Kept Pure in All Ages: What Westminster Confession 1.8 Actually Confesses
Westminster 1.8 confesses inspired Hebrew and Greek Scriptures kept pure in every age, therefore presently authentic and available for final appeal.
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The Word Given and the Word Kept: Inspiration, Canon, and Preservation as One Work of the Faithful God
Inspiration, canon, and preservation are distinguishable acts within one faithful divine work by which God gives and keeps his written Word for the church.
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Matthew 5:44 — Love, Bless, Do Good, and Pray: The Full Command Concerning Enemies
The critical text shortens this fourfold command to two parts: love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. The Textus Receptus also says to bless those…
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The God Who Knows and Speaks
The self-existent, truthful, omniscient, sovereign, covenant-faithful triune God is the necessary foundation of every doctrine and study of Scripture.
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Matthew 5:37 — “Let Your Communication Be, Yea, Yea”: The Imperative Form of the Saying
One final vowel changes the verb from command to prediction. The received text reads ἔστω, “let it be.” A smaller ancient stream reads ἔσται, “it will be.” The…
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