A further weakening of the AV's strong predestinarian language may be seen in the uniform change which modern versions have made to Acts 13:48. AV, "and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed." NKJV, NASB, NIV, ESV, "all change "ordained" to "appointed." The word "ordain" means "to order by virtue of superior authority; decree," and correctly represents the original. The meaning of "appoint" is "to create and charge with a task or function."

I hope to provide some more examples later, DV.

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