franklinmonroe
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I concur. I do own a couple of red-letter editions. Speaking of color-coded Bibles, I also have a NIV chronological study edition that has the book introduction in red-ish ink.I'm not a fan of red letter Bibles. ...
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I concur. I do own a couple of red-letter editions. Speaking of color-coded Bibles, I also have a NIV chronological study edition that has the book introduction in red-ish ink.I'm not a fan of red letter Bibles. ...
I think it more accurate to say that the Bible is the words of the Holy Spirit (or simply God).The whole bible is the literally words of Jesus, Jesus is the word.
Placing the words of Christ in red is dishonest in my opinion.
2Ti 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
2Pe_1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
This clearly tells us that all of the bible is the words of God, So what then is the point of placing the words of Christ in red letters in bibles?
Are the words of Christ more inspired than the other words?
the subtle implication of putting Christ's word in red letters takes away from the rest of scripture.
The whole bible is the words of Christ are they not?
You're thoughts?
The whole bible is the literally words of Jesus, Jesus is the word.
Placing the words of Christ in red is dishonest in my opinion.
Lots of times, color coding makes for easier reading for just the reasons listed above.
If a person looks at the different colors and makes the decision that only words of "certain" colors are worthy and other words of other colors aren't, then that's not the fault of the Bible having color coded words.
That's the fault of the reader being ignorant of what makes God's Word, His Word. Let's don't throw the baby out with the bath water.
You can't blame someone's faulty logic on the ink color of a group of words. Their thinking about the Bible was skewed before they ever opened the red-letter edition.
Frankly, those same people would cherry-pick certain Bible passages as carrying more weight than others even if reading an all black inked Bible.
Matvei Ioannovich was a scribe from the Russian Chancellery of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
ink of different colours: he applied gold for Christ's words and teachings and for quotations from the Old Testament
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Rob