I know there's different versions of the Bible. And so my question is:
Which is the right version to follow and why?
The versions of the Bible that many refer to are actually various translations from
so many different manuscripts that were transcribed from the original writings of the ancient of the ancient prophets and the apostles
who quoted from our Lord Jesus Christ and
they've been compiled in what's now called The Bible
which comes from the Greek word 'Biblos' meaning one book,
'Biblia' meaning many books, which makes then the Bible a library
of 66 different books written over a timespan of hundreds and hundreds of years by more or less
40 different writers. And by the way,
it's been translated in no less than 1,854 different languages and dialects all around the world
which leads some then, like Mr. Jimenez, to wonder
"Well, what do we use? How do we know that what we're picking up is really the truth?"
Well, there's a law of God, dear friends, that one must apply.
And let's go directly to the Holy Scriptures for an answer,
some guidance. That law of God is recorded here in I Corinthians 2:13
wherein the following is recorded:
The law of God dear friends is that, in order to find the truth,
one must make a comparison;
"comparing spiritual things with spiritual things."
Now, maybe to understand that law very well, let's apply an example.
In the Holy Scriptures, we have various translations. In Acts 20:28,
there's bibles that say the name of the Church is 'Church of the Lord', there's those that say 'Church of God',
there's those that say 'Church of Christ'...
Applying the biblical instruction that we compare, let's do precisely that.
And we turn in the Lamsa rendition of the Holy Bible first of all,
in Acts 20:28 is the verse we now cite:
It makes known the name of the Church here; Church of Christ.
If I were to read other translations of the BIble, 'Church of the Lord' like I said or "Church of God", how then can we know which one is an accurate translation
from the original Hebrew, the original Greek, which the Old and New Testament was primarily written in?
How could we know?
Well our Lord Jesus Christ gave an important pronouncement
which gives important insight to help us understand.
In Luke 24:39, the quote from our Lord Jesus Christ goes like this:
Jesus made known that He's got flesh and bones.
What we read from Acts 20:28 concerning the name of the Church was 'Church of Christ' which He purchased
with his blood. It is therefore accurate to accept that the rendition of the name of the church, 'Church of Christ' is correct
because Christ is the one that had blood.
Christ is the one that had flesh and bones.
John 4:24 teaches God is a spirit without flesh and bones
it cannot, therefore, be 'Church of God' because that would create a contradiction.
And contradiction cannot be a presentation of truth.
And that biblical instruction then, I Cor. 2:13, to compare spiritual things with spiritual things,
is what we always do here in the Church of Christ to be sure
every translation of the Holy Scriptures we will read from in answering any question
will be accurate and true and inspired by God
because That's in the Bible.