professing christians.............?

Question

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would you use the Jehovah Witness New World Translation bible? If not, why not? Give me the reasons. It is corrupt?

Do yooou know that the same text use to translate the JW NWT is also the same text that translate to the NIV, RSV, NRSV, NASV, Good News (which is Bad News), NLT.....etc...etc!?


If the source is poisoned, so will the streams and tributaries. If the tree be evil, so too, are all the fruits!!

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Answer 1

As the first person to answer the actual question - would you use the JW NWT? - my simple answer is, yes, I use it.



Why? Because that's the only way I can get JWs to see that the Trinity doctrine is true and completely based on the Bible. I have their 'Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures' and it's dynamite for showing how warped their NWT is! It copies the Westcott & Hort Greek text and the only bit the NWT committee did was re-hash W&Hs literal English to suit JW doctrine on Jesus' demi-god status and the Holy Spirit's non-personality. Actually, the W&H text DOES prove the Trinity and JWs are always shocked when this is pointed out to them. The NWT has glaring inconsistencies with Greek words and Greek grammar that show the Watchtower Society's bias. You just need to know how to play them at their own game and that means using their own tools.

Answer 2

Things that are different cannot be the same. In Proverbs 8 in the KJV we have Wisdom talking to the triune God. In the NLT we have the son of man talking to God. This confuses the whole measage and makes it look like the son of man (Jesus) was a creation as well as a co-creator, and not already existant in the beginning. As you mentioned, it is translated from a source of manuscripts that were collected and produced in an area known for it's schools of doubt and attempts to change the words of God. These manuscripts have been used to make translations that have brought countless doubts on fundamental doctrines (such as fasting, blood atonement, legitimate virgin birth of Christ, and eternal security) such as the new international perversion. Either God said it or he didn't. Either God was good for his promise to preserve His word or He wasn't. I'll stick with my King James Bible thank you.

Answer 3

Yup. This source is the Minority Text, which was compiled from a bunch of gnostic, doctrinally defunct documents in the fourth century AD by Origen. It is the same source that the Catholic Church gets its corrupt bible from. I stay far away from it. I only trust, and only use, the King James Bible.



What gets me is when people say that all the versions are equal, and they say pretty much the same thing. They don't see that things that are different are NOT the same. These new versions are NOT good, they are full of mistakes and heresy.

Answer 4

It's not the source documents... it's the translators.



The early JW's tried translating the Hebrew OT when NONE of them spoke a lick of Hebrew. There was one who had some knowledge of Greek--just enough to butcher the language.



EDIT:

And in response to that moron punter's copy/pasted-rant that Jesus never claimed divinity, I encourage him to read John 8:28. (I've actually encouraged him several times when he's pasted this same rant on other answers... he obviously hasn't)



EDIT #2:

I actually have a problem with some Bibles that call themselves "Translations" when in reality they are more "Paraphrases." New International Version, King James, and New American Standard are the three that I generally trust (I'll read an RSV in a pinch).

Answer 5

I really only trust the King James Version of the Bible. I have found too many discrepancies in the other translations. There are just too many watered down words such as grace being replaced by the word goodness.

Goodness is NOT an adequate translation of the word grace.

Answer 6

No I would not use them as a source, The JW bible was translated by JW's a person called Nathan Knorr and a few others that were not fluent in the language. See source below, hurry this might be reported as abuse.

Answer 7

Brethren,



No, I only use the Authorized Text of 1611, it is the more sure Word of God. Origen back in 350 AD sowed philosophy into the Word, it is not how to make a better you, we must decrease so that He can increase.

Answer 8

Agree with Molly, not with SDW: trust only KJV after testing all versions and perversions. NIV & NAS change Holy Ghost to Holy Spirit. As if merciess is merciful... Not! As if Law is Grace... Not! As if LORD is God and 7 is 2... Not! As if His Grace is both awful lawful and grace us... Not! As if God is bi-polar... Not!



So then we'll go with the salvation of all by merciful grace.



The GRACE of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.

Answer 9

I was going to answer but SDW has done a much better job than what I started and is quite accurate, so I need not say more.

Answer 10

I completely agree! CMON! GET 'EM!