davidnelson said:
Finite minds can't wrap around an Infinite God (Job 11:7-9 KJV), but we should remember that Jesus the Son of God was walking up out of the Jordan as God the Father was booming His voice from the heavens as the Spirit of God was seen descending between both Father and Son - three separate and distinct beings comprising one God, as 1 John 5:7 KJV attests.
Sadly, 1 John 5:7 KJV is claimed to be an uninspired text because it doesn't appear in the oldest Greek New Testament manuscripts that exist - however, this argument is based on the flawed premise that the word "oldest" must cease to mean merely "most old" and take on a newly ascribed meaning - "most accurate". While it is true that the verse doesn't appear in these "oldest/most accurate" MSS, we should recognize the following game changer for what it is: irrefutable proof that the NT Greek MSS used by Erasmus (who is claimed to have inserted this text into John's Epistle) and the other contributors to the Textus Receptus have exposed the "oldest/ most accurate" Greek NT MSS as actually the
LEAST accurate:
While all original NT MSS from Paul, Peter, etc. are lost (which would be expected when considering the wear and tear mileage these early documents racked up, leaving us with just copies of copies, etc.) it should be noted that
personal letters which were written from the Early Church Fathers one to another, which are
older than any Bible MSS in existence, and are found well preserved due obviously to having been handled far less,
contain instances where the ECF have quoted Bible verses that are not found in the "oldest/most accurate" Greek NT MSS, which are considered "less accurate"!
So, does the fact that 1 John 5:7 KJV does not appear in the "oldest/most accurate" MSS make it an inaccurate text, or does the fact that the ECF were quoting texts that do not appear in the "oldest/most accurate" MSS demonstrate that the Word of God was tampered with some time after these ECF letter were written?
Sadly, the new versions are all translated from these contaminated MSS and are regarded as "superior" while the tried and true Reformation era Textus Receptus suddenly is held up in question as to its validity. Well, played, you Whore of Babylon, well played.