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The exclusive use of the King James Version is recorded in a statement made by the Tennessee Association of Baptists in 1817, stating "We believe that any person, either in a public or private capacity who would adhere to, or propagate any alteration of the New Testament contrary to that already translated by order of King James the 1st, that is now in common in use, ought not to be encouraged ...
King James Bible [note 1] Clementine Vulgate Douay Rheims Full title in the Authorised Version; 1 Esdras: 3 Esdrae: 3 Esdras: The First Book of Esdras 2 Esdras: 4 Esdrae: 4 Esdras: The Second Book of Esdras Tobit: Tobiae: Tobias: Tobit Judith: Judith Rest of Esther: Esther 10,4 – 16,24: Esther 10:4 – 16:24: The Rest of the Chapters of the ...
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The Old Testament had divided perspectives on the issue of poverty. One part of the Biblical tradition held that poverty was judgment of God upon the wicked while viewing prosperity as a reward for the good, stating in the Proverbs 13:25 that "[t]he righteous have enough to satisfy their appetite, but the belly of the wicked is empty."
Matthew 3 is the third chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. It is the first chapter dealing with the ministry of Jesus , with events taking place some three decades after the close of the infancy narrative related in the previous two chapters.
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 ...
The peak of the Labour Church in Britain was reached in 1895 with 54 congregations. [3] In 1896 a Labour Church was founded in Australia at Melbourne by Archibald Turnbull, [5] as well as a Socialist Church, based on the Labour Churches, being opened in New Zealand at Christchurch. [3] By 1897 there were at least 4 Labour Churches in ...
The Geneva Bible (1557) became the "Bible of the Puritans" and made an enormous impression on English Bible translation, second only to Tyndale. Part of this was due to its issue as a small book, an octavo size; part due to the extensive commentary; and part due to the work and endorsement of John Calvin and Theodore Beza , two of the most ...