AC V has left a new comment on your post "NNIV in WELS: Pro and Con. The Convicts Love the ...":
Re NNIV "improvements":
In some passages of great theological significance, a significant improvement can genuinely assist the reader in grasping the truth of God’s Word. Similarly, a significant weakening can obscure what our God would have us know (see criterion # 4 above). Among the former, we might point to Romans 3:23-24, so crucial to our understanding of justification:
NIV84 Ro 3:23-24 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
New NIV Ro 3:23-24 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
The addition of the little word “all” is significant, since it clarifies Paul’s intended meaning: God has declared all guilty sinners not guilty by his gracious, saving work in Christ Jesus.
- p. 5, lines 167-173, "Translation Evaluation committee - Supplemental Report for the 2011 WELS Convention." Pastor John A. Braun, Professor Kenneth A. Cherney Jr., Professor Thomas P. Nass, Pastor Joel V. Petermann, Prof. Paul O. Wendland.
Did you catch that: "since it clarifies Paul’s intended meaning"? Wow, to know the mind of St. Paul! "Paul, you're not teaching UOJ. We'll help you out there."
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GJ - I took the headline from Luther's description of false teachers. Here we have an excellent example of papalism in the Wisconsin Sect, seeking out support for their false doctrine.
Watch the Little Sect on the Prairie cringe and fawn.
