Do we have a perfect bible

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Do we have a perfect bible?
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1. The King James was translated using literal
equivalency.
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Psalms 126 The words of the LORD are pure words
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Proverbs 305 Every word of God is pure
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Matthew 44 But he answered and said, It is
written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but
by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of
God.
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Luke 44 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is
written, That man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word of God.
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Proverbs 305 Every word of God is pure
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Exodus 201 And God spake all these words,
saying, (Not thoughts or ideas)
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Numbers 125-6 And the LORD came down in the
pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the
tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam and they
both came forth. And he said, Hear now my words
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Deuteronomy 410 the LORD said unto me, Gather
me the people together, and I will make them hear
my words, that they may learn to fear me all the
days that they shall live upon the earth, and
that they may teach their children.
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Deuteronomy 1118 Therefore shall ye lay up
these my words in your heart and in your soul,
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Deuteronomy 1818 I will raise them up a Prophet
from among their brethren, like unto thee, and
will put my words in his mouth and he shall
speak unto them all that I shall command him.
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Proverbs 123 I will make known my words unto
you. Proverbs 21 receive my words, Proverbs 44
retain my words Proverbs 420 attend to my
words Proverbs 71 keep my words,
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Isaiah 5921 my words which I have put in thy
mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out
of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of
thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth
and for ever.
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Jeremiah 19 Then the LORD put forth his hand,
and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me,
Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
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Ezekiel 310 Moreover he said unto me, Son of
man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee
receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.
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Luke 926 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me
and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be
ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and
in his Father's, and of the holy angels.
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John 663 the words that I speak unto you, they
are spirit, and they are life.
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John 178 For I have given unto them the words
which thou gavest me
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There are dozens of more verses that speak of the
importance of the words.
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1. The King James was translated using literal
equivalency.
2. The modern versions are translated using
dynamic equivalency or concept inspiration.
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Deuteronomy 42 Ye shall not add unto the word
which I command you, neither shall ye diminish
ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments
of the LORD your God which I command you.
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Proverbs 305-6 Every word of God is pure he is
a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove
thee, and thou be found a liar.
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Revelation 2219 And if any man shall take away
from the words of the book of this prophecy, God
shall take away his part out of the book of life,
and out of the holy city, and from the things
which are written in this book.
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3. There is one step that is even worse and that
is paraphrasing.
4. The drive or push behind dynamic equivalency
is that many do not like that the KJV is not
self-explanatory.
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TWO PROBLEMS
First, the KJV was not designed to be completely
self-explanatory for a few reasons.
A. The unregenerate man needs explanation.
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Acts 830-31 And Philip ran thither to him, and
heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said,
Understandest thou what thou readest? And he
said, How can I, except some man should guide me?
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1 Corinthians 214 the natural man receiveth
not the things of the Spirit of God for they are
foolishness unto him neither can he know them,
because they are spiritually discerned.
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TWO PROBLEMS
First, the KJV was not designed to be completely
self-explanatory for a few reasons.
B. Babes in Christ need a teacher.
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2 Peter 316 As also in all his epistles,
speaking in them of these things in which are
some things hard to be understood,
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Hebrews 512 ye have need that one teach you
again which be the first principles of the
oracles of God and are become such as have need
of milk, and not of strong meat.
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TWO PROBLEMS
First, the KJV was not designed to be completely
self-explanatory for a few reasons.
C. This is the purpose of the teaching ministry
of the church.
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Matthew 2820 Teaching them to observe all
things whatsoever I have commanded you and, lo,
I am with you alway, even unto the end of the
world. Amen.
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Nehemiah 88 So they read in the book in the law
of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused
them to understand the reading.
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TWO PROBLEMS
First, the KJV was not designed to be
self-explanatory for a few reasons.
Second, much of the bible is built upon concepts
and verbal links to New and Old Testament truths.
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Example of a Biblical Concept
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Example of a Verbal Link
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Deuteronomy 2122-23 And if a man have committed
a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to
death, and thou hang him on a tree His body
shall not remain all night upon the tree, but
thou shalt in any wise bury him that day (for he
that is hanged is accursed of God)
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Galatians 313 Christ hath redeemed us from the
curse of the law, being made a curse for us for
it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth
on a tree
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1 Peter 224 Who his own self bare our sins in
his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to
sins, should live unto righteousness
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Acts 1329 And when they had fulfilled all that
was written of him, they took him down from the
tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.
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Example of a Biblical Concept
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Example of a Verbal Link
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Ephesians 616 Above all, taking the shield of
faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all
the fiery darts of the wicked.
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Do we have a perfect bible?