Seems that some word changes in recent translations of the Bible—seem to tone down or diminish the weight of the meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
from: from: from: from: from: from: Could these changes serve to fit better in modern America, to not be so offensive or abrasive, and make readers and listeners more comfortable ? Seems that some word changes in recent translations of the Bible—seem to tone down or diminish the weight of the meaning. from:“In the last days perilous times will come.”to:“In the last days difficult times will come.” from:“You are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a peculiar people.”to:“You are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, God’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,2,7,9,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational","category-faith_based","category-inspire_lifter","category-political-cultural","category-time"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7319"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7319"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7320,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7319\/revisions\/7320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
“In the last days perilous<\/span> times will come.”
to:
“In the last days difficult<\/span> times will come.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“You are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a peculiar<\/span> people.”
to:
“You are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, God’s own<\/span> people.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Take no thought<\/span> for tomorrow.”
to:
“Take no anxious thought<\/span> for tomorrow.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The love of money is the root of all evil<\/span>.”
to:
“The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil<\/span>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition<\/span>.”
to:
“Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin<\/span> and destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung<\/span>, that I may win Christ.”
to:
“I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage<\/span>, that I may gain Christ.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These recent changes in Bible translations and recent changes in America have taken place at the same time, after hundreds of years with consistency for both.
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