The Voice of Reason
Doctor of Thinkology
T3gah - Each of the following is taken from the site BibleGateway.com:
(King James Version) 1 Timothy 2:8 8I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
(New International Version) 8I want men everywhere to lift up holy hands in prayer, without anger or disputing.
(New American Standard) 8Therefore (A)I want the men (B)in every place to pray, (C)lifting up (D)holy hands, without wrath and dissension.
(Amplified Bible) 8I desire therefore that in every place men should pray, without anger or quarreling or resentment or doubt [in their minds], lifting up holy hands.
(The Message) 8Since prayer is at the bottom of all this, what I want mostly is for men to pray--not shaking angry fists at enemies but raising holy hands to God.
There you go T3gah - five different versions - no two that read the same - and none of which is what your New World Translation has. How many Bibles do I have to thumb through to get the version that I want to use - and more importantly, how do I know which version is the inspired word of God?
Obviously, your Bible is the ONE that God inspired - and everyone else is wrong!! No?
Just curious - who is speaking in 1 Timothy? Are these the words of Jesus Christ or of Timothy? If it is Timothy, who is this guy, and why should I think that he knows what he is talking about? If he does know what he's talking about, which version of his words am I to take to heart?
Thanks,
TVOR
(King James Version) 1 Timothy 2:8 8I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
(New International Version) 8I want men everywhere to lift up holy hands in prayer, without anger or disputing.
(New American Standard) 8Therefore (A)I want the men (B)in every place to pray, (C)lifting up (D)holy hands, without wrath and dissension.
(Amplified Bible) 8I desire therefore that in every place men should pray, without anger or quarreling or resentment or doubt [in their minds], lifting up holy hands.
(The Message) 8Since prayer is at the bottom of all this, what I want mostly is for men to pray--not shaking angry fists at enemies but raising holy hands to God.
There you go T3gah - five different versions - no two that read the same - and none of which is what your New World Translation has. How many Bibles do I have to thumb through to get the version that I want to use - and more importantly, how do I know which version is the inspired word of God?
Obviously, your Bible is the ONE that God inspired - and everyone else is wrong!! No?
Just curious - who is speaking in 1 Timothy? Are these the words of Jesus Christ or of Timothy? If it is Timothy, who is this guy, and why should I think that he knows what he is talking about? If he does know what he's talking about, which version of his words am I to take to heart?
Thanks,
TVOR