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, eally archaic Greek words, like the street signs,
Tartarus and Gehenna (which had meaning to
the ancient Greeks) are being dug up and used to misdirect
English travelers on the road to glory. Some forget that the
“wisdom that is from above is...easy” (James 3). Just how
plain are Greek letters like:
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Paul said, “We use great plainness of speech...” (2 Cor.
3:12). Was that verse intended for the Corinthian Greeks
only? That verse and others were plain to them, but they
would not be plain to all, so the Holy Ghost gave the gift of
tongues. Immediately, “Others said mocking...” and they
continue today saying, “That word really means...” or
“The Greek word carries with it the sense of...” or
“Unfortunately the KJV translators...” (Acts 2:2-13). Or to
translate the original Hebrew, “Yea, hath God said?” God
sends meat and the devil sends cooks to write books about
doctoring it to suit their own taste (1 Cor. 3:2).
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KJV Translators Tell How Not to Study the Bible
Those who dip their noses down into Satan’s septic think-
tanks, somehow miss the Greek root for the word “private”;
it is LGL0, from which is derived the word idiotes and
‘idiot.’ If ‘private interpretation’ were permitted, one might
translate 2 Peter 1:20 as “idiot translation.” (Strong’s
Concordance even refers readers to the word ‘privy.’)
When private translation is permitted every sect can
massage the meaning of Bible words to fit its own views;
their women deacons (diakonos) will rise up from Romans
16:1 and Phil. 1:1 and put a face on the Jezebel spirit that
would paint over God’s handiwork.
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< ust as there is only one set of legal statutes by which
a criminal is judged, so there must be just one book,
which is available to all, by which English speakers will be
judged on that day (John 12:48). We will be judged by
“the things which are written in this book” (Rev. 22:19),
not judged by the varieties of words hidden in mounds of
men’s lexicons. Has God hidden his word in scores of
Greek reference books owned by a few? What would Jesus
do? Did he hide things from the babes? Or did he hide them
from the wise and prudent (Matt. 11:25)? God said,
“I have not spoken in V H F U H W ...” (Isa. 45:19, 48:16).
The aggregate (total) body of Christ, the priesthood of
believers, will recognize the true “volume of the book,”
because only the true Bible “is written of me...” (Heb.
10:7). (Corrupt versions tend to omit the true ‘Jesus.’ For instance,
when the name of Jesus does not appear in Mark 2:15 two times, as it
does in most ancient and medieval vernacular Bibles, an error can
occur. Levi could be mistaken in new versions for the antecedent to the
pronoun ‘he.’)
What one English book has never been out of print, has
been given away freely until the bolts on the presses strain,
has always been widely available to the English people, is
still in plain view on coffee tables, nightstands, and on
pulpits around the globe, and has outlived all of its
competitors? the King James Bible. The Bible says that
there is “one faith,” by which we “all speak the same thing”
with “one mouth” “that there be no divisions among you”
(1 Cor. 1:10, 10:3, 4, Gal. 5:14, Eph. 4:5, Rom. 15:6). The
devil suggests that there are thousands upon thousands of
Greek Bible words which could be re-cast into English by
each of the thousands upon thousands of Christians. Divide
↔ and conquer. Satan divided the angels, separated men
and God, severed Cain and Abel, parted David and Saul,
and would, if he could, unravel the Bible, one word at a
time. Is Christ divided? Is the Bible “the mind of Christ”
(1 Cor. 2:16) or is it dead men’s minds?
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There are no Bible verses which indicate that vernacular
translations, like the KJV, will be inferior to those of
ancient languages. There are no Bible verses that state that
Bible study should be done in those ancient languages. If
such were a benefit to our understanding, one would think
that at least one verse would mention it. There are no Bible
examples of Jesus Christ or the apostles correcting the
Bible of their day or refusing to communicate to the
common man in his own vernacular tongue. Paul’s captors
chided, “Canst thou speak Greek?” Paul ignored them and
continued to speak to the people in their own language
(Acts 21:37, 40). Jesus gave a preview of Acts 2 when he
spoke to the little girl in Aramaic-Syriac (Mark 5:41). The
sign above Christ on the cross was written “in letters of
Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew” (Luke 23:38). This phrase
is omitted in the new versions (e.g. NIV, TNIV, HCSB,
ESV, NASB). It indicates too strongly that the “Spirit of
grace,” through the Word incarnate and the word
“engrafted,” is now going to speak, not just Hebrew letters,
like :Y[\], and Greeks letters, like
, but Latin
letters, like ABCDEFGHIJESUS.
