It is the authorized English version English people have used for 100s of years to understand how to be saved,
The term "authorized" meant the printer was given authorization to print the KJV by the crown. That's all it meant. And the printer put that word on the cover to increase sales of the book. (Nuff said.)
But within the Protestant world of 1611, no one understood the Koine dialect of the Greek text of the New Testament. I provide as proof:
“One man is to be given the credit for the discovery of the Koine – a German pastor named Adolf Deissmann. Even though one or two perceptive scholars had noted the true character of NT Greek as early as the middle of the nineteenth century, their statements made no impression on general opinion. Deissmann, on a visit to a friend in Marburg, found a volume of Greek papyri from Egypt, and leafing through this publication, he was struck by the similarity to the Greek of the NT. He followed up this observation with continued study, and his publications of his findings finally led to general acceptance of the position that the peculiarities of the Greek NT were, for the most part, to be explained by reference to the nonliterary Greek, the popular colloquial language of the period. He first published his results in two volumes of Bible Studies (1895, 1897) and later on in the justly popular Life from the Ancient East (1908).”
- The Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible, pg. 486.
"...in 1895, Adolf Deissmann published his Bibelstudien - an innocently titled work that was to revolutionize the study of the NT. In this work (later translated into English under the title Bible Studies) Deissmann showed that the Greek of the NT was not a language invented by the Holy Spirit (Hermann Cremer had called it "Holy Ghost Greek," largely because 10 percent of its vocabulary had no secular parallels). Rather, Deissmann demonstrated that the bulk of NT vocabulary was to be found in the papyri. The pragmatic effect of Deissmann's work was to render obsolete virtually all lexica and lexical commentaries written before the turn of the century. (Thayer's lexicon, published in 1886, was outdated shortly after it came off the press - yet, ironically, it is still relied on today by many NT students.)"
- Daniel B. Wallace. The Basics of New Testament Syntax: An Intermediate Greek Grammar. Zondervan, 2000, p. 21. Dallas Theological Seminary;
Think of it. Take the time to wrap your brain around it.
The scholars of Cambridge and Oxford who created the KJV
did NOT UNDERSTAND 10% of the vocabulary of the Greek texts. TEN PERCENT !!! So they cribbed from the Vulgate. Kind of makes you wonder why some Christians fight so fiercely for the KJV if the translators didn’t quite have a handle on the language in which it was written.
You cannot read greek so you definitely don't know Greek better than the translators
Too bad for you that I, as a translator, DO read Greek. And quite often provide in-situ translations when necessary, along with links to the Liddell Scott Greek Lexicon. While I hate doing this, my CV includes classes from the Moravian Seminary and Princeton Theological. You? At some point I should publish a thread on 2 Tim. 3:16, but I see that you already think you know it all. That's unfortunate.
you just use that an an excuse to deny the bible and call Scripture evil and false ,So that is your first character marker
Since we've been asked to calm down, I'll just politely point out that I quoted the KJV eight times, and the NRSV once in my post to you. So... that argument against my character just went poof, didn't it.
Please think through things before you post them. It's only polite.
That is insane to claim Paul was Jesus I do not think you are a sane person,
And I would politely ask you to read what I actually wrote. Because I never claimed that Paul was Jesus (who was sent to preach the Gospel). But I'm not the one claiming that one must understand and believe
Paul in order to be saved.
Here's what I wrote: with emphasis added
Paul was not the Son of God sent to bring the Gospel to all Mankind. Paul is not, nor ever was Jesus.
And here's what
you wrote -
If you do not trust Scripture and doubt the Gospel message revealed to Paul, you wouldn't understand how to be saved.
God sent Jesus to preach the Gospel. I'm not sure why you don't understand that. Please let me try again: (and note that I AM using the KJV, like I had done so previously).
Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
- Mark 1:14-15 KJV
If Jesus came preaching the Gospel, then the Gospel is what Jesus preached, and none other. Period. NO OTHER Gospel should or can be preached than that which was brought to the world by the Son of God Himself. Any other Gospel than what Jesus personally preached is heresy. Period. And that is the Gospel that all His apostles should be preaching. No?
