Textus Receptus Bibles
English Majority Text Version 2009
New Testament
| 5:1 | Listen now, you rich, weep and howl at your miseries which are coming upon you! |
| 5:2 | Your riches have decayed, and your garments have become moth-eaten. |
| 5:3 | Your gold and silver have become corroded, and their poison will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You stored up treasure in the last days. |
| 5:4 | Indeed, the wages of the laborers who reaped your fields, which were kept back by you, cry out, and the cries of the reapers have entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts. |
| 5:5 | You lived luxuriously upon the earth and you lived riotously, you nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter. |
| 5:6 | You have condemned; you have murdered the just[. ]He does not resist you. |
| 5:7 | Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer awaits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, until it receives the early and late rain. |
| 5:8 | You also be patient. Establish your hearts, because the coming of the Lord has drawn near. |
| 5:9 | Do not murmur against one another, brothers, lest you be judged. Behold, the Judge stands before the doors! |
| 5:10 | My brothers, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of evil suffering and of longsuffering. |
| 5:11 | Indeed we count those blessed who endure. You have heard of the patience of Job, and you saw the end of the Lord-that He is compassionate and He is merciful. |
| 5:12 | But above all, my brothers, do not swear, neither by heaven nor the earth, nor any other oath. But let your "Yes"be "Yes,"and [your] "No,""No,"so that you may not fall into hypocrisy. |
| 5:13 | Does anyone among you suffer misfortune? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praises. |
| 5:14 | Is anyone among you sick? Let him call on the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. |
| 5:15 | And the prayer of faith will save the [one ]who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, it will be forgiven him. |
| 5:16 | Confess your transgressions to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of the righteous is very powerful. |
| 5:17 | Elijah was a man of similar nature to us, and with a prayer, he prayed earnestly for it not to rain, and it did not rain upon the land for three years and six months. |
| 5:18 | And again he prayed, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit. |
| 5:19 | Brothers, if anyone among you wanders away from the truth, and anyone turns him back, |
| 5:20 | let him know that he who turns a sinner back from the error of his way will save a soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins. |
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