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John Speed's Genealogies recorded in the Sacred Scriptures (1611), bound into first King James Bible in quarto size (1612). The title of the first edition of the translation, in Early Modern English, was "THE HOLY BIBLE, Conteyning the Old Teſtament, AND THE NEW: Newly Tranſlated out of the Originall tongues: & with the former Tranſlations diligently compared and reuiſed, by his Maiesties ...
In the King James Version of the Bible (KJV) the text reads: Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat. The New International Version translates the passage as: take no bag for the journey, or extra tunic, or sandals or a staff; for the worker is worth his keep.
The Catholic Bible contains 73 books; the additional seven books are called the Apocrypha and are considered canonical by the Catholic Church, but not by other Christians. When citing the Latin Vulgate , chapter and verse are separated with a comma, for example "Ioannem 3,16"; in English Bibles chapter and verse are separated with a colon, for ...
The Bible [a] is a collection of religious texts and scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, and partly in Judaism, Samaritanism, Islam, the Baháʼí Faith, and other Abrahamic religions. The Bible is an anthology (a compilation of texts of a variety of forms) originally written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek. The texts ...
In the King James Version of the Bible (KJV) the text reads: But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs. The New International Version (NIV) translates the passage as: He replied, "It is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to their dogs."
Early Christianity appears to have adopted many of the ethical themes found in the Hebrew Bible. However, the teachings of Jesus and his apostles as presented in the New Testament exhibit an "acute sensitivity to the needs of the disadvantaged" that Frederick sees as "adding a critical edge to Christian teaching where wealth and the pursuit of ...
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour. The New International Version translates the passage as: "Come," he replied, "and you will see." So they went and saw where he was staying, and spent that day ...
The Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States defines legalism as a pejorative descriptor for "the direct or indirect attachment of behaviors, disciplines, and practices to the belief in order to achieve salvation and right standing before God", emphasizing a need "to perform certain deeds in order to gain salvation" (works). [5]