[Elsie]

No, don't change the footing. The TEV ("Good News for Modern Man") tells enough of the Gospel lucidly that people can be saved by reading it.

But NONE of the others can??

It that what you have implied here?

[imardmd1]

But NONE of the others can??

That's not the issue. Using a poor text gives a poor translation(s).

It that what you have implied here?

What I have said outright, not implied is:

>> It's the finer points of whether a version can be trusted throughout that causes comparisons to come to one's attention. <<

The implication is that one should not be using an untrustworthy text or translation to impart doctrine.

What the adherents of the critical text maintain is that God was not able to preserve His Written Word and make it available to His churches throughout this Age, and that they through scholarship have provided something better, and that translations from it are better.

I disbelieve that, and disagree with that position.