For Christians?

Question

What makes you sure that the bible was translated correctly?

I'm pretty sure people left some things out of it... maybe many jesus' teachings.

what make you all people so sure that the main base of Christianity is really auntentic and true

YEAH YOU SAID THE BIBLE SAYS YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE GOD'S WORD BUT THEN WE GET TO THE SAME POINT CUZ THE BIBLE THAT MAY HAVE MISTAKES IS TELLING YOU THAT.. SO HOW ARE YOU SOOO SURE???

how are you sure you are not following a lie that people have modificated to please themself.. and left out many things that would have affected their church.. .. what if they changed things to it...

and yes it really hard to believe that it was translated literally..

the bible itself has mistakes ... that doesnt even makes sense when you go further in it

Answer 1

I have the Hebrew and Greek texts by which our English versions are translated. And knowing those languages and how they translate into English shows that God's message has been preserved.

Let's say a CEO of a company wrote a long memo and made a thousand photocopies, and told people to make copies of their copies every so many years. Thousands of years later, it's the same memo, and people were faithful in copying the message.
There is more evidence that the bible is preserved textually than any other ancient book on earth.

But look at it like this. If YOU were all powerful, all knowing, and wanted YOUR message to be preserved, YOU would MAKE it happen, wouldn't you? So it is with God.

Answer 2

There's a lot of evidence that the Bibles we have today are what was written down originally. I know more about this for the New Testament than the Old, so I apologise for that, but the New Testament we have in our Bibles is definitely reliable. There are so many early manuscripts (particularly compared with other historical writings of the time) that we can be confident that what has been translated is accurate. When modern Bible translators translate the Bible, they use as many of the early manuscripts as they can, and are experts in their field. Our translations of the Bible are becoming more and more accurate as scholarship becomes better. We can trust that what our Bibles say is what was originally written.

Answer 3

It most likely isn't. It's been altered far too much. Yes, there's probably also a lot of stuff excluded. You have to have some faith, though, to really be a Christian and also understand that not everything is true or perfect within the Bible. There has been typos and such in there before. I'm pretty some sites have those "funnies" around the net.

Answer 4

If we don't have the original biblical documents, but only possess copies (that have copyist errors), then how can we argue that the original documents were without error?

We don't need to have the original documents in order to demonstrate their inerrancy any more than a prosecutor needs a body to prove a crime has been committed. Inferences can be drawn from the evidence at hand, and a reasonable conclusion can be argued from biblical principles.

First of all, the copies definitely have errors in them, but whether or not they have errors does not necessitate that the originals did. We don't need to have the original documents in order to demonstrate their inerrancy anymore than a prosecutor needs a body to prove a crime has been committed.
Second, the Scriptures are said to be God-breathed, i.e., inspired. Second Timothy 3:16 says, "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness." The word "inspired" is 'theopneustos', God-breathed. This means that Scripture comes from God. Jesus said in Luke 24:44-45, "These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled." 45 Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures." Notice At the Scriptures are referred to as the entire Old Testament. Furthermore, Jesus said in John 10:35, “If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken)."

We see that Jesus speak for the entire Old Testament, to which John the apostle refers to Scripture. Then we see that Jesus said the Scripture cannot be broken. This means that it cannot fail. From this we can easily conclude that the position of Jesus is that the Scriptures, the written form, cannot fail, cannot be broken. Logically, this means that they are without error.

Third, Jesus did not deal with the issue of copyist errors. He simply stated that God's word cannot be broken. Likewise, we should take the same stance.

Fourth, Jesus did not possess the original writings, yet he said that they could not be broken and contain error.

Fifth, the New Testament is likewise considered Scripture by the Christian Church. Therefore, it falls under the purview of all Scripture being inspired of God.

Answer 5

I am a Christian, but I have the same question. I personally believe that since the Bible was written by man, even if they were following God's word, they could have put anything they wanted in it, and therefor take anything out, too.
With all of these "revised" bibles and rewritten bibles, how are we to know what was truly in the Bible from the beginning?

I have a hard time believing the bible much anymore.

Answer 6

God preserves his word. unless people change what they think are errors in the Bible. i read more than just one interpretation of the Bible, and i am picking up on a few things that people have changed thinking that they were correcting errors. but it is a good thing that we have been able to find copy's of the Bible from early dates so we can see what has or has not been changed.

Answer 7

When you take the time to look into the Bible translations, and the history of its transmission, it becomes quite clear how accurate it is.
Or, if you don't want to do all that, an easier way is to put its' words into practice in your life. You will know inside yourself how perfect it is.
I do believe that an Almighty God could preserve His words for a mere few thousand years' time, don't you?
Remember, God IS Almighty.

Answer 8

That is a point I often wonder about. I speak English and German and trying to translate one to the other is often a nightmare. There are often no direct translations and often expressions which don't translate. You therefore have to find a different way of expressing which can reduce the meaning.

Answer 9

What makes you sure that the bible wasn`t translated correctly?

Answer 10

From what is written in Bible people can find way to life.
In this world and into better one.
Lord says if You do not understand passage in Bible
apply Your faith.