Considerations on the Revision of the English Version of the New Testament |
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... possible to revise our Version and at the same time to preserve unimpaired the character of the English in which it is composed . Nor is it only on this account that we may accept this work as by far the most hopeful con- tribution ...
... possible to revise our Version and at the same time to preserve unimpaired the character of the English in which it is composed . Nor is it only on this account that we may accept this work as by far the most hopeful con- tribution ...
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... possible , adherence to the principles stated and followed by the Revisers of 1611 ; thirdly , extreme watchfulness in reference to the two weaker portions of the Authorized Version , the translation of the particles and of the tenses ...
... possible , adherence to the principles stated and followed by the Revisers of 1611 ; thirdly , extreme watchfulness in reference to the two weaker portions of the Authorized Version , the translation of the particles and of the tenses ...
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... possible , between the tenses , —say , for example , between the aorist and the perfect . Now , it may be confidently asserted that nothing but experience will adequately prescribe in cases of this kind when the ' have ' should be ...
... possible , between the tenses , —say , for example , between the aorist and the perfect . Now , it may be confidently asserted that nothing but experience will adequately prescribe in cases of this kind when the ' have ' should be ...
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... possible use of them , and even lapsed back again to the text of another Editor that had been received with favour three and twenty years before . He frequently deserts the text of his own first and second editions to revert to that of ...
... possible use of them , and even lapsed back again to the text of another Editor that had been received with favour three and twenty years before . He frequently deserts the text of his own first and second editions to revert to that of ...
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... possible but easy for the student to read and study the text of each in its sequence and connexion , and so to form a more trustworthy judgment of the peculiar character of the indi- vidual document . This has been facilitated still ...
... possible but easy for the student to read and study the text of each in its sequence and connexion , and so to form a more trustworthy judgment of the peculiar character of the indi- vidual document . This has been facilitated still ...
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Page 141 - No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Page 64 - That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 3 Let no man deceive you by any means : for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition...
Page 136 - Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Page 64 - And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming...
Page 64 - Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, that ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
Page 133 - Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: but I say unto you, Swear not at all...
Page 65 - Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
Page 54 - And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table; moreover, the dogs came and licked his sores.
Page 137 - And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are : for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Page 59 - And when it was day, they knew not the land : but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.