Readers get me into new areas or authors. No one has done more about great books than Alec Satin.
One person got me involved in the great pipe organs of America, and I have a beautiful photo book of the largest one.
Another got me involved in Wilbur N. Pickering on the Greek New Testament text, and I thought I had a good library of books on that topic.
I wrote about this before, but I think the following example from Pickering, with help from Gateway (the NIV in disguise) fixes in concrete the collapse of Biblical knowledge among the modernists. I do mean LCMS and WELS, not much different from ELCA.
It is impossible to unload all the ammunition against the modernists and their hatred of the KJV, so I am offering one example that squashes the pretensions. Remember this haughty statement, "I don't use the NIV," (nose in the air) "I use the ESV." The ELDONUTs use that bait and switch routine. They don't use the worst of the bad translation but the rest of the translations are up for grabs, another adiaphoron in an archdiocese where the most important norms are the bishop's regalia, fish hat, stick, cope. chasuble, and patent leather sandals. I admired Pope John Paul II, who wore white tennis shoes with golden shoelaces. Nothing says "gone on himself" better than that.
Back to the topic. I Timothy 3:16 is extremely important, because it is either a creed or hymn or confession - or all three. And, the Objective Justification fanatics use it to say the entire world was resolved the moment Jesus rose from the dead. They combine 1 Timothy 3:16 with Romans 4:25 (but never quote Romans 4:24).
KJV 1 Timothy 3:16 And without controversy great is the [i]mystery of godliness:
God was manifested in the flesh,
Justified in the Spirit,
Seen by angels,
Preached among the Gentiles,
Believed on in the world,
Received up in glory.
The is the Apostle Paul writing and it is a concise, poetic, confession of faith in Jesus as God.
I am getting closer to the thesis now. The overwhelming majority of all manuscripts have God instead of a word that seems to be the relative pronoun "who" if the inner "h" fades away or is rubbed away by use.
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| Theos is the Greek word for God, but if the inner H is left out or fades or is rubbed away from the first letter by use, the word becomes "who" - which then is translated as He. |
NIV - Beyond all question, the mystery from which true godliness springs is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was preached among the nations, was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory. [Which yahoos picked "vindicated" for justified? The same morons making money and getting free trips for their treachery.]
ESV - Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.
KJV - And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
New KJV - And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the Gentiles, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory. Footnote for God - from Nestle Aland -
- 1 Timothy 3:16 NU Who, not God - NU meaning Nestle Aland United with Catholics Bible Society
