I agree that you are probably right. For me it is just a matter of for whatever reason I have confidence in the AV and that is why I am most comfortable using it. I can't really explain why I don't have the same confidence in the other translations. Quote:
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Originally Posted by jtbdad I am sure in my mind and my spirit that the AV is the word of God. | Every translation - no paraphrases, please - is the Word of God. To say that only the AV is the Word of God is to say that no other English translation counts. It is also to say that those in other countries who speak other languages do not have the Word of God, since they do not have access to the AV - unless they want to go to the trouble of learning Elizabethan/Jacobian English. |
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The Episcopal Church (formerly ECUSA)
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
Westerville, OH.
I affirm the 39 Articles of Religion
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