Reformingstudent
Puritan Board Junior
I never noticed this before. Maybe the KJV isn't that hard to understand after all.
http://www.scionofzion.com/archaic.htm
http://www.scionofzion.com/archaic.htm
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The thesis of this seminal work is that the Authorized Version is no more archaic than daily newspapers, current magazines, and modem Bible versions...
Originally posted by Reformingstudent
I never noticed this before. Maybe the KJV isn't that hard to understand after all.
http://www.scionofzion.com/archaic.htm
Originally posted by kevin.carroll
Originally posted by Reformingstudent
I never noticed this before. Maybe the KJV isn't that hard to understand after all.
http://www.scionofzion.com/archaic.htm
I have yet to meet a KJV only type that could tell me what the "superfluity of naughtiness" is.
Originally posted by Rick Larson
Originally posted by kevin.carroll
Originally posted by Reformingstudent
I never noticed this before. Maybe the KJV isn't that hard to understand after all.
http://www.scionofzion.com/archaic.htm
I have yet to meet a KJV only type that could tell me what the "superfluity of naughtiness" is.
It's so funny that you posted this, because I was just about to list that verse, but decided against it at the last moment!
That goes back to the other posters remark about picking up a dictionary.I have yet to meet a KJV only type that could tell me what the "superfluity of naughtiness" is.
Originally posted by Rick Larson
Why do we need an English translation at all? I mean, aren't there Greek/English dictionaries out there? Why make things so easy?
Originally posted by Reformingstudent
I never noticed this before. Maybe the KJV isn't that hard to understand after all.
http://www.scionofzion.com/archaic.htm
Originally posted by LadyFlynt
you're a calvinistic methodist...sorry but having been in the methodist church at one time...is THAT possible? Just curious...as I think I may have read your post as sounding a bit armenian...could be just me though.
Originally posted by larryjf
That goes back to the other posters remark about picking up a dictionary.I have yet to meet a KJV only type that could tell me what the "superfluity of naughtiness" is.
superfluity - Overabundance; excess
naughtiness - Wicked; immoral
Originally posted by LadyFlynt
Archaic wording = intelligient speech
Those with degrees use archaic wording everyday (Drs, professors, etc). The honest truth was...I was raised on archaic wording. I had no idea as a child that "gay" was related to homosexuality. I knew the more precise definition of the term...not it's associated meaning. Personally...I think the educated person needs to know these words and their meanings...and not just the modern associations either. Otherwise, let's just throw out all the classical pieces of literature while we're at it. Oh, yeah...Shakespeare's in modern english now, isn't he? GAG! Now you've done lost all his prose and poetry and wonderful play on words. Gonna step down from the soapbox before I throw something...
[Edited on 7-6-2005 by LadyFlynt]
Originally posted by kevin.carroll
In 38 years I have never once heard anyone use the word "superfluity" in casual conversation.
Originally posted by kevin.carroll
"Gay" is hardly archaic....
Yes, but you also do not hear those words found in the NIV that were posted originally in this thread being used in casual conversation. So that point would have to hold true for all versions that use "non-casual" language.In 38 years I have never once heard anyone use the word "superfluity" in casual conversation. Even the confessions acknowledge that the Bible ought to be in the "vulgar" tounge. Good News for 17th Century Man is no longer it (though, to be fair, it's a beautiful translation).
Originally posted by LadyFlynt
you're a calvinistic methodist...sorry but having been in the methodist church at one time...is THAT possible? Just curious...as I think I may have read your post as sounding a bit armenian...could be just me though.
Originally posted by Rick Larson
You're a good man, David.
Originally posted by LadyFlynt
I never said I knew it all...in fact, I'm probably one of the more ignorant, theologically speaking, on this board. Was merely curious how and where you stood. It confuddled me, is all.