The Bible is a plain book. It is intelligible by the people. And they have the right, and are bound to read and interpret it for themselves; so that their faith may rest on the testimony of the Scriptures, and not on that of the Church. Such is the doctrine of Protestants on this subject.
How Are We to Understand the Completeness of the Scriptures?
By the completeness of the Scriptures is meant that they contain all the extant revelations of God designed to be a rule of faith and practice to the Church.
Christians How Can You Save Yourself and Those Who Listen to You?
From the beginning, it has been true that Christians are obligated to work (an evident demonstration of genuine faith), for that is according to the principles of God. The warning of Paul that we find at 1 Timothy 4:16 was packed with meaning for the holy ones in early Christianity. However, today the times that we live in are more perilous, the days are more wicked.
Among Christians, What is a Common View of Judgment Day? What Does the Bible Really Say?
What is Judgement Day? When Christians think of Judgment Day what comes to their mind? What does day of Judgement Day mean for you? What does the Bible say about Judgement Day?
ISAIAH 6:5–7: HOW ARE WE TO UNDERSTAND THE VISION OF THE KING IN HIS HOLINESS?
Whatever obstacle there existed to your communicating the message of God to this people, arising from your own consciousness of unworthiness, is taken away. You are commissioned to bear that message, and your own consciousness of guilt should not be a hindrance.
Minuscule 579 a Greek Manuscript of the New Testament
Minuscule 579 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 376 (von Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century A.D.
Bruce M. Metzger (1914–2007) New Testament Textual Scholar and Bible Translator
Dr. Bruce Metzger was unquestionably one of the greatest New Testament scholars of the 20th century. (Dr. Daniel B. Wallace) Bruce Metzger was one of the finest minds in New Testament studies in the twentieth century. Indisputably, all textual scholars would agree that he was the leading textual scholar of the 20th century.
KJVOIST/TROISTS and Agnostic Textual Scholar Dr. Bart D. Ehrman
Agnostic New Testament textual and early Christianity scholar Dr. Bart D. Ehrman states, God “didn’t preserve the words, the conclusion seemed inescapable to me that he hadn’t gone to the trouble of inspiring them.” The KJVO/TRO argues, “Because the Scriptures are forever relevant, they have been preserved down through the ages by God's special providence.”
CHRISTIANS What Did the Apostle Paul Mean When He Said, marry “only in the Lord”
1 Corinthians 7:39 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 39 A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband falls asleep in death,[1] she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.
Since the 1990s How Has Lower (Textual) Criticism Has Begun Following in the Footsteps of Higher (Biblical) Criticism?
World-renowned Bible scholars, such as Robert L. Thomas, the late Norman L. Geisler, Gleason L. Archer, F. David Farnell, and the late Gleason L. Archer Jr., among many others, have fought for decades to educate readers about the dangers of higher criticism.