Textus Receptus Bibles
English Majority Text Version 2009
New Testament
| 2:1 | For you yourselves know, brothers, [regarding] our coming to you, that it was not in vain. |
| 2:2 | But suffering before and being spitefully treated at Philippi, just as you know, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God with much conflict. |
| 2:3 | For our exhortation [was ]not from error nor from uncleanness, nor in trickery, |
| 2:4 | but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who is testing our hearts. |
| 2:5 | For neither were we using flattering speech, as you know, nor covering up greed, God is [our ]witness. |
| 2:6 | Nor seeking glory from men, neither from you, nor from others, even though we were able to carry weight as apostles of Christ. |
| 2:7 | But we proved to be gentle in your midst, as a nursing [mother] cherishes her own children. |
| 2:8 | In this way longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you not only the gospel of God, but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us. |
| 2:9 | For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil; for laboring night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God. |
| 2:10 | You are witnesses, and [so is ]God, how devoutly and justly and blamelessly we were among you that believe; |
| 2:11 | as indeed you know how each one of you, as a father [to] his own children, we exhorted, and comforted [you], and imploring you, |
| 2:12 | that you would walk worthy of God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory. |
| 2:13 | Because of this we also give thanks to God unceasingly, so that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you received not the word of men, but just as it truly is, the word of God, which also is at work in you that believe. |
| 2:14 | For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus, because you suffered the same things from your fellow countrymen, just as also they [did] by the Jews, |
| 2:15 | who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they do not please God and [are] against all men, |
| 2:16 | forbidding us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved, so as always to fill up [the measure of] their sins; but the wrath [of God ]has come upon them to the uttermost. |
| 2:17 | But we, brothers, being unwillingly separated from you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, were all the more eager to see your face with much desire. |
| 2:18 | Therefore we desired to come to you-I, Paul, time and again, but Satan hindered us. |
| 2:19 | For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of boasting? [Is] it not even you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming? |
| 2:20 | For you are our glory and joy. |
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