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My dad has been a pastor for over 60 years and most of his Bible memory (and that's a lot!) is King James. However he didn't raise us as King James zealots. When we read the Bible through as a family he gave all of us kids (I was only 7 or 8 the 1st time)a more modern translation. While VERY fundamental and conservative he thought the KJV only people were wrong.

I often use the Holman version for reading but there are just some passages that have to be KJV; 23rd Psalm, Luke 2, and 1 Corinthians 13 come to mind....so beautiful in the KJV.

47 posted on 03/14/2014 10:07:59 AM PDT by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the Ozarks)
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To: fungoking

Hebrews 1 should be on your list! I consider it to be one of the most beautiful words in the English language.

Since you mention 1 COR 13, I will tell a story. Most of us have heard entire sermons on 1 Cor 13, the love chapter.

Basic Bible study has as one of its first principles that chapter and verse markings are later additions to the text and are in no way inspired. We must always be on the lookout for being misled.

I use Bible software called “Logos”. It has a feature which allows me to put visual filters in the text. I built a filter which would highlight words in the English text which had been translated from Greek Imperative words. I liked the result since the highlighting shows me where the original author had been using the IMPERATIVE mood; i.e., he was SHOUTING! :)

During subsequent reading I noted that 1 Cor 13 does not have ANY imperatives in the original Greek. This means that 1 Cor 13 is entirely “descriptive”; i.e., this is what Love IS. However, my highlighting kicked in on 1 Cor 14:1:

“PURSUE love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.” ESV

In the very next verse Paul uses the imperative mood and commands: “PURSUE love!” So one chapter describes love followed by Paul commanding that we PURSUE it!


105 posted on 03/14/2014 8:09:15 PM PDT by the_Watchman
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