DJ N'LyTe said:
If you have a NIV look these up Matthew 17:21,18:11,23:14,4:18, Mark 7:16,11:16,9:44,9:46,15:25,3:15, Luke 8:48, 1 John 5:7, 2 Corinthians 6:5,11:27, Titus 1:4, Acts 3:11 they were all missing from my version of NIV some may appear in yours but not all
Well, I (actually my bride) do have an NIV,
© 1978, New York (now International) Bible Society.
Each and every verse you cited (which, according to you, is not found in your version of the NIV)
is in my copy, with some in the footnotes, and some in the main body of the text. The ones not found in the main body of the text, but rather found in the footnotes, were placed there, based on the evidence for the Greek texts, and as the NT in the NIV is (predominately) based on the UBS
2 Greek NT, the NIV usually tends to follow this reading in the main text, with the 'questionable variants' in the footnotes, but not always.
I will comment in I John 5:7, which is 'supposedly' omitted from the NIV. Part of the verse, the so-called Johanine comma, is indeed not found in the main body of the text. Indeed it is not found in the 'main body' of any Greek manuscript, save #61, a manuscript of the 16
th Century, now known to be a forgery, that was 'manufactured' in order to support a 'late' Vulgate reading of that verse, before about 1530. (It does appear in some later Gk. manuscripts, where it appears to be copied into the Greek from the Latin.) The 'comma' is not found in any manuscript or version before the 5
th century, nor is it ever mentioned by any 'church father' before 1000 A.D. It appears first in some 'later' Latin MSs, in the fifth Century. The overwhelming evidence is that it was "added to" the Word of God, and not "taken away". I have spoken to that before, as has
franklinmonroe. I suggest you research this, without prejudice, as I have at least tried to do.
Be that as it may, however, once again, you have made a false statement, even if unknowingly, as to the verses not being found. I suspect the verses are also found in the footnotes of your NIV, as this is a copyrighted work, and it is not allowed to be printed or changed, in publication. I seriously doubt that one can find a non-copyrighted NIV, as the Copyright is still in force, and will likely be such for both your and my lifetime, no matter how long that is, as I am 59 already, and I note you are 27. The NIV copyright will remain in force until at least 2074, and maybe longer, as the Chief Editor, Dr. Kenneth Barker is living, and the rights should endure for at least 70 years after his death, at a minimum. I certainly do not forsee living until I reach the age of 126. Perhaps you will make it to 94. In which case, you may actually see the NIV in the public domain. But enough of that rabbit trail.
There is a difference between the versions of the NIV, NIVI, NIrV, NIV-UK, and TNIV. Perhaps you have one of those versions, to which I cannot speak.
I am not now (nor have I ever been) attempting to persecute anyone on this Board. I have refuted factual errors, debated Scriptural interpretations, and given my opinion, usually identified as such, on a few things.
EdSutton has made over 5000 posts on the BB, the current count notwithstanding, as I have had well over some 300 'magically' disappear in updated formats of the Baptist Board.
Ed Edwards has over
13,000 posts currently;
C4K has over
18,000 posts currently; (Neither would recognize me, nor I them, should we even meet.) Several other posters on this thread have several thousand posts, as well;
DJ N'LyTe currently has
41 posts. Do you notice a slight disparity in numbers, here? I suggest that several of us can well stand on our records.
My original posts on this subject never said one word about anyone, other than to point out some factual errors made on the video. Other posts included attempts to correct other factual errors and refute false statements, as well. I have twice suggested you check out what you are posting, rather than take the word of another and merely repeat it. I'll repeat this admonition once more.
I do not dislike anyone here, but I do strongly dislike false statements from anyone, and will reserve the right to call someone's hand on an open debate forum. If I can no longer do that, then I will no longer post in the forums. And I am critical of positions, not people, FTR.
It's way past my bedtime, so "Good night, all!".
Ed