Textus Receptus Bibles
English Majority Text Version 2009
New Testament
| 2:1 | For I want you to know how great a struggle I have concerning you and those in Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, |
| 2:2 | that their hearts may be encouraged, being joined together in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to a full knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ, |
| 2:3 | in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. |
| 2:4 | Now this I say lest anyone may deceive you with persuasive words. |
| 2:5 | For though indeed I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your orderliness and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ. |
| 2:6 | Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, |
| 2:7 | having been rooted and built up in Him and being established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. |
| 2:8 | Beware lest anyone captures you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. |
| 2:9 | For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; |
| 2:10 | and you are completed in Him, who is the head of all principality and power. |
| 2:11 | In whom you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by the putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, |
| 2:12 | having been buried together with Him in baptism, in which also you were raised together through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. |
| 2:13 | And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, |
| 2:14 | having blotted out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and He has taken it out of the midst, nailing it to the cross. |
| 2:15 | [And h]aving disarmed principalities and powers, He mocked them in public, triumphing over them in it. |
| 2:16 | Therefore do not let anyone judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or of a new moon or of sabbaths, |
| 2:17 | which are a shadow of things to come, but the body is of Christ. |
| 2:18 | Let no one rule against you, desiring [to do so] in [false] humility and in worship of the angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, in vain being puffed up by his carnal mind, |
| 2:19 | and not holding fast to the Head, from whom all the body, supported and joined together by joints and ligaments, grows with the growth of God. |
| 2:20 | If you died with Christ from the basic principles of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you submit to regulations- |
| 2:21 | "Do not handle, nor taste, nor touch," |
| 2:22 | which things are all for corruption with the using, according to the commands and teaching of men? |
| 2:23 | These things indeed have a reputation of wisdom in self-imposed religion, false humility, and severity [on the] body, but [are] not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh. |
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