The Words of God are inspired by God, given to humans, God-inspired man, and the Words were written down for us. Kept pure for all ages.
The Old Testament is well preserved.
Not many questions it, they are inspired by God and kept pure by the Jewish People. From the Jewish people, we have the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament.
The New Testament is a bit complicated to explain.
God inspired the Apostles, the Apostles written by hand, in so many copies. Distributed them to various churches in the first century.
They were under persecution.
There were copy mistakes.
Now we have so many variants in different manuscripts.
We have so many fractions of the manuscripts. Thank God for these manuscripts. The message is the same, The Lord Jesus Christ is the same, yesterday, today, and tomorrow, He is the Living Word, and He is the Savior, and God, the Son of God. The Lamb of God.
Where is the New Testament?
The New Testament is miraculously kept pure in all ages. We have 100% of all the Word of God in our hands.
Even with so many variations in our Bible versions and manuscripts.
I believe not even one single Word of God is lost.
The New Testament is kept pure in various fractions of manuscripts, TR, fractions of Greeks text, various translations, various versions of the Bible like KJV, NIV, ESV, NKJV......
We need time to study all those manuscripts, TR, Greek Texts, various translations, various Bible versions, we have to seek and we may find. Compare them, seek the best Wordings!
No single manuscript, translation, any of them are perfect!
But we need all of them!
So that is why we must read KJV together with NIV, ESV, NKJV......
We must be humble, to read the Word of God.
The Word of God is kept pure in all ages miraculously.
I hope this will silent Jeffrey and Charles Seet for a minute.
That is why we should not quarrel about words.
2 Timothy 2:14, NIV: "Keep reminding God's people of these things. Warn them before God against quarreling about words; it is of no value, and only ruins those who listen."
May God humble us in seeking the New Testament. Do not quarrel about words!
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