I wouldn't use that one. It's spurious. There are others, however.
20 posted on 10/15/01 9:03 AM Mountain by allend
I don't usually agree with you, Allen.
However my NIV cautions me on the verse:
1 John 5:8 the [Late manuscripts of the Vulgate testify in heaven: the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one. 8 And there are three that testify on earth: the (not found in any Greek manuscript before the sixteenth century)] Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement.
Personally, I would say stick with the King James.
1 John 5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
5:8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
5:7 confirms the teaching of a trinity. NIV and evey other Bible I have looked at don't teach this, focusing more on 5:8 where is talks about the three being in agreement... some take this as a teaching that there are three individuals rather than a trinity.
Don't get me wrong, I think that God can work though any Bible for someone looking fom him, but I personally think that the King James is the best
However my NIV cautions me on the verse:
1 John 5:8 the [Late manuscripts of the Vulgate testify in heaven: the Father, the Word and the Holy
Spirit, and these three are one. 8 And there are three that testify on earth: the (not found in any Greek
manuscript before the sixteenth century)] Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in
agreement.
I believe what is being said here is that what you are quoting from the King James did not appear until the 16th century.
Tehillim (Psalm) 119:105 Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.
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