You are reading it in English and trying to translate it back to Greek. Repent means repent. Repent means to be sorry for your sins and desire to stop doing them.
No I am not. Stop telling me what I am, and am not doing. You are speaking out of ignorance. Let me give you an example.
When a J.W. comes to my door, I know they deny the deity of Christ. I often take them to John 1:1. Their NWT Bible says: "In the beginning was God, and the Word was with God and the Word was
a god.
I tell them it doesn't say that; it is a mistranslation, deliberately translated to mislead them and others. They tell me I have an inferior translation. I tell them that there is no indefinite article in the Greek. What stops the argument is when I get my Greek NT nearby and ask them to read the verse for me. I can read it; they can't.
You are like those J.W.'s. I can read the Greek; you can't. Don't tell me I am translating from English back to Greek--whatever that means??
You attacking me rudely over my saying one man translated the KJV. Calm down.
I am not the one making false allegations. Get a book and read something about Bible translations. Read particularly how the KJV came into existence. Learn something!
It is as if you are trying to strain out a gnat while you swallow a camel. It is not such a big deal.
The issue of Bible translations is a big deal. We have an entire forum devoted to just that topic. It is that important.
You are teaching others that repent does not mean to be sorry for sins, now that is a big deal.
You are right. It is a big deal to teach the falsehood that repent means to be sorry for your sins. That is error and will simply lead people to hell instead of leading them to Christ. Remember, Judas was sorry for his sins too.
You not only question my understanding, but all the translators of all the English Bibles along with the English speaking dictionaries.
Those who
translated the Bible did just what that word said they did. They translated. That means they went from the Greek to the English. They didn't use dictionaries. They used Greek Lexicons. That is a book which translates Greek to English. They didn't need English dictionaries. Whatever for? They weren't going from English to English, but from Greek and Hebrew to English.
All that and you still do not understand what God means when He says repent. Just as God says, it is not about how educated a person is when it comes to understanding and knowing Him.
No, you reject knowledge. There is a certain kind of person that does that. You can find his name in Proverbs. It is not wise to reject knowledge. Repentance is not sorrow for sins.
I did give you a website. I do not always give the scripture when I speak about what God says. Is John Calvin's teachings numbered and referenced as the Bible?
Yes. I can go to any verse in the Bible and look at what John Calvin has to say.
I certainly do not have to do that for John Calvin. Now since you want to say John Calvin does not teach something that I said he teaches, then you can get the information to show me I am wrong, and just do not call someone a slanderer.
Don't you think you have committed enough slander for the day, just on the KJV alone?
