Over the last 42 years, since I have been a Christian, I have underlined, highlighted or commented on nearly every page of my Bible.
The pages were coming apart and it has been repaired, but I don't want to get another one because there are a lot of sermons, prayers and answers to prayers in it. It's like an old friend.
These days, when I read it, those marked verses still speak to me, or remind me of key truths in a sermon heard years before. It is in fact, like a journal of my faith journey until today.
Some of my comments seem basic and show how my faith has now matured and how bit by bit, verse on verse and precept on precept, the Word has grown me and sustained me.
My favourite version of Bible is the King James Version as I find that has been translated most accurately. When I quote scripture in my writings, you will find it is New King James because a lot of people say they cannot understand the thees and thous, hitherto and forthwith in it.
Whatever version you prefer, the basic message is still the Word. We would all do well to study it and learn from it regardless of version. Because precept upon precept, verse on verse, we will grow and find it lights our path to Him.
© Glenys Robyn Hicks
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept, Line upon line, line upon line, Here a little, there a little.” Isaiah 28:10
I think many times the KJV gives a more full sense of the verse - the words used have a fuller meaning, they aren't "dumbed down." But other times I must get out my NLT to make sure I'm understanding the KJV! I often read them together. I have a favorite Bible with wide open margins in which I have tons of notes - but the translation isn't my favorite. So mornings my teenager reads out loud from the NLT and I read all my notes from the years from my Bible (often about how archaeology proves a passage, or historical details of the times, etc.)
ReplyDeleteIt helps to have a concordance for cross references too. I have Strong's Concordance!
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