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S1E08 - The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy (Article 10)

S1E08 - The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy (Article 10)

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Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/themelios/article/the-chicago-statement-on-biblical-inerrancy/

International Council on Biblical Inerrancy https://www.alliancenet.org/international-council-on-biblical-inerrancy

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals “Why is ICBI necessary?” https://www.alliancenet.org/why-is-icbi-necessary

Are ICBI and CSBI international? Do they represent a large proportion of Christians? Who are signatories? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Statement_on_Biblical_Inerrancy

Article 10 - We affirm that inspiration, strictly speaking, applies only to the autographic text of Scripture, which in the providence of God can be ascertained from available manuscripts with great accuracy. We further affirm that copies and translations of Scripture are the Word of God to the extent that they faithfully represent the original. We deny that any essential element of the Christian faith is affected by the absence of the autographs. We further deny that this absence renders the assertion of Biblical inerrancy invalid or irrelevant.

Examples considering the differences between NA27 and NA28

  • 1 Peter 4.16 – NET “But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear such a name." NA27 has ‘onomati’. NA28 has ‘merei’. Is it ‘glorify God that you bear such a name’ or ‘glorify God that you bear such a part’? Is Peter referring to our being called Christians or our being granted the privilege of suffering for Jesus?
  • 2 Peter 3.10 – NET “But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; when it comes, the heavens will disappear with a horrific noise, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze, and the earth and every deed done on it will be laid bare.” KJV “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.” NA27 has ‘heurethesetai’. NA28 has ‘ouk heurethesetai’. Most manuscripts have ‘kataka-esetai’. So is it that the earth and deeds done on it will be burned up as in KJV or that the earth and the deeds done on it will be laid bare as in NA27 or that the earth and the deeds done on it will not be laid bare as in NA28? This is not a salvation issue. But is an issue that addresses our relationship with the earth. Is God going to destroy the earth or not? Is he going to disclose or hide what was done on it?
  • 1 John 5.18 NET “We know that everyone fathered by God does not sin, but God protects the one he has fathered, and the evil one cannot touch him.” NIV “We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one cannot harm them.” Is it ‘auton’ as in NA27 or ‘he-auton’ as in NA28? ‘he-auton’ is reflexive and then the translation would be “the one who is born of God protect himself” This changes everything about how we are to overcome sin. Does God protect us or is it up to us?
  • Jude 5 NET “Now I desire to remind you (even though you have been fully informed of these facts once for all) that Jesus, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, later destroyed those who did not believe.” NA27 has ‘kurios’. NA28 has ‘iesous’. Most translations go with ‘Lord’ rather than ‘Jesus’. But is this verse teaching the pre-existence of Jesus or not?

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