I wasnt a sailor - as I was in the army - no ideal "fetching a compass"
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Is it okay to use the NKJV?
- Thread starter Guido
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Another reason I feel sorry for you. BTW I learned to fetch a compass when forgot mine in the tent out deer hunting. Some northern Minnesota woods were death-traps for a fellow like me that went around in circles most of the time.
I thought probably something good about you. Army, mos 95,B 40 Vietnam 1968 Danang with 1st Marine Div.
Please, don't encourage him.
When I was endorsed for chaplaincy during 'Nam, I was given a choice. After consideration of all matters, I seemed more suited for a nice bunk on a ship than a rice paddy. Never ended up serving (thank you, Tricky Dicky, but if I died, figured I would go down clean)
Seems like a wise choice to me.
NOPE!!! I like to sleep with the windows open!
David Lamb
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I agree. There are many words and phrases that mean something completely different now to what they mean in the KJV. Some examples are: prevent, carriages, suffer, conversation, replenish and closet.
Do you have any concerns that no cross references exist with the NKJV's "circled round" in Acts 28:13?
David Lamb
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It depends on the edition. Many NKJV bibles are printed with copious cross-references. Whichever translation one uses, it is a good idea to check, using a concordance, what the original Hebrew or Greek word meant. The concordance will show every place where the same original word is used. With thinks like the KJV's "fetched a compass," a modern reader would not see the need for looking anything up, because they recognise a "compass" as a direction-finding device, and fetching means going and getting. However, that is not what the KJV means by "fetched a compass."
So no, I am not concerned by the lack of cross-references in some editions of the NKJV. The bible as originally given in Hebrew and Greek didn't even have chapters and verses, let alone cross-references.
I don't know why, when I asked what the gospel is, no one answered, stating what it is. I likely already believed that Jesus died for our sins, was buried, and rose again, and trusted in Him alone, and not in my works, to save me. (Although I am not sure if I had already believed the second part.) I know that I have believed this gospel, although I don't know if I had complete assurance. I was looking for an interpretation of Bible verses, and stumbled upon faithalone.org. That is why I was confused, and believed what they taught for a while. I also saw the last two verses of Romans 4, and was confused by that.