Textus Receptus Bibles
King James Bible 2016
New Testament
| 4:1 | Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. |
| 4:2 | Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful. |
| 4:3 | But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by a man's judgment. In fact, I do not even judge myself. |
| 4:4 | Because, I know of nothing against myself, yet I am not justified by this; but He who judges me is the Lord. |
| 4:5 | Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts. And then each one's praise will come from God. |
| 4:6 | Now these things, brethren, I have figuratively transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that you may learn in us not to think about people beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up on behalf of one against the other. |
| 4:7 | Because who makes you differ from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you did indeed receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it? |
| 4:8 | You are already full! You are already rich! You have reigned as kings without us; and indeed I could wish you did reign, that we also might reign with you! |
| 4:9 | Because, I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men condemned to death; because we have been made a spectacle to the world, to angels and to men. |
| 4:10 | We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honorable, but we are despised! |
| 4:11 | Even to the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we are unclothed, and beaten, and have no permanent home. |
| 4:12 | And we labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure it; |
| 4:13 | being defamed, we entreat. We have been made as the scum of the earth, and are the offscouring of all things to this day. |
| 4:14 | I do not write these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. |
| 4:15 | Because, though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; because in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. |
| 4:16 | Therefore I urge you all, be followers of me. |
| 4:17 | For this reason I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful son in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, as I teach everywhere in every church. |
| 4:18 | Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you. |
| 4:19 | But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord wills, and I will know, not the speech of those who are puffed up, but the power. |
| 4:20 | Because the kingdom of God is not in word but in power. |
| 4:21 | What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and in the spirit of meekness? |
King James Bible 2016
Unlike most other modern versions, this Bible's text is based upon the same Hebrew Masoretic Text, and Greek Textus Receptus, of the King James Version of 1611.
In non Textus Receptus versions, the issue of having the best underlying manuscripts, is often overshadowed by the massive amount of omissions in the text. Because the KJV 2016 is not dealing with issues of omission and addition, the focus has been upon definition, and the KJV translators choices have been used as the benchmark.
One issue not often majored upon in the bible version debate is simply the way Greek words are defined. Many times, the NKJV leans upon the definition choices of modern versions as well as defaulting to Vines and Strong's definitions, which are almost always favorable to the Revised Version. In other words, one may have a correct text to translate from, but use erroneous modern version/modern dictionary definitions which change or distort the meaning of the words. Jay Green was accused of having a good TR bible but with "Alexandrian readings".
The KJV 2016 Edition rejects such erroneous modern definitions and restores the distinctness of historical KJV readings. The NKJV also tended to gravitate toward KJV marginal notes, which are in truth, rejected readings, and also toward Geneva Bible definitions, which the KJV had already cleared up.
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