Christians: How often do u guys update the Bible?

Question

Every day or week or month or year?

Answer 1

Books offering advice are very popular in today’s world. But they tend to become outdated and are soon revised or replaced. What about the Bible? It was completed nearly 2,000 years ago. Yet, its original message has never been improved upon or updated. Could such a book possibly contain practical guidance for our day?
SOME say no. “Nobody would advocate the use of a 1924 edition chemistry text[book] for use in a modern chemistry class,” wrote Dr. Eli S. Chesen, explaining why he felt that the Bible is outdated.1 Seemingly, this argument makes sense. After all, man has learned much about mental health and human behavior since the Bible was written. So how could such an ancient book possibly be relevant for modern living?
Timeless Principles
While it is true that times have changed, basic human needs have remained the same. People throughout history have had a need for love and affection. They have wanted to be happy and to lead meaningful lives. They have needed advice on how to cope with economic pressures, how to make a success of marriage, and how to instill good moral and ethical values in their children. The Bible contains advice that addresses those basic needs.-Ecclesiastes 3:12, 13; Romans 12:10; Colossians 3:18-21; 1 Timothy 6:6-10.
The Bible’s counsel reflects a keen awareness of human nature. Consider some examples of its specific, timeless principles that are practical for modern living.
Practical Guidance for Marriage
The family, says the UN Chronicle, “is the oldest and most basic unit of human organization; the most crucial link between generations.” This “crucial link,” however, is coming apart at an alarming rate. “In today’s world,” notes the Chronicle, “many families face daunting challenges that threaten their ability to function and, indeed, to survive.”2 What advice does the Bible offer to help the family unit survive?
To begin with, the Bible has much to say about how husbands and wives should treat each other. Concerning husbands, for example, it says: “Husbands ought to be loving their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself, for no man ever hated his own flesh; but he feeds and cherishes it.” (Ephesians 5:28, 29) A wife was advised to “have deep respect for her husband.”-Ephesians 5:33.
Consider the implications of applying such Bible counsel. A husband who loves his wife ‘as his own body’ is not hateful or brutal toward her. He does not strike her physically, nor does he abuse her verbally or emotionally. Instead, he accords her the same esteem and consideration he shows himself. (1 Peter 3:7) His wife thus feels loved and secure in her marriage. He thereby provides his children with a good example of how women should be treated. On the other hand, a wife who has “deep respect” for her husband does not strip him of his dignity by constantly criticizing him or belittling him. Because she respects him, he feels trusted, accepted, and appreciated.
Is such advice practical in this modern world? It is interesting that those who make a career of studying families today have come to similar conclusions. An administrator of a family counseling program noted: “The healthiest families I know are ones in which the mother and father have a strong, loving relationship between themselves. . . . This strong primary relationship seems to breed security in the children.”
Over the years, the Bible’s counsel on marriage has proved far more reliable than the advice of countless well-intentioned family counselors. After all, it was not too long ago that many experts were advocating divorce as a quick and easy solution to an unpleasant marriage. Today, many of them urge people to make their marriage last if at all possible. But this change has come only after much damage was done.
In contrast, the Bible gives reliable, balanced counsel on the subject of marriage. It acknowledges that some extreme circumstances make divorce permissible. (Matthew 19:9) At the same time, it condemns frivolous divorce. (Malachi 2:14-16) It also condemns marital infidelity. (Hebrews 13:4) Marriage, it says, involves commitment: “That is why a man will leave his father and his mother and he must stick to his wife and they must become one flesh.”-Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5, 6.
The Bible’s advice on marriage is as relevant today as it was when the Bible was written. When husband and wife treat each other with love and respect and view marriage as an exclusive relationship, the marriage is more likely to survive-and with it the family.

Answer 2

I have never updated a Bible, and the one I read today is just the same as the one I had as a child over forty years ago. The truth about Jesus Christ hasn't changed in 2006 years. He is the same today as yesterday. He died for you on a cross, and he is coming back soon. Nothing has changed, only peoples values have gone down.

I would like to add that the Bible I read is the King James Version. By my studying it I have come to know Jesus Christ in a very real way. I now know that the Bible is Gods word and if you study it you couldn't say the things you are saying. There is nothing anyone can ever say that will cause me to doubt the Bible. I believe every word, the Spirit of God lives in me, I need no proof that God is real.

Answer 3

For all the people saying "it's never changed", it has been translated. Aramaic, Hebrew, Koine Greek, Byzantine Greek, Syriac, Coptic, Ge'ez, Latin, and (modern) vernacular laguages (including a Cockney Rhyming Slang version) - and anyone who has done any translating knows that phrasing, intent, and/or meaning can get lost in translation.

So, you can imagine that over - what was the figure mentioned here - nearly 2000 years of translation that it has been editted, misinterpreted (literally and figuratively), and improved (ie, tweaked and changed 'for the better'). Also remember that it is only over that last century or two that the literacy rate of the population has been on the rise - for much of that "two thousand years", most people relied on someone else to 'read' the Bible for them. Play a game of 'Chinese Whispers' sometime to understand exactly what I am getting at...

I'm not saying that the Bible is intentionally corrupted in a bid for world domination - just that it has gone through a long path to get to it's present form. It may be the word of God, but it has been humans that have written down the words of the Bible... (I believe the phrase is "never changes my butt"...)

Answer 4

The NLT is paraphrased. After doing study I count specifically on the KJV. even with the actuality that I have numerous diverse translations and want to study what they each say. The NIV is in extra straightforward English, and omits many verses and variations the completed which technique of a few verses. the different variations of the Bible arent' that tremendous both. i'll't undergo in concepts the themes with reference to the NKJV Bible, i'm particular you should locate out. i imagine it really is extra valuable source of actuality than the NIV. All this being suggested, Jesus is the actual understand God and once you've Him because the source of actuality, he's able to guide you out of bewilderment and grant you information.

Answer 5

You're a smart guy. If you just find all the re-writes of the past, and see how often they were done, you'll know the answer to your question.

I hope you're better at it than me though... I just tried to find some re-writes and can't find any....be careful though. To do this, you'd actually have to read and study the bible.

Answer 6

It goes 1000 years after Armageddon. The fact that combustion engines, human flight, and computers are now common, the message wasn't obsolesced.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

I mean, c'mon, you gotta keep rewritin stuff to match the hypocrasies of Falwell et al. Who was the latest crack smoking rear admiral to take a fall?

Answer 9

Never Gods Word is eternal, and does not need update.

Answer 10

It never changes.
I Cr 13;8a
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