WAS - 1904
Worrell New Testament
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This translation is the outgrowth of a solemn convictionthat such a work was required of the writer by Him Whose he is, and Whomhe seeks to serve. The translator, A. S. Worrell, spent two and one-halfyears devoted to the work. It was done with the view of pleasing the SupremeCritic, at Whose judgment bar he will have to account for the manner inwhich he has handled His word.

The work was begun and prosecuted under the distinct convictionthat these New Testament Scriptures are the veritable word of God -- Hislast revelation to this sin-cursed world. The translator believed thatthese Scriptures contain nothing but "live matter;" and thatthey are as true now and as applicable to man's needs as a tripartitebeing as they ever were.

Absolute perfection is not claimed for this work, butthere is confidence that there are many improvements that the intelligentreader will not fail to recognize. Some such examples are as follows: capitalizationof the initial letter of every pronoun referring to deity, restrictionof the solemn form of the pronouns and verbs to Deity alone,use of quotation marks to enclose a direct quotation, use of pronouns differentlyfrom the usual translation, and the clipping of uns from the prepositionunto.

This work claims greater fidelity to the original Greek-- especially in the words baptidzo and ecclesia. If thesetwo words had been translated instead of transferred, manydivisions in Christendom could have been avoided. The Greek text of Westcottand Hort, as modified by Scrivener and others, was used in the preparationof this work. The italic words have no word answering to them inthe Greek text, but are often understood or implied.

American Baptist Publication Society (1904)

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John1: 1 - 3

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was withGod, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. Allthings were made through Him, and apart from Him was not even one thingmade that has been made.

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