What sword do you choose?

[Xeno.of.athens]

There are many study bibles available for many English translations but which of them do you use and why?

I avoid NKJV, NIV, NASB bibles because none of them is available in a Catholic edition.

I use RSC-CE, NABRE, JB, NJB, RNJB, GNB-CE, LB-CE, and especially DRB, Knox, and CTS-New Catholic Bible.

 

[Dosblade]

Not bothered by what some Catholic or any other says. Now some have added books to His word that should not be there yet God knows His word. I have allot

 

[Diamond72]

which of them do you use and why?

I believe the KJV is authorized. For me that means that God watches over His word to perform what He says He is going to do. The KJV leaves a lot that is not translated so we need to go to the original language and Esp the Hebrew if we want a better understanding. I like the NIV because that is easy to understand. At least when I quote the Bible for others.

 

[Xeno.of.athens]

Not bothered by what some Catholic or any other says.

Oh, okay. I am not bothered by what your post says. Next

 

[Xeno.of.athens]

I believe the KJV is authorized. For me that means that God watches over His word to perform what He says He is going to do. The KJV leaves a lot that is not translated so we need to go to the original language and Esp the Hebrew if we want a better understanding. I like the NIV because that is easy to understand. At least when I quote the Bible for others.

I have a Cambridge New Paragraph Bible (KJV) which includes the deuterocanonical books, I use it sometimes, but its language is rather archaic and sometimes convoluted.

 

[bling]

There are many study bibles available for many English translations but which of them do you use and why?

I avoid NKJV, NIV, NASB bibles because none of them is available in a Catholic edition.

I use RSC-CE, NABRE, JB, NJB, RNJB, GNB-CE, LB-CE, and especially DRB, Knox, and CTS-New Catholic Bible.

I will use any English Bible the person I am studying with uses but go to BibleGateway for alternative interpretations. I have six one-on-one studies going with international students, most did not even have a Bible and do not speak much English, so I use the NIV with them, since it was written for people with poor English. We do sometime look at other translations, but I do not like to have to go back to the Greek. I have and use the NJB with some people who feel they are nonpracticing Catholics.
I do not find any one translation best in translating all verses, so I look at several.

 

[FireDragon76]

I believe the KJV is authorized. For me that means that God watches over His word to perform what He says He is going to do. The KJV leaves a lot that is not translated so we need to go to the original language and Esp the Hebrew if we want a better understanding. I like the NIV because that is easy to understand. At least when I quote the Bible for others.

The KJV was authorized by James I of England. Do you think somehow the king of England was anointed by God? Why aren't you Episcopalian or Anglican, then?

 

[Diamond72]

The KJV was authorized by James I of England. Do you think somehow the king of England was anointed by God? Why aren't you Episcopalian or Anglican, then?

Most people do get confused and do not understand what I am saying. I actually am a descendant of the Bible translator that was the first Myrter of Bloody Mary.

Jeremiah 1:12 "The LORD said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled.”

I believe this passage in Jeremiah applies to the KJV. Not every wild translation that everyone everywhere has come up with. Let us look at this verse. Some translations use the word "perform", some translations use the word "fulfill".

In summary, "perform" is about carrying out an action or activity, while "fulfill" is about meeting requirements, expectations, goals, or purposes. Both words are used in various contexts and can overlap in certain situations, but they generally emphasize different aspects of actions and outcomes.

The KJV uses the word: "perform". So I would give that word preference over "fulfill" as to what God is saying He is going to do. I say the KJV is "authorized" BY GOD. But that confuses people because they think the KJV was authored by King James. Actually they continued to update the KJV for 300 years. It was not until the NASB cme out that people really began to protest so they gave the new translations a New Name and no longer called them the KJV.

 

[Diamond72]

Why aren't you Episcopalian or Anglican, then?

I was an Episcopalian, but the church I attended separated from the Episcopal church because they did not want to be a part of a church that ordained homosexual Bishops. My wife is a Methodist and I am a inactive member of that church. Which is still an Anglican church with the book of common prayer. Although I do not know what that has to do with anything. I am comfortable to attend most any church.

 

[bbbbbbb]

I was an Episcopalian, but the church I attended separated from the Episcopal church because they did not want to be a part of a church that ordained homosexual Bishops. My wife is a Methodist and I am a inactive member of that church. Which is still an Anglican church with the book of common prayer. Although I do not know what that has to do with anything. I am comfortable to attend most any church.

But, which church is the Established Church? There is no doubt whatsoever that the Established Church is the Anglican Church. Thus, it is more than reasonable that if someone favors a Bible translation because it is the Authorized Translation, then one ought to belong to the Church which authorized it, which is the Established Church, the Church of England. Also, one ought to be a citizen of the United Kingdom of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, whose monarch (James 1) authorized that translation of the Bible.

