Textus Receptus Bibles
English Majority Text Version 2009
New Testament
| 3:1 | Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus Christ, |
| 3:2 | who is faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was faithful in all His house. |
| 3:3 | For He has been counted worthy of more honor than Moses, inasmuch as He who built the house has more honor than the house. |
| 3:4 | For every house is built by someone, but He[ ]who built all things is God. |
| 3:5 | And Moses indeed was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of the things which would be spoken, |
| 3:6 | but Christ [was faithful ]as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the boast of hope firm until [the] end. |
| 3:7 | Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says: "Today, if you will hear His voice, |
| 3:8 | Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of trial in the wilderness, |
| 3:9 | Where your fathers tested Me, they tried Me, and saw My works forty years. |
| 3:10 | Therefore I was indignant with that generation, and said, 'They go astray in their heart; and they did not know My ways.' |
| 3:11 | So I swore in My wrath, 'They shall not enter My rest.' |
| 3:12 | Take heed, brothers, lest there be in any one of you a wicked heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; |
| 3:13 | but encourage yourselves every day, while it is called "Today,"lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. |
| 3:14 | For we have become partakers of Christ, if indeed we hold fast the beginning of the assurance firm until the end, |
| 3:15 | while it is said: "Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion." |
| 3:16 | For some, having heard, did provoke: but not all who came out of Egypt through Moses. |
| 3:17 | And with whom was He indignant forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness? |
| 3:18 | And to whom did He swear that they would not enter into His rest, except to those who disobeyed? |
| 3:19 | And we see that they were not able to enter on account of unbelief. |
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