Posts by Samuel C. Gipp

Appendix #2 GLOSSARY OF TEXT NAMES ANTIOCH Antiochian Text Byzantine Text Syrian Text Majority Text Universal Text Reformation Text Imperial Text Traditional Text Textus Receptus ALEXANDRIA Alexandrian Text Egyptian Text Local Text Hesychian Text Minority Text

Appendix #1 JOHN 21:15-17 – AGAPE vs PHILEO I – Comparison: How Jesus used AGAPE and PHILEO. A 1. Luke 11:42 the love of God A 2. John 5:42 the love of God P 3. Matt 10:37 He that loveth father or mother A 4. Rev 3:9 to know that I have loved P 5.…

QUESTION #62: I’m convinced that the King James Bible is the infallible Word of God. Now what should I do? ANSWER: Act like you believe it. EXPLANATION: If you REALLY believe that the Bible (AV 1611) is the infallible, perfect word of God, you will first begin to READ IT. There is no excuse for…

QUESTION #61: What if there really ARE mistakes in the King James Bible? ANSWER: Then it’s up to YOU to find the Book that God was talking about in Psalm 12:6,7, and Jesus was talking about in Matthew 24:35. EXPLANATION: I learned a great lesson in the late 1960’s. I watched on television as riotous…

QUESTION #60: What about a contradiction that can’t be successfully explained? ANSWER: You will have to accept the perfection of the Authorized Version by faith. EXPLANATION: Many years ago the phone in my kitchen rang. On the line was a young man who was a student in a class I was teaching in a nearby…

QUESTION #59: I want to be successful in my circle of friends. A stand for the King James Bible would be a detriment to my future promotion. What should I do? ANSWER: Either stand for God’s Bible and trust HIM to promote you, or sell out your integrity and grovel for your peers as a…

QUESTION #58: How many mistakes are there in the King James Bible? ANSWER: None. EXPLANATION: None.

QUESTION #57: Was Erasmus, the editor of the Textus Receptus, a “good” Roman Catholic? ANSWER: Erasmus, who edited the Greek text which was later to be known as the Textus Receptus, was an embarrassment to the pope and a poor example of a “good” Roman Catholic. EXPLANATION: Desiderius Erasmus was born in 1466 and died…

QUESTION #56: What should I do where my Bible and my Greek Lexicon contradict? ANSWER: Throw out the Lexicon. EXPLANATION: Oftimes a critic of God’s Bible will point to a Lexicon or Greek grammar book for authority in an effort to prove that a word has been mistranslated in the Bible. This is rather foolhardy…

QUESTION #55: Shouldn’t we emphasize love for Jesus Christ rather than squabbling over Bible translations? ANSWER: There is no better way to emphasize our love for Jesus Christ than to jealously and zealously guard His word. EXPLANATION: You can show your “love” for the Lord Jesus Christ in two ways. 1. Any method that YOU…