 

[PsaltiChrysostom]

I'd like to find something with larger print anymore. I'm tempted to get the Orthodox Study Bible, but I have way too many already. JB, NIV, KJV, NT NIV Greek Interlinear (but the print is tiny!), RSV with Apocrypha, which is my main go to as it has the Orthodox books that even Catholic Bibles don't have.

Does anyone have Bibles on Kindle? I've got the free ESV one, and I do like that I can adjust the type size. However, I like being able to flip around when looking up passages which Kindle just doesn't do well.

 

[Xeno.of.athens]

I'd like to find something with larger print anymore. I'm tempted to get the Orthodox Study Bible, but I have way too many already. JB, NIV, KJV, NT NIV Greek Interlinear (but the print is tiny!), RSV with Apocrypha, which is my main go to as it has the Orthodox books that even Catholic Bibles don't have.

Does anyone have Bibles on Kindle? I've got the free ESV one, and I do like that I can adjust the type size. However, I like being able to flip around when looking up passages which Kindle just doesn't do well.

I have a large print NEW CATHOLIC BIBLE - Saint Joseph Edition. It's good for Catholic books, but some Orthodox books will be missing.

 

[PsaltiChrysostom]

I have a large print NEW CATHOLIC BIBLE - Saint Joseph Edition. It's good for Catholic books, but some Orthodox books will be missing.

Ill have to look into that. But I'll need to let some of my others go. I really don't need all the versions I've got anymore as I'm not really doing comparisons and matching them up to the Greek or anything like that.

The other big thing for me is finding an atlas and a book on customs and culture to help explain things that the Bible doesn't go into. We moved a lot over the years and I think I ended up giving away some of those books at some point.

 

[Diamond72]

But, which church is the Established Church?

There are seven churches in Revelation and I believe there are still seven churches today. They were all to take the gospel to the ends of the world in the beginning and that is what they have done. There are also seven spirits according to Revelation 1:4 "To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before his throne"

Some churches seem to be a combination of two different churches. But every church is one of those seven. If they have the Spirit of God and are not a dead church. I have never actually seen a dead church but I see building that no one is using so the church is not there anymore. The church are the people, we are the temple of God, not a building.

 

[Xeno.of.athens]

There are seven churches in Revelation and I believe there are still seven churches today.

That's incorrect; there were seven churches in the province of Asia to which saint John was instructed to write. There were many more churches outside of that province and probably many others inside the province of Asia. Nevertheless there was one church that the Lord, Jesus Christ, established and built upon Peter (the rock). And that one church still remains today.

 

[bbbbbbb]

There are seven churches in Revelation and I believe there are still seven churches today. They were all to take the gospel to the ends of the world in the beginning and that is what they have done. There are also seven spirits according to Revelation 1:4 "To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before his throne"

Some churches seem to be a combination of two different churches. But every church is one of those seven. If they have the Spirit of God and are not a dead church. I have never actually seen a dead church but I see building that no one is using so the church is not there anymore. The church are the people, we are the temple of God, not a building.

All seven of the churches address in the Revelation ceased to exist centuries ago. None of them authorized the King James translation of the Bible into English, nor any Bible into any other language. We have a problem.

 

[bbbbbbb]

That's incorrect; there were seven churches in the province of Asia to which saint John was instructed to write. There were many more churches outside of that province and probably many others inside the province of Asia. Nevertheless there was one church that the Lord, Jesus Christ, established and built upon Peter (the rock). And that one church still remains today.

And that Church, of course, is the Orthodox Church which flourishes despite the intense persecution it has endured throughout its existence.

 

[Xeno.of.athens]

All seven of the churches address in the Revelation ceased to exist centuries ago. None of them authorized the King James translation of the Bible into English, nor any Bible into any other language. We have a problem.

Some of them still exist, and none of them would be sponsors of a bible written in English when they do not read English or speak English as their first language. The KJV is one of many English translations that arose in the centuries following the invention of moveable metal type and the printing press. It is not the first, nor the best, I prefer the Douay Rheims Bible over the KJV. I use translations in current English on sites like CF. The KJV does not command my allegiance, but I give it respect.

 

[lanceleo]

KJV as my main and NLT for anything I don't understand in the KJV.

 

[bbbbbbb]

Some of them still exist, and none of them would be sponsors of a bible written in English when they do not read English or speak English as their first language. The KJV is one of many English translations that arose in the centuries following the invention of moveable metal type and the printing press. It is not the first, nor the best, I prefer the Douay Rheims Bible over the KJV. I use translations in current English on sites like CF. The KJV does not command my allegiance, but I give it respect.

I agree with you concerning the role of the KJV in my personal life. As I am sure you know both the KJV and the Douay Rheims have been tweaked over time to improve accuracy and readability. When I ask KJV-centered Christians if they possess, let alone read, the facsimile copy of the 1611 original KJV, they are perplexed and when they actually see it, they struggle with the typeface, especially the use of f for s in many words.