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Old 02-12-2008, 04:02 AM
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Originally Posted by caoclan View Post
OK, what I am gathering from this site (Trinitarian Bible Society) is that the AV (or KJV) is the only translation that is truly faithful to the original manuscripts? Are there no "modern" (or more readable) translations that are correct, or acceptable? I want to be faithful in handling God's word, but (much less important than correct translation) I would like a more readable version than the AV. Any thoughts?
The question is textual. Are any "modern" versions based solely upon the Received Text? As I understand it, the answer is no. Obviously the ideal would be to read the original languages
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