Textus Receptus Bibles
English Majority Text Version 2009
New Testament
| 6:1 | Does any of you, having a matter against another, dare go to court before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? |
| 6:2 | Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters? |
| 6:3 | Do you not know that we will judge angels? Let alone ordinary [matters]! |
| 6:4 | If then you have ordinary lawsuits, do you appoint those who are disdained within the church [to judge?] |
| 6:5 | I say [this] to your shame. So is there not among you a wise [man], not even one, who will be able to judge between his brother [and another]? |
| 6:6 | But brother goes to court against brother, and that before unbelievers! |
| 6:7 | Actually then, it is already a defeat for you that you have lawsuits against one another. Why not rather accept wrong? Why not rather accept being defrauded? |
| 6:8 | But you wrong and defraud, and these things [to your] [own ]brothers! |
| 6:9 | Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, |
| 6:10 | nor covetous, nor thieves, nor drunkards, nor abusive people, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. |
| 6:11 | And such were some of you! But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God. |
| 6:12 | All things are lawful for me, but all things are not profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything. |
| 6:13 | Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both this [stomach] and these [foods]. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. |
| 6:14 | Now God has both raised up the Lord, and will also raise us up through His power. |
| 6:15 | Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make [them] members of a harlot? By no means! |
| 6:16 | Do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body [with her]? For "the two,"He says, "shall become one flesh." |
| 6:17 | But he that is joined with the Lord is one spirit [with Him]. |
| 6:18 | Flee fornication. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits fornication sins against his own body. |
| 6:19 | Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? |
| 6:20 | For you were bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's. |
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