Textus Receptus Bibles
English Majority Text Version 2009
New Testament
| 2:1 | Therefore you are inexcusable, O man, everyone who judges, for in whatever you judge another you condemn yourself, for you who judge are practicing the same things. |
| 2:2 | But we know that the judgment of God is according to truth upon those practicing such things. |
| 2:3 | But do you suppose this, O man, you who judge those practicing such things yet doing them, that you will escape the judgment of God? |
| 2:4 | Or do you despise the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance? |
| 2:5 | But according to your hardness and impenitent heart you are storing up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God, |
| 2:6 | who will recompense to each one according to his works: |
| 2:7 | to those who by the endurance of good works are seeking glory and honor and incorruption-eternal life. |
| 2:8 | But to those who are contentious, and who disobey the truth, but obey unrighteousness-indignation and wrath, |
| 2:9 | tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that works evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek; |
| 2:10 | but glory, honor, and peace to everyone that works good, both to the Jew first and to the Greek. |
| 2:11 | For there is no partiality with God. |
| 2:12 | For all who have sinned without the law shall also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law shall be judged by the law |
| 2:13 | (for [it is ]not the hearers of the law [who ]are righteous before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified; |
| 2:14 | for whenever Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what the law requires, these, not having the law, are a law unto themselves, |
| 2:15 | who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience witnessing with [them], and among themselves their thoughts accuse or even defend [them]), |
| 2:16 | in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men according to my gospel through Jesus Christ. |
| 2:17 | Behold, you are called a Jew, and rely on the law, and boast in God, |
| 2:18 | and know His will, and approve the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law, |
| 2:19 | and are convinced that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those in darkness, |
| 2:20 | an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of the immature, having the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth in the law. |
| 2:21 | You, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal? |
| 2:22 | You who say, "Do not commit adultery,"do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you commit sacrilege? |
| 2:23 | You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God through the transgression of the law? |
| 2:24 | For "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,"just as it is written. |
| 2:25 | For indeed circumcision profits if you keep the law; but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. |
| 2:26 | Therefore, if an uncircumcised man keeps the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? |
| 2:27 | And will not the physically uncircumcised, who keeps the law, judge you along with your written [code] and circumcision, as a lawbreaker? |
| 2:28 | For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in flesh; |
| 2:29 | but he [is] a Jew that [is one] inwardly; and circumcision is of the heart, in [the] spirit, not in [the ]letter, whose praise is not from men but from God. |
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