Battle of the Bibles - Present Truth

Ephesians 3:14
"For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ".
RV and RSV "I bow my knees unto the Father from whom every family in heaven
and on earth is named".
JB "This, then, is what I pray, kneeling before the Father, from whom every
family, whether spiritual or natural, takes its name ".
NIV "For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom the whole family in
heaven and on earth derives its name".
Once again we see the overriding desire of the modern translators to eliminate
reference to the Sonship of Christ - even the Roman Jerusalem Bible, though the Douay
got it right!
Hebrews 1:2
"[God], Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom He hath
appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds;"
RV Note "hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in a Son ... through
whom also He made the ages ".
RSV "He has spoken to us by a Son through whom He created the world".
Notice how Gnosticism comes through in the revised versions. Paul's declaration
of Christ's divine Sonship is missing, while the RV presents Christ as the creator of
something intangible.
Group 3. Attacks on the Virgin Birth
Isaiah 7:14 has been cited in the section dealing with Messianic passages of
Scripture and it is also applicable here. Now look at some attacks in the New Testament.
Predicably, we should not expect the Douay Version to join in these attacks, yet, in
keeping with Vatican II Council, Rome's interconfessional plans are evident in her
Jerusalem Bible.
Matthew 1:25
"And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his
name JESUS".
son".
RV "and knew her not till she had brought forth a son ".
RSV "But knew her not until she had borne a son ".
JB "and, though he had not had intercourse with her, she gave birth to a
NIV "But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son ".
As a virgin, Mary's child must of necessity be a first-born, and the KJV and the
Douay make this point. But the best the revisionists can do is to indicate that Joseph
was not the father, thus leaving the possibility that some other man might have been the
boy's father! Notice the emerging pattern of resemblance between the post-Vatican II
Bibles - JB and NIV.
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