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I too am waiting for the peer reviewed work that Van has done in translating the Bible. Until then, I consider him to have the same skills in interpretation that Joe Smith and Charles Taze Russell had. (Do we really want to talk about demonic nonsense?)

I too will step away from this thread as it provides no benefit to the reader.

 

Not being a Biblical Greek scholar myself I can only guess that when a change is made, they explain why they made the change and other Greek Scholars peer review their work.

I don’t think simply saying the change is because the current translation supports the doctrines of grace, therefore it must be wrong is a legitimate reason to change the translation.

peace to you

 

First... Saying that someone is ignorant is not an insult. Using a word like "stupid," however, would be.

Secondly, I in no way was arguing about whether "to be" can or should be supplied in James 2:5. I merely was pointing out that you did not know about Greek's propensity to imply the verb "to be."

But, now that you bring it up, what about context affects the supplying of the verb? Whey can't it be that way in James 2:5?

The Archangel

 

So, if I can't use the word "ignorant," can I say "you lack knowledge" or "you lack understanding," or is that now prohibited too?

The Archangel

 

In reply to your question, I do not mean to be. I'm asking why it's important to you whether or not "is" is in the text or supplied by the translation.

The Archangel

 

No, not at all. The "topic" I was addressing was your masquerade as someone who has proficiency in Greek, which is a more relevant topic at this point.

So... you want to replace "to be" with "yet" when the conjunction "yet" is not supplied in the text? Good luck with that.

The Archangel

 

Everyone is ignorant of something. So use of that term as an accusation becomes an insult.

 

The word "ignorant" is a technical term to state that someone lacks knowledge, which you clearly do.

You know, its funny..... You seem to think that anyone who disagrees with you is insulting you. That's quite problematic for you.

And adding "yet" doesn't???? Seriously?!

Supplying any word you wish was there is quite problematic. Implied verbs are a real thing. Implied conjunctions not so much.

The Archangel

 

Nope.

The Archangel

 

So then cite it.

The Archangel

 

There is an important point here.
If posters are not able to point out that @Van lacks any qualifications whatsoever in Greek, then there is a danger that someone might actually believe the nonsense he writes is based on knowledge rather than on speculation.