The curse of dynamic translation is that it adds and removes words ad nauseum, which is emphatically what the LORD has warned us not to do! The following verses emphasize emphasize that immutability immutability or unchangin unchanging g nature nature of the word of God. We We can neither add to it nor subtract from it. Common sense tells us that some tiny changes may be required to meet the demands of translation, but these should be kept to the absolute minimum. The KJV translators observed this command, while the NIV team ignored it completely: Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandmen commandments ts of the LORD your God which I command you. (Deuteronomy 4:2) But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken. (Isaiah 28:13) The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for f or ever. (Psalm 12:6-7) 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. (Matthew 4:4) Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. (Matthew 5:18) Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall NEVER pass away. (Luke 21:33) If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; (John 10:35) For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: (Revelation 22:18) And And if any any man man shal shalll take take away away fro from the the word wordss of the the book book of this 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. (Revelation 22:19) The Bible as given will endure forever The Lord has promised that His word will endure forever. This means that, despite the best efforts by Satan to destroy the Holy Bible, it will survive. If he can’t destroy it, then he will do the next best thing – he will make so many counterfeits counterfeits that naive or unsuspecting Christians will become confused. This plan has been under way on a global scale for over a century, and has been alarmingly successful.
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