Originally posted by Askjo:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr /> Originally posted by Askjo:
Matthew 18:11
Matthew 17:21
Acts 8:37
James 5:16
Originally posted by Archangel7
Luke 19:10
Luke 2:37
Acts 14:23
Acts 16:30-31
Why not these passages that I Listed and posted? Why are these passages in modern versions omitted? The fact is that massive manuscripts contained them! Those evidences contradict you on the omissions of these passages in modern versions. </font>[/QUOTE]Firstly, your point implied that that the so-called "Catholic Bibles" didn't have the teachings contained in the verses you listed. The truth is they *do* have those teachings elsewhere.
Secondly, you ask "why are these passages in the modern versions omitted?" The truth is they are not "omitted;" they were *added* to the original text, as the manuscript evidence strongly suggests.
Mt. 18:11 is absent from the earliest Greek (Aleph, B), Latin (Old Latin e), Syriac (Sinaitic), and Coptic (Sahidic) witnesses. It was imported into the Byzantine text from the Lk. 19:10 parallel at a later date.
Mt. 17:21 is also absent from the earliest Greek (Aleph, B), Latin (Old Latin e), Syriac (Siniaitic and Curetionian), and Coptic (Sahidic) witnesses. It was also imported into the Byzantine text from the Mk. 9:29 parallel at a later date and expanded under the influence of ascetic practices in the later church like fasting.
Ac. 8:37 again is absent not only from the earliest Greek witnesses (P45, P74, Aleph, A, B), it is absent from the *majority* of Greek witnesses including the majority of Byzantine copies. In other words, "massive" manuscripts do *not* contain this verse! It is also not found in the Syriac Peshitta or the Coptic versions. It appears only in the Latin versions (which are notorious for their additions to the text), probably under the influence of the Western Latin-speaking church's baptismal liturgy.
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Archangel7
Where does it say "confess your sins to Catholic Father?" It says "confess your sins to *one another* -- the priesthood of *all* believers.
If you favor the phrase, "confess your sins to *one another,*" you contradict 1 John 1:9 because of 2 masters whom you serve (Matthew 6:24). Therefore modern versions on James 5:16 contradict 1 John 1:9.
1. confess your sins to one another (James 5:16)
2. confess your sins to God (1 John 1:9).
Number one is the "Confessional' that many people said to their Catholic priest, "Father, I confess my sins!" This Catholic priest is a human man.
Then you serve 2 masters.
The KJV on James 5:16 is appropiate to say, "confess your faults to one another." The KJV is clear to 1 John 1:9.
I will confess my faults to one another and will confess my sins to God. That is CLEAR to the Scriptures. </font>[/QUOTE]Please note that 1 Jn. 1:9 does not say to *whom* it is we are to confess our sins. It could be to God alone; it could also be to God and to another person whom we have wronged (cf. Mt. 5:23-24; Mt. 6:12-15; Mt. 11:25-26; Lk. 11:4). That is what Jas. 5:16 is talking about, and it has absolutely nothing to do with "confessing to a Catholic Father."
BTW, I notice you didn't comment on the KJV's teaching that it's all right to worship mere human beings.