If the scriptures passed from Greek Orthodox hands to the West were not reliable, then the Greek Orthodox are not reliable. Would you like another chance at the question??? The Alexandrian text-type is also Greek. What makes the Byzantine text-type "the" Greek version? If the West is using an unreliable source, then that's their problem. It seems that God has been gracious enough to give us something else to compare them to and, through textual criticism, arrive at the most reliable version. But the West refuses to acknowledge that perhapsthey received the unrleiable version.
As far as the Apostolic Church is concerned, it makes very little difference which version. We use Gosple readings that tell us how Christ lived, and how we should live. To me there is very little value in being a Christinan when it comes to alleged God-ordered slaughter of Canaanites. But what chirst taught us is of utmost importance in our daily life and how we act in similar situations (hopefully by imitating Christ).
The exact version only becomes important when cherry-pciking verses for one's own agenda, as is the the case and the cause of endless fragmentation of Christainity. The Bible is inherently corurpted by human hand, error, deletions and additions, and is as such untrustworthy because we don't have a single originaldocument to comapre it to.
The Alexandrian text-type is also Greek. What makes the Byzantine text-type "the" Greek version? If the West is using an unreliable source, then that's their problem. It seems that God has been gracious enough to give us something else to compare them to and, through textual criticism, arrive at the most reliable version. But the West refuses to acknowledge that perhapsthey received the unrleiable version.Alexandria, where this text-type came from, was the heart and soul of Gnosticism, which is found throughout this Alexandrian text. Your admission is quite telling --