QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ENGLISH STANDARD VERSION

1 QUESTIONS ABOUT the ENGLISH STANDARD VERSION by Robert R. Taylor, 1 This appeared in the February, March & April 2013 issues of Seek The Old Paths. R. Taylor, a number of inquiriesrelativeto theEnglishStandardVersion(ESV),atwenty-f irstcenturyBible when it , all my QUESTIONS willpertain to the New (KingJamesVersion)ortheASV(AmericanStand ardVersion) (NewRevised STANDARD VERSION )is not a superiorversion, (NewInternationalVersion)has new initsnamebutthatdoesnotmakeit Guy me in the 1970sthat as littleasIthink of the RSV, I preferitovertheNIV.

2 The NIV isshotthroughwitherror! Hisassessment is the same asmine has been for over thirty :10,whydidtheESV(EnglishStandardVersion) change Shiloh in the text to tribute and yet injects into afootnote until Shilohcomes? Whyput intoafootnotewhatitstranslatorsdidnotall owinthetext?TheKJV, ASV and the NKJV(NewKing james VERSION ) do not ,inthisprophecy,doesnothavetributeorShil ohthecityinmind,butaperson and unto him shall thegatheringofthepeoplebe. Him it! TheESVdoes not do well with Genesis 49 ,Idonothavetodealwiththiscreated problem.

3 Users of the ESV do!Welikelywouldnot suspect thegenealogy section during the DividedKingdomperiodofsomefourhundredyea rs,doyourememberincludingAsaphassonofAbi jahand this sameAsaphasfatherofJehoshaphat?Asafits; ESV , ,evenwithnames, 1, they haveAmosasthesonofManassehandAmosthefath erof a used by the ESV in2 Kings ,butwhoareAsaphandAmosinthislineagelineo fMatthew1?Youmaybethinking,whyallthisado overnamechanges?Wedonot want our names changed nor names !EvenKennethTaylor inTheLivingBible(TLB) ,the ESV leavesMatthew5:17,Ephesians2:15andHebrew s10:9intranslational shambles and contradictions.

4 IthasJesustosay in Matthew 5:17, I havenotcometoabolishthem(LawandProphets) buttofulfillthem. YetinEphesians2:15,theESVhas byabolishing the law Accord-ingtotheESV,whoisright Christinthe QUESTIONS ABOUT the ENGLISH STANDARD VERSION by Robert R. Taylor, 2 This appeared in the February, March & April 2013 issues of Seek The Old Paths. or Paul in theEphesianepistle?InHebrews 10:9theESVhas, He abolishes the first in order toestablishthesecond. Whoisright ChristinMatthew 5:17 or Paul in Hebrews 10:9?Christdidnotcometoshatter or it or fill it full and thenremove,annul,abolishor take it out of thewayinorder to establish the second anyday ofexegetingthesepassagesfrom theKJVandASV rather than the more difficult job oftryingtoharmonize these three verses verses?

5 Ifso, why?Itisnothingshortofinexcusablethewayt heESV,plussomanyofitspredecessors,makess hamblesofthistrioofverses. AftertheyfinishedMatthew5:17andarrivedat Ephesians2:15and later to Hebrews 10:9,did it not occur to them that they hadproducedacontradictionbetweenChristan dPaul?TheyhaveChristtodenyabolishingtheM osaiclaw(covenant) in Christ s speech and Paul truth or divide Mosaic lawisstillineffect,asmanyreligiousleader scontenditis,andChristianity is now valid,weareundertwolawgivers, in Matthew 17:1ff said to hear Christ notMosesand Christ, not Elijah ,theLord shalfbrotherintheflesh and His full brother in the faith,affirmedonelawgiver ( james 4:12).

6 ChildreninmySunday evening classpriortoservicetimeknowthatweareunde rthe Christian covenant, not patriarchalpreceptsorMosaic mandates. There is notan iota of justification for producing scounselin2 Timothy 2:15relativetodividingtruthinarightwayis lost on people like this!WEAK RENDERINGS , anybody across theyearshadthatmuchtrouble in understanding whatfornicationisandwhatadultery is? As ateenager, opt , :32;19:9;Mark7:21;Acts15:20;21:25;1 Corinth-ians5:1;6:9;6:13;6:18;7:2;10:8;2 Corin-thians12:21;Galatians5:19;Ephesian s5:3,5;Colossians3:5;Hebrews12:16;Jude7a ndRevelation2 :1wasnotjustreadingafilthynovelorviewing images of a fornication with his ownfather thisbycallingsuch affairs insteadofadulteryor meaningfulrelations (oftheunmarried) instead of fornication.

7 QUESTIONS ABOUT the ENGLISH STANDARD VERSION by Robert R. Taylor, 3 This appeared in the February, March & April 2013 issues of Seek The Old Paths. WITH MATTHEW 19:28 The ESV has Truly, I say to you, in thenewworld,whentheSonofMan will sit onhisthrone,youwhohavefollowedmewillalso sitontwelvethrones,judgingthetwelvetribe sofIsrael. Whyis newworld inthetextandinafootnote Greek, in theregeneration? The148menwhotranslatedtheKJV(47)andtheAS V(101) used regeneration, not newworld. newworld. Were I a patron ofpremillennialism,Iwouldbehappywiththe newworld renderingand would shy Gospeldispensation.

8 In Titus 3:5, Paul speaks ofthe washingofregeneration whichistheexcellentequivalentof bornofwater inJohn 3:5. It would be interesting to knowhowmanypremillennialpeople worked isms arewelcomedintomanyofthemodernversionsno w a word inthetextand the word for it in :19,theESVhas, baptizingtheminthenameoftheFatherand of theSonandoftheHolySpirit (emphasismine).TheGreekword orinto. TheASVhasintowhichismystronglypreferredr enderingandthewayIquoteitwhen I give Matthew s account thenameoftheFatherandoftheSonandoftheHol ySpirit?

9 ,inhisWordStudiesof Matthew 28:19,preferredinandsaidit should not ,asaBaptist,heoptedforinand to these 101 in the in thedenominations recognized him as such On Matthew, Thebaptism is to bedone intothenameoftheFatherandoftheSonandofth e HolySpirit. The name of the Father and of bybaptismintoactualsubjectiontothe baptizedinto the name of these three bringsone intocovenantrelationship with the ,therefore,notonlyasacredactofobedience, butitbringsoneintothefullnessoftheblessi ngsof the Father, SonandHolySpirit ( ).

10 Itis myjudgmentthattheASVhas the better and more in the text, not just footnote :4, proclaimingabaptismofrepentance for the forgiveness of sins (Emphasisadded).TheKJVhas the. TheASVhas the. InLivingOracles,publishedby Alexander Campbell and translated bytherenownedGeorgeCampbell,JamesMacknig htandPhilipDoddridge,wehave theimmersionofreformation for theremissionofsins (Mark1:4, ).Whytheindefinite a andnotthemuchmoredefinite the? Inthespringof1922, TabernacleSermons inNashville, great sermons wason baptism.