Textus Receptus Bibles
English Majority Text Version 2009
New Testament
| 3:1 | Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or [letters] of recommendation from you? |
| 3:2 | You are our letter, having been written in our hearts, being known and being read by all men; |
| 3:3 | being made known that you are [the] letter of Christ, which was ministered by us, having been written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not in tablets of stone but in tablets of flesh, [namely] in hearts. |
| 3:4 | And we have such trust through Christ toward God. |
| 3:5 | Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to consider anything as from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, |
| 3:6 | who also has made us efficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of [the] letter but of [the] Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit makes alive. |
| 3:7 | Now if the ministry of death, having been engraved in letters on stones, came to be with glory, so that the sons of Israel could not look intently into the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance, the [glory which] [was] passing away, |
| 3:8 | how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious? |
| 3:9 | For if the ministry of condemnation [had] glory, the ministry of righteousness exceeds much more in glory. |
| 3:10 | For even that which has been glorified has not been glorified in this respect, because of the surpassing glory. |
| 3:11 | For if that which passes away [was] glorious, then that which remains is much more glorious. |
| 3:12 | Therefore, having such hope, we use great boldness of speech- |
| 3:13 | and not as Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the sons of Israel could not look intently at the end of what was passing away. |
| 3:14 | But their minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is removed in Christ. |
| 3:15 | But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart. |
| 3:16 | But whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. |
| 3:17 | Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord [is], there is freedom. |
| 3:18 | But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. |
English Majority Text Version
PREFACE
Welcome to the third edition of The English Majority Text Version (EMTV) of the Holy Bible. This latest edition has Greek explanatory notes throughout the Bible, to aid the reader in understanding the meanings in some select places of the original Koine Greek. Also, the third edition finds itself closer to the Robinson/Pierpoint printed edition of the Byzantine majority text, rather than the Hodges/Farstad text, which the EMTV was translated from. You will notice these differences in John 7:53-8:11, as well as the entire book of Revelation.
The English Majority Text Version draws from the work of both Dr.’s Hodges and Farstad, and their text, “The Greek New Testament According to the Majority Text,” as well as from Dr. Wilbur Pickering, ThM. PhD., and the EMTV has incorporated his hard work in the field of producing evidence of just what does constitute a majority reading, and, as a result of his work, and the work of others, John 7:53-8:11, and the book of Revelation reflect these variant readings. This is one of the great things about having a Bible that is translated from the majority of the trustworthy Byzantine manuscripts that are in existence—the much greater probability of accuracy.
On the other side of the fence, most modern Bibles are translated from a few scant manuscripts (literally), and more often than not they do not even agree with each other. Not so with a Bible that is translated out of the majority! The experts in linguistics who have put these readings together, and diligently compared the manuscripts, had hundreds and hundreds of manuscripts to compare. It is my prayer that this work will bring honor to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and to our God and Father; because all of this, all that we do, we do to know Him better, and to better understand His word, which He has given to mankind. “Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him. Do not add to His words, Lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar. (Prove 30:5,6). Peace of Christ to you all. In His service, Paul W Esposito Stauros Ministries