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That's what I have attempted to lay before him, but it either goes WOOSH over his head, or he has a stubborn nature that will not allow him to admit he has been clearly in the wrong.

And my last planned installment from Dr. Robert Thomas : How To Choose A Bible Version. Here is a snip regarding the ESV: "The version calls itself an essentially literal translation and therefore rates high as a basis for Bible study in the category of philosophy of translation. Yet it does...

Continuing with Dr. Thomas : "The practice of using italics or brackets for the purpose of singling out words that are only partially implied is declining. Most translators judge that an implication of the original is sufficient to justify the presence of such words and to express them in the...

You know the drill : "Phillips Modern English is a good example of the regular functional type. It's kind of communication represents that utilized in business correspondence. The level of formality is somewhat higher here than the casual category." P.131) "Since the formal style is...

From the Dr. Thomas book : "The New Revised Standard Version has received praise for its particularity in expressing thoughts in American English. It will appeal to American readers more readily, but that does not mean it will have no appeal to those in other English-speaking countries." (p.129)

From the Thomas book : "What is possible, however, is to recognize works of a generally conservative outlook, since most serious Bible students view theological issues from a conservative perspective. Versions in contemporary English that fit this category include the NASB, the NASBU, the ESV...

One without the Spirit of God is not a believer. You need spiritual discernment because you don't have the ability to distinguish things. The person in 2:14 is unsaved. The person in 2:15 is a believer, possessing the Holy Spirit. Those in the category of 1:18 link up perfectly with that of the...

I will be citing a number of things from Thomas' book. On page 86 he says there is a "growing constituency in support of the Alexandrian supported translations. When all is said and done, the stronger evidence in all probability supports this category of readings as being closer to the very...

You poor, deprived child. I have done threads on it in the old days before I reinvented myself as Rippon2. :-) It was originally called The New Berkeley Version New Testament. But with the passing of time the entire canon was translated and published in 1969 as The Modern Language Bible. It's a...

You mean "blessed is the person." The CEB and ISV rendered that portion of Psalm 1:1 with "Blessed is the person." The NIV, NET, YLT, REB and CSB have "Blessed is the person."

Face it. Biden is not going to make it.

I've been saying for months that the Dems will have a brokered Convention. Killary will likely head the ticket along with Big Mike.

I have quoted from this book before : How To Choose A Bible Version by Robert L. Thomas. I met him once and had a brief talk with him while at Grace Community Church. In one section of the book he reviews a number of English Bible translations. Regarding Today's English Version he states : "It...

"I think that it is fair to conclude that in terms of translational philosophy the ESV is closer to the NIV than to the NASB....Contrary to some, I do not view the NIV as a functional equivalent translation as to its basic nature...Although the NIV explicity acknowledges that it is not always...

The natural man is a lost man. The lost man is a natural man.

This was the contribution of nine people. I didn't see Grudem's name. It is extremely picayune. There are no core doctrines mentioned. At first the TNIV is accused of 3,686 'inaccuracies.' Then, one page later the figure jumped to 3,699. That's sloppy. It was said that the 2011 was 25% better...

It has nothing to do with the Southern Baptist Convention.

How can you ignore so may passages in the Gospels when Jesus plainly said "Your Sins are forgiven." The word forgive occurs 41 times in the Gospels. The word forgiven occurs 23 times.

Whose 'paer'?

It's a good one. It was published in 2003. I got it in Jan. of 2006.