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The Lord saves you. You zealously endeavor to devote your life to the cause of the gospel and Jesus' eternal kingdom. Praise God! But the first place the devil attacks is in your introductory Greek course, where you're handed a different Greek text than what the historic church received and used. In fact, it's less than 150 years old. Read the stuff you're not told about.
(Ministerial summaries with links; updated April 2023)
(Ministerial summaries with links; updated April 2023)
See for yourself the actual text of the infamous Codex Sinaiticus. You will see a supple, paste-white document, with corners in excellent condition, scribal writing around worm holes, inconsistent fading, smearing on pages of the document, and multiple scribal entries. Then a quick look at Vaticanus, and its paragraphs with 14th century-styled drop-cap initial letters. Quite suspicious for supposedly old and reliable documents. For comparison, we look at the Washingtonian, a 4th century copy, where the ink is literally falling off the page.
(Article with links; Apr. 2018)
(Article with links; Apr. 2018)
We review 7 other doctrinal impacts due to ESV verse omissions, as found in the Westminster Confession of Faith and Larger Catechism. The loss of several passages show deep impacts due to the ESV's tenacious clinging to the corrupt Alexandrian Text manuscripts. Some passages are at odds with favorable archaeological findings.
24 doctrinal impacts by verses omitted from the ESV, as found in the Belgic Confession of Faith, Heidelberg Catechism, Canons of Dort, Westminster Confession of Faith and Larger Catechism. Some ESV passages make Jesus a liar; others re-write God's rules on divorce.
Do not take add or take away from God's Words. That's the warning in Rev 22:18-19, yet some Bible publishers appear to ignore this commandment. We look at what a closed canon means, as well as a sampling of doctrinal impacts to Christianity affected by the ESV.