Textus Receptus Bibles
English Majority Text Version 2009
New Testament
| 8:1 | Now concerning the [things] offered to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies. |
| 8:2 | And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he has come to know nothing yet as he ought to know. |
| 8:3 | But if anyone loves God, this one has been known by Him. |
| 8:4 | Therefore concerning the eating of the things offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one. |
| 8:5 | For even if they are being called "gods"whether in heaven or on earth (just as there are many gods and many lords), |
| 8:6 | yet for us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom [are] all things, and through whom we [live]. |
| 8:7 | However, this knowledge is not in all [people]; rather some, with consciousness of the idol, until now eat it as [something] offered to idols; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. |
| 8:8 | But food does not commend us to God; for neither if we eat do we have more, nor if we do not eat do we lack. |
| 8:9 | But beware lest somehow this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to those who are weak. |
| 8:10 | For if anyone should see you who has knowledge dining in an idol's temple, will not his conscience, being weak, be strengthened so that they eat foods offered to idols? |
| 8:11 | And because of your knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for the sake of whom Christ died? |
| 8:12 | But when you thus sin against the brothers, and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. |
| 8:13 | Wherefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will by no means eat meat, lest I cause my brother to stumble. |
English Majority Text Version
PREFACE
Welcome to the third edition of The English Majority Text Version (EMTV) of the Holy Bible. This latest edition has Greek explanatory notes throughout the Bible, to aid the reader in understanding the meanings in some select places of the original Koine Greek. Also, the third edition finds itself closer to the Robinson/Pierpoint printed edition of the Byzantine majority text, rather than the Hodges/Farstad text, which the EMTV was translated from. You will notice these differences in John 7:53-8:11, as well as the entire book of Revelation.
The English Majority Text Version draws from the work of both Dr.’s Hodges and Farstad, and their text, “The Greek New Testament According to the Majority Text,” as well as from Dr. Wilbur Pickering, ThM. PhD., and the EMTV has incorporated his hard work in the field of producing evidence of just what does constitute a majority reading, and, as a result of his work, and the work of others, John 7:53-8:11, and the book of Revelation reflect these variant readings. This is one of the great things about having a Bible that is translated from the majority of the trustworthy Byzantine manuscripts that are in existence—the much greater probability of accuracy.
On the other side of the fence, most modern Bibles are translated from a few scant manuscripts (literally), and more often than not they do not even agree with each other. Not so with a Bible that is translated out of the majority! The experts in linguistics who have put these readings together, and diligently compared the manuscripts, had hundreds and hundreds of manuscripts to compare. It is my prayer that this work will bring honor to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and to our God and Father; because all of this, all that we do, we do to know Him better, and to better understand His word, which He has given to mankind. “Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him. Do not add to His words, Lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar. (Prove 30:5,6). Peace of Christ to you all. In His service, Paul W Esposito Stauros Ministries