Textus Receptus Bibles
English Majority Text Version 2009
New Testament
| 2:1 | But I determined this within myself, that I would not come again to you in sorrow. |
| 2:2 | For if I make you sorrowful, then who is he who makes me glad if not the [one] which is made sorrowful by me? |
| 2:3 | And I wrote this very thing to you, lest when I came, I should have sorrow from those from whom I ought to have joy, having confidence in you all that my joy is [the joy] of you all. |
| 2:4 | For out of much affliction and distress of heart I wrote to you, through many tears, not that you might be made sorrowful, but that you might know the love which I have more abundantly towards you. |
| 2:5 | Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me, but in part-lest I burden you all. |
| 2:6 | Sufficient to such a person is this punishment which was [inflicted] by the majority, |
| 2:7 | so that, on the contrary, you ought rather to forgive and comfort him, lest somehow such a person be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. |
| 2:8 | Therefore I appeal to you to reaffirm [your] love towards him. |
| 2:9 | For to this end I also wrote, so that I might put you to the test, [to see] if you are obedient in all things. |
| 2:10 | And to whom you forgive anything, I also [forgive;] for if indeed I have forgiven anything, [the ]one whom I have forgiven, [I have done so] for your sakes in the presence of Christ, |
| 2:11 | lest we be taken advantage of by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his devices. |
| 2:12 | Now when I came to Troas for the gospel of Christ, and a door was opened to me by the Lord, |
| 2:13 | I had no rest in my spirit, because I did not find Titus my brother; but saying farewell to them, I departed for Macedonia. |
| 2:14 | Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and making known through us the fragrance of His knowledge in every place. |
| 2:15 | For we are the fragrance of Christ to God among those being saved, and among those perishing. |
| 2:16 | To some we are the fragrance of death [leading] to death, but to others the fragrance of life [leading] to life. And who is sufficient for these things? |
| 2:17 | For we are not as the rest, corrupting the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as from God, we speak in the sight of God in 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