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Translations
of the Bible
How to Choose a Translation
God Was Careful to
Deliver and
Preserve His Word
Exactly
Matthew 24
35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but
my words shall not pass away.
Plural “Words” in
This Passage
Indicates Specific
Words
Matthew 24
35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but
my words shall not pass away.
As Late as 35 AD,
The OT Scripture
Was Still Preserved
In Minute Detail
Matthew 5
18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven
and earth pass, one jot or one tittle
shall in no wise pass from the law, till
all be fulfilled.
“Jot” Is Literally
“Iota”: the Greek
Transliteration of
“Yodh,” ( ), the
Smallest Hebrew
Letter
A “Tittle” Is One of
The Smallest Parts
Of a Hebrew Letter
Prophecy Never
Came Except by
The Holy Spirit
Moving Men to
Speak
2 Peter 1
20 Knowing this first, that NO prophecy
of the scripture is of any private
interpretation. 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.
“In Old Time”
(pote)
Is Literally
“At Any Time”
Or “Ever”
2 Peter 1
20 Knowing this first, that NO prophecy
of the scripture is of any private
interpretation. 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.
Or an accurate translation would be
“…prophecy came not ever…”
All Scripture,
Not Just Some or
Most of It
2 Timothy 3
16 ALL scripture is given by inspiration
of God, and is profitable for doctrine,
for reproof, for correction, for
instruction in righteousness.
Or an accurate translation would be “All
scripture is God-breathed…”
Ezekiel Was
Commanded to
Speak God’s Own
Words
Ezekiel 2
7 And thou shalt speak MY words unto
them, whether they will hear, or whether
they will forbear: for they are most
rebellious.
God’s Words Were
To Be Repeated
Exactly, No More
And No Less
Jeremiah 26
2 Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court
of the LORD’S house, and speak unto
all the cities of Judah, which come to
worship in the LORD’S house, ALL the
words that I command thee to speak
unto them; diminish not A word.
God Had Specific
Reasons for Doing
It That Way
REASON #1
The Power
Is in the Word
Romans 1
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of
Christ: for IT is the power of God unto
salvation to EVERY one that believeth;
to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Real Faith
Comes How?
Romans 10
17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and
hearing by the word of God.
God’s Words Give
Understanding:
True or False?
Psalm 119
130 The entrance of THY words giveth
light; it giveth understanding unto the
simple.
God’s Exact Words
Were Important
Jeremiah 23
16 Thus saith the LORD of hosts,
Hearken not unto the words of the
prophets that prophesy unto you: they
make you vain: they speak a vision of
their own heart, and not out of the
MOUTH of the LORD.
Jeremiah 22
21 I have not sent these prophets, yet
they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet
they prophesied. 22 But if they had
stood in my counsel, and had caused
my people to hear MY words, THEN
they should have turned them from
their evil way, and from the evil of their
doings.
Teaching the Right
Thing the Wrong
Way!
Isaiah 29
11 And the vision of all is become unto you
as the words of a book that is sealed,
which men deliver to one that is learned,
saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he
saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: 12 And
the book is delivered to him that is not
learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee:
and he saith, I am not learned.
Isaiah 29
13 WHEREFORE the Lord said, FORASMUCH as
this people draw near me with their mouth, and
with their lips do honor me, but have removed
their heart far from me, AND their fear toward
me is TAUGHT BY the precept of men: 14
THEREFORE, behold, I will proceed to do a
marvelous work among this people, even a
marvelous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of
their wise men shall perish, and the
understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
REASON #2
Approved
Biblical Example
Did Jesus Speak
His Own Words
Or the Father’s?
John 14
10 Believest thou not that I am in the
Father, and the Father in me? the
words that I speak unto you I speak not
of myself: but the Father that dwelleth
in me, he doeth the works.
John 12
49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the
Father which sent me, he gave me a
commandment, what I should say, and
what I should speak. 50 And I know that
his commandment is life everlasting:
whatsoever I speak therefore, even as
the Father SAID unto me, so I speak.
Did the Holy Spirit
Speak His Own
Words, or the
Father’s?
John 16
13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is
come, he will guide you into all truth:
for he shall NOT speak of himself; but
whatsoever he shall HEAR, that shall
he speak: and he will show you things
to come.
Did the Apostles
Speak Man’s
Words or the
Holy Spirit’s
Words?
1 Corinthians 2
12 Now we have received, not the spirit of
the world, but the spirit which is of
God; that we might know the things
that are freely given to us of God. 13
Which things also we speak, NOT in the
WORDS which man’s wisdom teacheth,
but which the Holy Ghost teacheth;
comparing spiritual things with
spiritual.
REASON #3
This Is How We
Glorify God
We Are Supposed
To Glorify God in
Everything We Do;
This Is No
Exception
1 Corinthians 10
31Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or
whatsoever ye do, do ALL to the glory
of God.
It Matters Whether
We Glorify God by
The Words We Use
to Teach the Truth
1 Peter 4
11 If any man speak, let him speak as the
oracles of God; if any man minister, let
him do it as of the ability which God
giveth: THAT God in ALL things may be
glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom
be praise and dominion for ever and
ever. Amen.
What Do We Do If
We Speak of
Ourselves?
John 7
18He that speaketh of himself seeketh his
own glory: but he that seeketh his glory
that sent him, the same is true, and no
unrighteousness is in him.
Speech of the
World Might Be
Indicative of a
Spirit of Error
1 John 4
4 Ye are of God, little children, and have
overcome them: because greater is he
that is in you, than he that is in the
world. 5 They are of the world:
THEREFORE speak they of the world,
and the world heareth them. 6 We are of
God: he that knoweth God heareth us;
he that is not of God heareth not us.
Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and
the spirit of error.
God’s Way in Both
The OT and the NT
All Things
According to the
Pattern, Under the
Old Testament
Hebrews 8
5 Who serve unto the example and
shadow of heavenly things, as Moses
was admonished of God when he was
about to make the tabernacle: for, See,
saith he, that thou make all things
according to the pattern shewed to thee
in the mount.
1 Chronicles 28
19 All this, said David, the LORD made
me understand in writing by his hand
upon me, even all the works of this
pattern.
All Things
According to the
Pattern, Under the
New Testament
God Has Given Us a
Living Pattern
1 Timothy 1
16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained
mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ
might shew forth all longsuffering, for a
pattern to them which should hereafter
believe on him to life everlasting.
The same word “upotuposiV,” translated
“pattern” here, is also translated
“form” in other passages.
God Has Given Us a
Verbal Pattern
2 Timothy 1
13 Hold fast the form of sound words,
which thou hast heard of me, in faith
and love which is in Christ Jesus.
The word “form” in this passage is
“upotuposiV,” which is also translated
“pattern” in other passages
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