The Duty of Rendering God’s Word Plain to All.
DEUTERONOMY 4: 2.—Ye shall not add to the word that I command you, neither shall ye diminish aught from it.
DEUT. 27: 8.—And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.
PSALM 12: 6.—The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
PSALM 119: 140.—Thy word is very pure; therefore thy servant loveth it.
JEREMIAH 23 : 28.—He that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully.
HABAKKUK 2: 2.—Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
MATTHEW 4: 4.—Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
ACTS 20 : 27.—I have not shunned to declare unto you the whole counsel of God.
2 TIMOTHY 3: 16.—All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.
REVELATION 22: 18, 19.—For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book: If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book.
And, if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
Every fault of translation, either takes from or adds to the Word of God. When such fault is unknown and unintended, after proper diligence has been exercised to discover it, guilt does not attach, but when the fault is known and permitted, or when ignorance results from negligence, culpability is unavoidable. “The great principle for which we contend, is THAT ALL MEN OUGHT TO HAVE THE WORD OF GOD,
UNMUTILATED AND UNDISGUISED.”