysterious design which for ages
was hidden in God, the Creator of all.
Ephesians 3:14
KJB: For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ,
ESV: For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,
NWT: On account of this I bend my knees to the Father,
NAB: This is why I kneel before the Father
Ephesians 5:30
KJB: For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
ESV: because we are members of his body.
NWT: because we are members of his body.
NAB: for we are members of his body.
Colossians1:14
KJB: In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the
forgiveness of sins:
ESV: in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
NWT: by means of whom we have our release by ransom, the forgiveness of
our sins.
NAB: Through him we have redemption, the forgiveness of our sins.
1 Thessalonians 1:1
KJB: Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus,
unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord
Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you,
and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
ESV: Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in
God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.
NWT: Paul and Silvanus and Timothy to the congregation of the
Thessalonians in union with God the father and [the] Lord Jesus Christ: May YOU
have undeserved kindness and peace.
NAB: Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians who
belong to God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace and peace be yours.
1 Timothy 2:7
KJB: Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the
truth in Christ, and lie not;)
a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
ESV: For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling
the truth, I am not lying), a
teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
NWT: For the purpose of this witness I was appointed a preacher and an
apostle-I am telling the truth, I am not lying-a teacher of nations in the
matter of faith and truth.
NAB: I have been made its herald and apostle (believe me, I am not lying
but speak the truth), the teacher of the nations in the true faith
1 Timothy 3:16
KJB: And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God
was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached
unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
ESV: Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was
manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed
among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.
NWT: Indeed, the sacred secret of this godly devotion is admittedly
great: 'He was made manifest in flesh, was declared righteous in spirit,
appeared to angels, was preached about among the nations, was believed upon in
[the] world, was received up in glory.
NAB: Wonderful, indeed, is the mystery of our faith, as we say in
professing it: "He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated in the Spirit;
Seen by the angels; preached among the Gentiles, Believed in throughout the
world, taken up in glory."
Hebrews 7:21
KJB: (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an
oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware
and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
ESV: but this one was made a priest with an oath by the one who said to
him: "The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, 'You are a priest
forever.'"
NWT: (for there are indeed men that have become priests without a sworn
oath, but there is one with an oath sworn by the One who said respecting him:
"Jehovah has sworn (and he will feel no regret), 'You are a priest
forever,' ")
NAB: unlike Jesus to whom God said: "The Lord has sworn, and he
will not repent: 'You are a priest forever, according to the order of
Melchizedek. ' "
1 Peter 1:22
KJB: Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through
the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one
another with a pure heart fervently:
ESV: Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a
sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,
NWT: Now that YOU have purified YOUR souls by [YOUR] obedience to the
truth with unhypocritical brotherly love
as the result, love one another intensely from the heart.
NAB: By obedience to the truth you have purified yourselves for a
genuine love of your brothers; therefore, love one another constantly from the
heart.
1 John 5:7-8
KJB: For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the
Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 8 And there are three that
bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these
three agree in one.
ESV: (7) For there are three that testify (8) the Spirit and the water
and the blood; and these three agree.
NWT: {7} For there
are three witness bearers, {8} the spirit and the water and the blood, and the
three are in agreement.
NAB: {7} Thus there
are three that testify: {8} the Spirit, and the water and the blood-and these
three are of one accord.
1 John 5:13
KJB: These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of
the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may
believe on the name of the Son of God.
ESV: I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of
God that you may know that you have eternal life.
NWT: I write you these things that you may know that you have life
everlasting, you who put your faith in the name of the Son of God
NAB: I have written this to you to make you realize that you possess
eternal life-you who believe in the name of the Son of God.
Revelation 1:8
KJB: I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and
which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
ESV: "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God,
"who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
NWT: "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says Jehovah God,
"the One who is and who was and who is coming, the Almighty."
NAB: The Lord God says, "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the One who
is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty!"
Revelation 1:11
KJB: Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and,
What thou seest, write in a book, and
send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto
Smyrna, and unto Pergamos,
and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
ESV: saying, "Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven
churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to
Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea."
NWT: saying: "What you see write in a scroll and send it to the
seven congregations, in Ephesus and in Smyrna and in Pergamum and in Thyatira
and in Sardis and in Philadelphia and in Laodicea.
NAB: which said, "Write on a scroll what you now see and send it to
the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis,
Philadelphia and Laodicea."
Revelation 5:14
KJB: And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders
fell down and worshipped him that liveth
for ever and ever.
ESV: And the four living creatures said, "Amen!" and the
elders fell down and worshiped.
NWT: And the four living creatures went saying: "Amen!" and
the older persons fell down and worshiped.
NAB: The four living creatures answered, "Amen," and the
elders fell down and worshiped.
Revelation 20:12
KJB: And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and
the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life:
and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books,
according to their works.
ESV: And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne,
and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life.
And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what
they had done.
NWT: And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the
throne, and scrolls were opened. But another scroll was opened; it is the
scroll of life. And the dead were judged out of those things written in the
scrolls according to their deeds.
NAB: I saw the dead, the great and the lowly, standing before the
throne. Lastly among the scrolls, the book of the living was opened. The dead
were judged according to their conduct as recorded on the scrolls.
Revelation 21:24
KJB: And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the
light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
ESV: By its light will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth will
bring their glory into it,
NWT: And the nations will walk by means of its light, and the kings of
the earth will bring their glory into it.
NAB: The four living creatures answered, "Amen," and the
elders fell down and worshiped.
In closing:
Be aware of the bible you are reading, is it Holy?
Shabbat shalom