Is it true that some bible translators purposefully left out certain scriptures and verses? If so why?

Question

How can we be for certain that what is written is true? I am trying to find god...this time for myself. I grew up in a religion but I guess I never accepted it as my own...I feel that because there are so many many religions out there, It is impossible to "try" them all. Should I even take religion seriously at all? Was religion "created" to separate classes of people? I would appreciate others opinions on this.

Answer 1

I have copies of 43 scriptures of which all were removed from the Protestant Bible. Why?---because they might have interfered with the growing power the protestant church was seeking.

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Answer 2

The bible was translated by many people. Maybe some things in the bible did not go exactly with what certain churches wanted. For example, the pope recently decided to get rid of a belief about limbo. Does he automaticly get to decide what god says, or did limbo appear for a while, then disapear. Of course not, there is only one true religion out there. It has the bible, but some other more accurate scriptures. It is The Chruch of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
The book of mormon was translated by the power of god. It is an account of the people in america, and what happened when christ came. He actually visisted the people the people that were in the americas.
This church explains everything out exetremely well. It also talks of the plan of salvation, which tells us where we came from and where we are going. It explains the whole meaning of earthly life.
I encourage you to get a copy of the book of mormon from local missionaries. Missionaries shouldn't be to hard to find. There are missionaries all over the world. These people will explain more than I can about this only true church. If nothing else just talk to these missionaries.

Answer 3

Yes the new world translation is widely seen as very badly translated. It is the bible used by the Jehovah's Witness sect, they have changed/left out parts of the Bible in order to justify some of their beliefs. People who change the bible are not Christians.
We can be sure the Bible is true through faith.This can only be acheived through a living relationship with Jesus, where you accept Him into your life.
Yes there are many religions out there but Jesus said "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
Yes take religion seriously but more impotantly have a relationship with Jesus, He loves you and He died to save you, me and the whole world.
Religion has been used to separated classes of people but also remember it was never supposed to. In Christ everyone is equally valuable and loved. Hope some of this helps! If you want to know more about Jesus there are some good websites out there, Clarifying Christianity is one i like. Or you could speak to a Christian friend or even go to a church service sometime.
God Bless!

Answer 4

What is commonly known as the Old Testament was pretty much canonized by the time Jesus arrived on the scene. (Cannon means Standard or measure) And the new testament volumes that we have today all harmonize together. However when you look at the apocryphal books, they all have certain things in common. Most importantly they do not harmonize with the rest of scripture and so cannot be considered as so. Also these Gnostic writings were not written until the 3rd - 4th century which really puts them out of the running to be scripture sense they are so far removed from the time which the New Testament was written.

If I were you I would stick with King James Bible and if the thees and thous get to much for you go to New King James it takes the thees and thous and brings them to the more common vernacular without distorting the content to far away from what is widely accepted as the most reliable scriptures. (King James Version)

Answer 5

Now, some scriptures were written on leather or papyrus, which through time would wear out. And when you copy something by hand, you tend to make mistakes. But to say purposely, no.

"The first chapter of the book of Hebrews in one of the oldest and best surviving manuscripts of the New Testament, Codex Vaticanus (Vatican)."

There is a marginal note between the first and second columns, which reads "Fool and knave, leave the old reading, don't change it." Apparently, a corrector of the text had erased a word in verse three and tried to substitute another word in its place.

It was corrected by another, who had wrote the marginal note to the latter, and the original word was put back in.

Answer 6

You can not be certain that scriptures are not altered, but the bible is made in a way that messages are repeated and hidden in clues. It is your choice if you want to try to find wisdom or if you just want to be a sheep, and just worship God by seeking perfection in the character of Jesus the Lord.

Men were supposed to wordship God in faith, and in doings, and in thanking for the world he gave to us to live and care of.
We do not know what would have been Gods plans for worship. but it was in Cain and Abel that the rituals and offerings started.


You don't need religions but you have to worship in faith and love in your heart, and you have to accept and believe that Jesus is Lord and Savior and you most try and be like him the most you can.

Answer 7

Not only were verses most likely added/subtracted, you also have to think about the possibility of them being altered to control the society of the time. Religion is just a means to an end, and the end is the same any way you see it.

Answer 8

Naj‘ ḨammādÄ«, town, east central Egypt, about 48 km (about 30 mi) south of Qinā, where a collection of early Christian manuscripts was found in 1945. The 52 manuscripts are in Coptic. Copied in the 4th century ad (as inscribed on some of them), the original Greek texts were written perhaps in the 2nd century ad. They are an important source of information about the beliefs of the members of a sect regarded as heretical by the main body of the early church (see Gnosticism). The collection includes writings attributed to several of Jesus' apostles. Among these is the Gospel of Thomas, which consists of sayings of Jesus, many of them similar to those found in the New Testament.

Dead Sea Scrolls, collection of about 600 Hebrew and Aramaic manuscripts discovered in a group of caves near Khirbat Qumrān in Jordan, at the northwestern end of the Dead Sea. The leather and papyrus scrolls, which survive in varying states of preservation, came to light in a series of archaeological finds that began in 1947. The manuscripts have been attributed to members of a previously unknown Jewish brotherhood. The scrolls include manuals of discipline, hymnbooks, biblical commentaries, and apocalyptic writings; two of the oldest known copies of the Book of Isaiah, almost wholly intact; and fragments of every book in the Old Testament except that of Esther. Among the latter is a fanciful paraphrase of the Book of Genesis. Also found were texts, in the original languages, of several books of the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha. These texts—none of which was included in the Hebrew canon of the Bible—are Tobit, Sirach, Jubilees, portions of Enoch, and the Testament of Levi, hitherto known only in early Greek, Syriac, Latin, and Ethiopic versions.

In 1947 Jum’a, a shepherd of the Ta’amireh tribe of the nomadic Bedouins, discovered ancient scrolls rolled up in leather and cloth in a cave to the northwest of the Dead Sea in the Qumrān Valley. A remarkable archaeological find, the scrolls formed the first part of a collection of Hebrew and Aramaic manuscripts that were discovered in quick succession after Jum’a’s original find. These ancient texts, which include the Book of Isaiah in its entirety and fragments from all other books of the Old Testament except for the Book of Esther, turned out to be more than 1000 years older than any other known Hebrew texts.
Encarta Encyclopedia
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Answer 9

For the most part the bible is accurate and a few verses were added to make it fit more in with what they believed.
Some were changed but the mail story's are all in there and if you pray I do believe that God will answer honest prayers for the truth.

Answer 10

If you research bible versions, there are alot of versions, including almost every countries in the world got their own version, I doubt that they have original sources in their church, that is why it so different. I don't know how they live with this lies.
What I can say here, GO read and research it and the more you read, the more confuse you are, once you have done that, please read and research Quran, you will find it so different from bible.

thank you.