Textus Receptus Bibles
English Majority Text Version 2009
New Testament
| 6:1 | Brothers, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a person in a spirit of gentleness, looking out for yourself lest you also be tempted. |
| 6:2 | Bear one another's burdens, and thus fulfill the law of Christ. |
| 6:3 | For if anyone thinks that he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. |
| 6:4 | But let each [person] examine his own work, and then he will have boasting in himself alone, and not in the other. |
| 6:5 | For each one shall bear his own load. |
| 6:6 | Let him who is taught the word share in all good things with him who teaches. |
| 6:7 | Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for what a man sows, this also he will reap. |
| 6:8 | For he who sows to his flesh, from his own flesh will reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap everlasting life. |
| 6:9 | And while we do good, let us not lose heart, for in due season we shall reap if we do not become weary. |
| 6:10 | So then, as we have opportunity, let us work what is good toward all, but especially toward those who are of the household of faith. |
| 6:11 | See with what large letters I have written to you with my own hand! |
| 6:12 | As many as wish to make a good showing in the flesh, these compel you to get circumcised, only so that they should not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. |
| 6:13 | For not even those who are circumcised keep the law themselves, but they wish you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh. |
| 6:14 | But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. |
| 6:15 | For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but a new creation. |
| 6:16 | And as many as walk according to this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God. |
| 6:17 | Finally, let no one cause me trouble, for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. |
| 6:18 | Brothers, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. |
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