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Question: Which English translation do you most commonly use?
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Gabu
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« on: August 07, 2007, 03:41:13 PM »
Quote from: Pierre Cardinal LaCroix on August 07, 2007, 03:37:27 PM
A lot of people hold onto the KJV because with all its "formal" language, it just sounds holier than other version

Don't get me started on the notion of "Biblical English"... Tongue
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Gabu
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« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2007, 03:47:00 PM »
Quote from: Pierre Cardinal LaCroix on August 07, 2007, 03:45:36 PM
Quote from: SoFA Gabu on August 07, 2007, 03:41:13 PM
Quote from: Pierre Cardinal LaCroix on August 07, 2007, 03:37:27 PM
A lot of people hold onto the KJV because with all its "formal" language, it just sounds holier than other version

Don't get me started on the notion of "Biblical English"... Tongue

Thing is, there is nothing formal about it.  That was vernacular back then.  Just as Latin was the vernacular when the RCC started using it.

I know.  I'm just saying, I've heard people honest to God refer to the stuff in the KJV as "Biblical English", and I just shake my head at the ignorance.
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Gabu
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« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2007, 02:33:40 PM »
If I may ask, what is your opinion of Matthew 25:31-46?  I've always found it interesting, as it seems to me like the most direct statement I can think of where Jesus says that faith is not enough, but perhaps, as usual, there's something I don't "get". Tongue
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Gabu
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« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2007, 02:40:13 PM »
Quote from: Pierre Cardinal LaCroix on August 09, 2007, 02:36:28 PM
Quote from: SoFA Gabu on August 09, 2007, 02:33:40 PM
If I may ask, what is your opinion of Matthew 25:31-46?  I've always found it interesting, as it seems to me like the most direct statement I can think of where Jesus says that faith is not enough, but perhaps, as usual, there's something I don't "get". Tongue

That answers it, more or less.  I was getting to that part though.

Oh, okay... I'll wait and see then. Smiley
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Gabu
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« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2007, 03:38:52 PM »
Quote from: Pierre Cardinal LaCroix on August 09, 2007, 03:27:00 PM
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. (Matthew 5:16)

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Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. (Matthew 6:1)

Just a random question... this probably has to do with the English in the KJV, but how are these two not mutually contradictory?
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Gabu
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« Reply #5 on: August 09, 2007, 03:54:55 PM »
Quote from: Pierre Cardinal LaCroix on August 09, 2007, 03:49:35 PM
Context... the first one is talking about setting a good example.  The Second is talking about giving yourself a big public pat on the back.

Ah, okay, makes sense.
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Gabu
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« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2007, 11:19:10 PM »
This debate has pretty much convinced me of one thing: no matter what your opinion is, you can find a justification for it in the Bible. Tongue
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