Issue Stated:
The
Joseph Smith Translation is a blasphemous willy-nilly re-writing God's Word to fit Mormonism. The changes often have absolutely NO manuscript support.
Any person claiming to be a "Prophet" who does this is a False Prophet.
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Example:
Romans 8:30
Greek Text: οὓς δὲ προώρισεν τούτους καὶ ἐκάλεσεν καὶ οὓς ἐκάλεσεν τούτους καὶ ἐδικαίωσεν οὓς δὲ ἐδικαίωσεν τούτους καὶ ἐδόξασεν
KJV: Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
JST: Moreover, him whom he did predestinate, him he also called; and him whom he called, him he also sanctified; and him whom he sanctified, him he also glorified.
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SMITH change Justified to Sanctified to support his works based salvation. There are NO greek manuscripts that support this rendering. This is not translation it is chicanery.
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I ask for an LDS member to do the following:
[1] cite one greek manuscript that uses the term for sanctification in
Romans 8:30.
[2] explain why translation is not deceptive given Smith's rendering.
[3] Explain how this is not a violation of the
8th article of faith: "We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly."