And let me ask a few
polite questions. If Jesus came preaching the Gospel, why do you reject this Gospel in favor of one preached by Paul, saying that one cannot understand how to be saved if one doesn't read Paul? (And that
is what you said....)
Why would God reveal a different Gospel message to Paul than the one that He revealed to His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ? And if God did NOT reveal a different Gospel message, then why can't people understand how to be saved from learning what Jesus taught and commanded us to do?
This view truly perplexes me. There is a rather large church denomination in Virginia that actually preaches that Jesus had no clue about the true Gospel, and like you, say that one can only be saved through Paul's faith. In essence, the Father lied to Jesus by not telling him the true Gospel that was later revealed to Paul. Might you be part of that church?
Paul taught the other deciples about this as jesus hadn't died when the twelve where following him on earth
WHAT ??? Just hold on a second here. Please, I BEG of you to think about what you just said. (Read it again...)
Didn't the "Twelve" see Jesus AFTER he rose from the dead? I shouldn't need to quote scripture to prove that. So then... YES the "Twelve" (technically 11)
were following Jesus after he died, AND after He arose from being dead. Furthermore,
Jesus spent 40 days with the Apostles after he rose from the dead, teaching them and reminding them what He taught. Did Jesus forget something? Leave something out? And then had to send a PS to them through some guy named Paul? Help me understand this.
Furthermore, the Gospels books were written AFTER Jesus ascended into heaven, so anything Jesus said to them including the command to preach the gospel would have been AFTER the resurrection. So why do none of the Gospel books have anything saying something like, "Okay guys, the Good News I taught before my death is no longer valid, and I'm just hanging around for 40 days here until my ascension because the true Gospel is going to come through some guy named Paul, and he's going to teach you, not Me." (Yeah, that does sound insane.)
But Not Matthew, Not Mark, Not Luke, and Not even John ever invalidates anything that Jesus taught in His Gospel before the crucifixion. And it was after his resurrection that he commanded the disciples to preach HIS Gospel.
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
- Mark 16:15-16 KJV
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
- Matthew 28:18-20 KJV
So why would Paul need to teach anything to the other Apostles? I'm seriously asking this, with all due respect, because I truly don't understand your viewpoint. (And I ask the forum members to help me out here as well.)
What part of the Gospel did Jesus forget that He then had to choose Paul to teach the other Apostles? To ask in a different way, what Part of the Gospel as taught by Jesus the Son of God did Jesus leave out? Did Jesus forget to teach a part of the Gospel? Did the Father forget to tell Jesus part of the Good News?
Paul taught the other deciples about this ...
If you could be so kind as to list the specifics of what Paul had to teach the disciples it would be greatly appreciated. We obviously come from different Faiths, and I would be interested to learn more about yours.
Jesus is the only Saviour, he is the Christ, the son of the living God
Well we wholeheartedly agree here on this, so perhaps there is hope. But one would think that one should then learn, follow, and obey the Gospel that the Son of the Living God actually taught.
Again you are just denying the scripture as you do a lot,
How can I deny what I quoted? I quoted it. Let's do the count. in this and my last post, I quoted Twelve (12) scripture verses, where as you quoted ...
NONE.
None at all. How about that. All you did was post your own opinion, ignoring the 9 scripture verses in my first post.
There is only way way your sins can be forgiven and you haven't spoken about it,
Well by all means, then let me rectify that now. And indeed there
IS only one way for anyone's sins to be forgiven .... BUT, you don't need to hear my words, so I shall just quote the words of Jesus Christ, the Son and Messiah of the Living God, our Lord and Savior, starting with those of his cousin John.
John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.
- Mark 1:4-5 KJV
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, .... And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
- Matthew 6:9-12 KJV
And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, ,,,. And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. ....
- Luke 11:2-4 KJV
The Father forgives sin when you repent in prayer and forgive others as well. No dead animals needed, and
THAT IS good news.
That's the only way your sins can be forgiven, straight from the Messiah's mouth.
Rhema