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As a linguist I have to interrupt this discussion to say "Easter" in the KJV is technically an anachronism. This is a word or phrase from more modern times put back into a time when it did not exist. In other words, the holiday that we call "Easter" did not exist in the first century, though...

I'm taking a deeper look at DIU. It is "located on the campus of the International Linguistic Center (ILC)" (Housing & Campus Services - Dallas International University). Thinking back, I actually visited that facility when I was in Texas to preach back in 2022. It's pretty rustic, and there are...

Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS) offers an MA in Bible Translation in partnership with Dallas International University (DIU). Check it out here: Master of Arts in Bible Translation - Dallas Theological Seminary It looks to be an excellent 60 hour program, with lots of seminary level Greek and...

Speaking of SIL (Summer Institute of Linguistics), it is perhaps the premier organization in the world for training in linguitics for Bible translation. Check it out here: SIL International It was founded by the late great Christian linguist Kenneth L. Pike (1912-2000), a true pioneer in the...

The "you" in "vomit you" is singular (σε). So Jesus was speaking to the church as a whole, not to individual believers. A church can be extremely displeasing to Christ, yet still have true believers in it.

Um, no, I do not accept the TULIP, and I do not accept the Calvinist doctrine of the perseverance of the saints. I believe the Bible teaches the preservation of the saints by God the Father, not the perseverance of the saints by they themselves. That is a huge difference. Jesus said that we are...

Here is an MA in Bible Translation at Barclay College: MA Biblical Translation - Barclay College - Christian College Kansas. I'm not familiar with this school, but the doctrinal statement looks pretty evangelical, though it is apparently a Quaker school. The MA looks strong in the translation...

Well, first of all, the passage does not mean one who sins should not pray for forgiveness, but if a believer commits a sin worthy of death, others should not pray "for that one" (περὶ ἐκείνης). The word ἐκείνης is being used as a personal pronoun here. Gingrich's Shorter Lexicon says...

Yes, to saved people about physical death. I see nothing at all in the context that points to spiritual death.

Yep. Absolutely not. There is a little bit of controversy about that. The Greek word anothen (ἀνωθεν) in Luke 3:1 is usually translated "from the beginning" as in the KJV, but it can also be translated "from above" (cf John 3:31). In his commentary on Luke, Son of Man, John R. Rice argues that...

All of the epistles of the NT, as well as many non-NT papyri letters. But Luke called the book of Luke a "treatise," not a letter, did he not?

The difference in our opinions is that I have historical data on my side, as already shown in my post on the actual form of a first century letter. There is no historical data that any of the non-epistolatory books of the NT were ever in letter form on any one of the mss of said books.

You didn't address my point on the meaning of spiritual and physical death.

The sin unto death is very plain to me: any believer who interferes with God's work may find themselves on an early trip to Heaven. However, I do not believe that a saved person can lose his or her salvation, as the OP states. I do not agree that the context shows spiritual death as opposed to...

The Baptist Bible Translators Institute (Baptist Bible Translators Institute, Bowie Texas - Baptist Bible Translators Institute, Bowie Texas) has been around since 1973, and has trained many translators, and others simply wanting the experience they give in roughing it, missionary style...

This is the absurd position of the late Peter Ruckman and his followers. It completely ignores the problem of which version is "inspired" in languages other than English!

Any historical evidence of that? I don't know of any. Usually books about supposed contradictions in Scripture will simply point out that both quotes could be correct without contradiction. Each author had his own purpose in the quote. This, then, becomes a problem of textual criticism. Again...

I'm one of 'em! :p (But I believe you mean "textual critics" rather than "translators".) And of course "minority" certainly does not mean "wrong," as you know. ... These are unproven assertions. There are mss from the 2nd century with various readings, even Byzantine. But Sinaiticus and...

すると、イエスは悪魔に答えて言われた。「『人はパンだけではなく、神の一つ一つの御言葉によって生きる。』と書いてある。」:)

The "Biblical School of World Evangelism" (Biblical School of World Evangelism - Home) is connected with FirstBible International, which is connected with Bearing Precious Seed and First Baptist Church of Milford Ohio. (It's a long story! ;)) It was originally conceived as a Bible translation...