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QUESTION #37
The Answer Book ^
| 1989
| Dr. Samuel C Gipp Th.D
Posted on 01/31/2003 1:21:50 PM PST by Commander8
QUESTION: What if I REALLY have trouble with all of the "thee's" and "thou's" in the Bible?
ANSWER: So what? Read it anyway.
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TOPICS: Evangelical Christian; General Discusssion; History
KEYWORDS: archaicwords; av1611; steak; thee; thine; thou; thy
I really like the steak metaphor. God went through a lot of trouble to cook us this juicy steak called the Bible and we Christians must please Him by thanking him for preserving His word and feeding ourselves daily with it.
To: Commander8
ANSWER: So what? Read it anyway.Read one without thee's and thou's. Near as I can recall, Jesus didn't speak Elizabethan English!
To: Onelifetogive
Shut up and eat your steak.
To: Commander8
Stick with the original King James Bible. That's the one Paul used.
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01/31/2003 4:11:03 PM PST
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My2Cents
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To: Onelifetogive
And guess what? Neither did the average Englishman. The "thee's" and "thou's" were the language of the stage, not the street.
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