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I HY does man correct God and his word?
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Pepsi Cola launched an advertising campaign in China in
the 1970s, it has been said. Billboards were erected across
China announcing, “Come alive to the Pepsi generation.”
However, in Chinese, it was translated ‘Pepsi will bring
your dead relatives back to life.’ ‘Come alive’ became
‘back to life’; ‘generation’ became ‘ancestors’ or ‘dead
relatives.’ The signs came down quickly. Years earlier,
John F. Kennedy’s speech in Berlin was punctuated by a
faux pax. Instead of saying, ‘I am Berliner,’ he said, “I am
a jelly donut.” The indefinite article ‘a’ changed the entire
meaning. Translation is not a science. If it were, all 450 of
the current modern English translations of the scriptures
would be identical. “Some therefore cried one thing, and
some another...” Acts 19:32.
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In 1 Tim. 5:18 the Bible translates the Greek word, misthos,
as “reward.” In Luke 10:7 (which Paul is quoting in 1 Tim.
5:18) the same Greek word, misthos, was translated as
“hire.” The word “hire” alliterates with “house” at exactly
the same syncopated syllable. The KJV’s word choice
provides many other alliterating and syncopating sounds.
(The chapter, “The Breath and the Heartbeat of God” explains why the
introductory words ‘And’ and ‘For’ are not part of the pattern.)
Luke 10:7
“his hire...house to house”
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in the same house re main
eat ing and drink ing
such things as they give
for the la bour er
is wor thy of his hire
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1 Tim. 5:18
“worthy of his reward”
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“...not with enticing words of man’s
wisdom”...“not the wisdom of this world,
nor of the princes of this world...” 1 Cor.
2:4, 6 “For it is written, I will destroy the
wisdom of the wise, and will bring to
nothing the understanding of the pru-
dent.”...“For the wisdom of this world is
foolishness with God...And again, The Lord
knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they
are vain” 1 Cor. 1:19, 3:19, 20.
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F he “holy things” could only be handled by the
priesthood of believers (e.g. “holy scriptures”
Numbers 4:4, 5, et al.). Many people had the same skills as
the Old Testament Levitical priesthood, but they were not
sons (Levites) and were not washed. Only Aaron’s rod
brought forth new life. Even in the New Testament, the
church is commanded to “Lay hands suddenly on no man”
(1 Tim. 5:22). A church does not select a deacon by
grabbing the first scholar who moves through a university’s
revolving door. Deacons are selected only after they are
“proved.” How many have “proved” the authors of today’s
popular reference books? They are engaged in work more
serious than feeding widows (1 Tim. 3, Acts 6:1-6).
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writings of Chrysostom into 8 volumes entitled, S.
Johannis Chrysostomi Opera, Graece. They were printed
by Eaton College in 1613. In addition to helping the
translators determine the usage of Greek words,
Chrysostom’s manuscripts, which contain many scripture
citations, document the true ancient Greek New Testament
readings. Chrysostom lived during the same century that
the new version’s corrupt Vaticanus and Sinaiticus
manuscripts were written. His scripture citations are of
equal antiquity and of better authority than these two
corrupt manuscripts, because of his orthodoxy.
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(AV Publications can recommend good schools and steer students clear of ones who
crown our ears with student complaints of duplicity.) Poem adapted from Whiting, p. 4.
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“O GOD, the heathen are come into thine
inheritance; thy holy temple have they
defiled” (Ps. 79:1).
Psa. 104:4
KJV Who maketh his angels spirits
NIV (see also He makes winds his messengers
ESV HCSB, NASB)
Isa. 59:19
KJV the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a
standard against him
NASB, ESV the wind of the LORD drives
Eccl 1:14
KJV vexation of spirit
NASB (see also striving after wind
NIV, ESV)
Isa. 10:27
KJV the yoke shall be destroyed
because of the anointing
NIV (see also the yoke will be broken because
NASB, ESV, etc) you have grown so fat
“I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto
them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the
judgment of their God, but these have altogether broken the
yoke, and burst the bonds” (Jer. 5:5).
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Broverbs 9 compares the sitting harlot’s secret ‘high’
places with the loud cry of God’s “highest” places.
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But he knoweth not that the dead are there;
and that her guests are in the depths of hell.”
(Proverbs 9:13-18)
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E peaking of ladies that “crieth upon the highest
places of the city” the November, 1921 issue of
the popular secular magazine, Ladies Home Journal,
published an article entitled, “Human Nature in the Bible,”
by William Lyon Phelps. The article stated,
Summary
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