2nd Corinthians 2:17, “For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.”
I read a great quote today from Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) that inspired me to write this article about the Holy Bible...
“People do not deserve to have good writing, they are so pleased with bad.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
What a great statement! I'm telling you, 99% of churches today DON'T deserve to have an infallible, inerrant, perfect or inspired Bible, because they are so pleased with all the bad ones! Take the New Living Translation (NLT) for example. Look at what they do to corrupt this passage of Scripture:
NEW LIVING TRANSLATION (NLT) - 2nd Corinthians 2:17, “You see, we are not like the many hucksters who preach for personal profit. We preach the word of God with sincerity and with Christ’s authority, knowing that God is watching us.”
Hucksters? What in the world does that mean? The dictionary defines a huckster as: “a seller of shoddy goods; to sell or offer for sale from place to place.” Here is what the accurate King James Bible says:
KING JAMES BIBLE (KJB) - 2nd Corinthians 2:17, “For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.”
There is a big difference between preaching merely for profit versus corrupting the Word of God! Things that are different are not the same! The ERV is just plain retarded:
EASY-TO-READ VERSION (ERV) - “Certainly not those who are out there selling God’s message for a profit! But we don’t do that. With Christ’s help we speak God’s truth honestly, knowing that we must answer to him.”
Every Bible publisher under the sun sells Bible to make a profit! Who are they kidding? Only the King James Bible gets it right! Look what the NIV says:
NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (NIV) - “Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as those sent from God.”
Here is the reading of the CEB and the ESV:
COMMON ENGLISH BIBLE (CEB) - “We aren’t like so many people who hustle the word of God to make a profit. We are speaking through Christ in the presence of God, as those who are sincere and as those who are sent from God.”
ENGLISH STANDARD VERSION (ESV) - “For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God's word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.”
Do you see the drastic difference in meaning? Each revision subtly changes the wording a little bit for copyright reasons, not to be honest or scholarly. That is very shady! Today's ungodly publishers have corrupting the Word of God...
Woe unto the preacher who bids Godspeed to this garbage! It is tragic that the average Baptist preacher today hasn't a clue what I am talking about. I have met umpteen Baptist pastors who weren't interested in contending for the faith. They are cowards, to be truthful. These shallow preachers are idle sitting on the premises instead of faithfully standing on the promises. God almighty only authored ONE BOOK, not two, not 339, not 900. If there is more than one Bible version, then we have more than one authority, which is a big problem!
All across the world dear reader, lame Hebrew and Greek Bible professors sit in judgment upon the inspired Word of God, placing the Holy Book on the court stand. Instead of “THUS SAITH THE LORD” (Exodus 4:22b), all of today's counterfeit Bibles say “HATH GOD SAID?” (Genesis 3:1b). Where the King James Bible places an exclamation mark, all of the Devil's corrupt modern Bible revisions place a question mark. “THE BOOK THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE” (MP3 by Brother Lester Roloff). We need to get back to being a redeemed people of THE BOOK! If you don't have a King James Bible, you don't have God's Word!!!
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