Have you ever heard of the "Wuest" translation

[Khristeeanos]

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Here are a few quotes:

Luke 13:24

Be endeavoring with a strenuous zeal to enter through the narrow door, because many, I am saying to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

John 1:1-3

In the beginning the Word was existing. And the Word was in fellowship with God the Father. And the Word was as to His essence absolute deity. This Word was in the beginning in fellowship with God the Father. All things through His intermediate agency came into being, and without Him there came into being not even one thing which has come into existence.

Acts 2:37-38

Now, having heard this, they were stung to the heart with poignant sorrow. And they said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, what shall we do, men, brothers? And Peter said to them, have a change of mind, that change of mind being accompanied by abhorrence of and sorrow for your deed, and let each one of you be baptized upon the ground of your confession of belief in the sum total of all that Jesus Christ is in His glorious Person, this baptismal testimony being in relation to the fact that your sins have been put away, and you shall receive the gratuitous gift of the Holy Spirit.

What do you all think about this translation? Have you ever heard of it?

[Trinity]

It sounds different... and no iv never heard of it, and no i wouldn't use it untill its proven Doctrinaly correct lol

[Khristeeanos]

It sounds different... and no iv never heard of it, and no i wouldn't use it untill its proven Doctrinaly correct lol

When you say that, do you mean until you find out if it lines up with what you believe?

We all disagree on many things here, keep that in mind.

[Trinity]

It sounds different... and no iv never heard of it, and no i wouldn't use it untill its proven Doctrinaly correct lol

When you say that, do you mean until you find out if it lines up with what you believe?

We all disagree on many things here, keep that in mind.

No im not saying that... im saying if agrees with the main doctrins such as with Jesus as God, Salvation etc...

[whatsitmean]

I have used the Word Studies a lot. I didn't know he did a translation. Looks a little difficult to follow.

[Khristeeanos]

It sounds different... and no iv never heard of it, and no i wouldn't use it untill its proven Doctrinaly correct lol

When you say that, do you mean until you find out if it lines up with what you believe?

We all disagree on many things here, keep that in mind.

No im not saying that... im saying if agrees with the main doctrins such as with Jesus as God, Salvation etc...

He he he. I was just messing with you.

I knew what you meant.

Jason, you CRACK ME UP! That is TOO FUNNY!!!

[Khristeeanos]

I have used the Word Studies a lot. I didn't know he did a translation. Looks a little difficult to follow.

I see. It isn't a read-me translation I don't think. It is a reference I would say.

I heard he did a whole lot of word study from Greek to English volumes.

Someone told me that I could go to a Christian book store and purchase the translation and the other word-studies for around $200.

I found the translation for about $20 at a few places, and less than $10 for a used one.

[whatsitmean]

What I have is paper back, 4 volumes in 2. I've had it for years and it is helpful. It wasn't expensive though.

Woops edit: What I have is Vincent Word Studies. I posted that away from home. Sorry for the confusion.

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"John 1:1-3

In the beginning the Word was existing. And the Word was in fellowship with God the Father. And the Word was as to His essence absolute deity. This Word was in the beginning in fellowship with God the Father. All things through His intermediate agency came into being, and without Him there came into being not even one thing which has come into existence."

John 1:1-3 NKJV

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was in the beginning with God. 3All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.

They are different. the wuest translation seems to be trying to interpret the meaning of the more traditional verses in the scripture i provide. The biggest difference to my mind is the following

Wuest: "And the Word was as to His essence absolute deity"

NKJV: "and the Word was God"

The wuest seems to be distancing the Word from God there is a big difference between saying the Word Is God and the Word has the same essence as God. That interpretation allows separation of Jesus and God. It is saying that the two are made up of the same substance but are separate. Like Humans are made up of flesh and bone but are separate individuals. Personally i will stick to the more traditional rendering of the verse and accept in on face value without needing to interpret it.

All praise the Ancient Of Days

[Guest Calamity]

DIME, a quick way to check a Bible that my dad taught me when I was little, is to see if it calls Mary a "young woman", or a virgin. If it doesn't call her a virgin, then it probably has other problems as well. Of course, this won't work on all translations, but it's one of the first things I always look for now, if I'm not sure of the translation.