I find that the KJV is the most reliable. If I have any questions or want a clear transliteration from the Greek or Hebrew there are sites online that can be checked. I use this one. You can see the direct transliteration of any verse or use the parallel function to see many different versions of scripture.
>>For that matter, who is the best teacher to learn from?<<
As far as human teachers that’s a tuff one. I have never found any one teacher to be all sufficient. I have listened to many over my 65 years. The first and foremost requirement for me is do they stay strictly with scripture or do they veer off into “denominational” interpretations or statements of belief? The bottom line requirement for me is how far they stray from the simple answer Paul gave the jailor when he asked “what must I do to be saved”? Paul’s answer was “believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved – and your house”. If we truly do that and let nothing shake that foundation we have been promised to be given the ultimate “counselor” in trying to understand and that is the Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 2:13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
That same Spirit was promised to us.
Acts 15:8 And God, who knows the heart, bore witness by granting them the holy Spirit just as he did us. 9 He made no distinction between us and them, for by faith he purified their hearts.
Whenever there is a question in my mind on someone’s teachings I get down on my knees and ask for guidance from the Holy Spirit. Never have I been let down. I start from the premise “let God be found true, though every man be found a liar”. I chose my “handle” on here for a reason.
If you truly desire truth and sincerely turn to God in submission to His guidance putting all teaching by man secondary you will find it.
Nice post CB. I agree and I am confident that I have the important issues settled rightly in my mind. I am also confident that learned minds study all their lives and hardly scratch the surface or how awesome Gods word is.
Even like minded people disagree on certain issues after decades of studies.
Ones thing is for sure. The final chapter of the Age of Grace is about to end.