[Faith-talk] New NIV drops Gender

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Hi all --
I agree about the plethora of bible versions that change the meanings of 
things.  But there is one fact about the KJV that one needs to be careful 
of:
It is 400 year old English and so there needs to be footnotes or other 
documentation describing what a verse meant in renaissance English. For 
example, "shambles" is a meat market, and "suffer" means to allow, and 
"passion" has no sexual connotation.
Also, if a retranslation is made of the bible, it should come from original 
text used by the King James translators.
Finally, the KJV is only a translation to an imperfect language, and in fact 
no language is perfect, even that used by the original writers of the bible. 
I guess what I'm trying to say is that the KJV may contain errors, but it is 
the best guess of the meanings of things.

I always liked the following verses:
2Peter 3:19-21
19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye 
take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, 
and the day star arise in your hearts:

20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private 
interpretation.

21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of 
God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.


Happy New Year all!
--le


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Linda Mentink" <mentink at frontiernet.net>
To: "Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion" 
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Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] New NIV drops Gender


Hi Joshua,

I agree with you. Please remember that we are in the end times, and
Christ is coming back soon. Many prophecies have already been
fulfilled, and the rest will be. People want to remake God and His
Word to fit their beliefs and agendas, rather than conforming to His
Word. What we can do is pray and share Christ with others.

Blessings,

Linda

At 07:36 PM 1/6/2011, you wrote:
>Hi, it's Joshua Lester. This comes from an article on
>www.apostolicnews.org, from a few months ago. The premise of this
>article says that in reference to God, the translators drop the
>gender, such as Father in the Lord's prayer. Jack Van Impe said that
>one translation has "Father," replaced with "Mother." One Bible,
>(so-called,) has the name, "Judeth Christ," instead of Jesus Christ.
>This is one of the many reasons I stick with the King James versions,
>(both old and new.) What are your thoughts about this nonsense? As for
>me, I'm tired of  it! As a Christian, we should be interested in
>protecting God's word. We must stop this heresy! The easy believism,
>radical grace, and all of this stuff has ruined Christianity. We need
>to go back to old fashioned holiness, for without holiness, we can't
>see God. I've had it! These are just some thoughts. Blessings, Joshua
>
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