Praise God, and thank you so much! I feel as Jesus said we should, “So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty'” (Luke 17:10 NIV).
Yes, you’re in a very good position to be able to share with your friends “the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God” (Mark 1:1 NIV), especially since you already have a relationship with them. The apostle Paul is a good one to imitate. “He reasoned with them from the Scriptures, explaining and proving that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead” (Acts 17:2,3 NIV), and advised, “Always give yourself fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain” (1 Corinthians 15:58 NIV). Praying for you!
This does not show the authenticity of the content of the Bible. It is simply showing that copies are more likely to be exact replicas of the original, as the amount of time between original and copy and is diminished as compared to other texts.
Thank for your response.
You’re right, these charts are not intended to “show the authenticity of the content of the Bible.” They do indeed show “that [the] copies are more likely to be exact exact replicas of the original[s], as the amount of time between original and copy is diminished as compared to other texts.” These charts do a good job of showing these things, but do not cover everything there is to cover about the authenticity of the Bible. There are other articles which do that.
If you have any questions, let us know.
The fact that the extant ancient manuscript copies of the scriptures enable textual scholars to create Hebrew-Aramaic Old Testament, and Greek New Testament Master Texts which accurately to a very high degree represent the original writings, does authenticate the content of the Bible. God has preserved his word (1 Peter 1:24,25).
Love your work!
Thank you so much!
God is good and you are awesome. All my friends need to know this Jesus Christ in my heart.
Praise God, and thank you so much! I feel as Jesus said we should, “So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty'” (Luke 17:10 NIV).
Yes, you’re in a very good position to be able to share with your friends “the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God” (Mark 1:1 NIV), especially since you already have a relationship with them. The apostle Paul is a good one to imitate. “He reasoned with them from the Scriptures, explaining and proving that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead” (Acts 17:2,3 NIV), and advised, “Always give yourself fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain” (1 Corinthians 15:58 NIV). Praying for you!
This does not show the authenticity of the content of the Bible. It is simply showing that copies are more likely to be exact replicas of the original, as the amount of time between original and copy and is diminished as compared to other texts.
Please see the article on this site, “EVIDENCE of EARLY NEW TESTAMENT CANON by c. 100 CE”.
Thank for your response.
You’re right, these charts are not intended to “show the authenticity of the content of the Bible.” They do indeed show “that [the] copies are more likely to be exact exact replicas of the original[s], as the amount of time between original and copy is diminished as compared to other texts.” These charts do a good job of showing these things, but do not cover everything there is to cover about the authenticity of the Bible. There are other articles which do that.
If you have any questions, let us know.
The fact that the extant ancient manuscript copies of the scriptures enable textual scholars to create Hebrew-Aramaic Old Testament, and Greek New Testament Master Texts which accurately to a very high degree represent the original writings, does authenticate the content of the Bible. God has preserved his word (1 Peter 1:24,25).