Textus Receptus Bibles
English Majority Text Version 2009
New Testament
| 2:1 | And I, brothers, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, announcing to you the testimony of God. |
| 2:2 | For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. |
| 2:3 | And I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. |
| 2:4 | And my message and my preaching [were] not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, |
| 2:5 | in order that your faith might not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. |
| 2:6 | However, we speak wisdom among those that are mature, but not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are being destroyed. |
| 2:7 | But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the [wisdom] having been hidden, which God foreordained before the ages for our glory, |
| 2:8 | which none of the rulers of this age understood (for had they understood, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory). |
| 2:9 | But as it is written: "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for those who love Him." |
| 2:10 | But God has revealed [them] to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. |
| 2:11 | For who among men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. |
| 2:12 | Now we did not receive the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, in order that we might know the things freely given to us by God; |
| 2:13 | which things we also speak, not in words taught in human wisdom, but in words taught by the Holy Spirit, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. |
| 2:14 | But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. |
| 2:15 | But he that is spiritual discerns all things, yet he himself is discerned by no man. |
| 2:16 | For "Who has known the mind of the LORD, that he may instruct Him?"But we have the mind of Christ. |
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