Question: Why does AV7 Romans 3:22 use: "faith in Jesus" instead of "faithfulness of Jesus"?
Answer: The reason The AV7 Bible uses "faith in Jesus Christ" (with the word "in" shown either in brackets or in reduced size italics) is because there is no underlying Greek word in any source text that corresponds to either the word "of" or the word "in." Therefore, AV7 uses brackets or reduced size italics to clearly identify the word "in" as an interpolatively added word. There are many people who claim to be Bible scholars and/or theologians who argue (often vigorously) to advocate and defend certain opinions, interpretations, or points of view on many different Bible passages and doctrinal distinctives. The New Authorized Version Foundation prefers to avoid such arguments and instead focus on providing a presentation of the Bible that is as "word-for-word" literally accurate as possible and yet easy-to-read in present-day English. Whenever disputed words or phrases are called to our attention, we will endeavor to provide an explanation of the reasons for the words and phrases used in The AV7 Bible and provide references to other points of view. Following is a line-over-line comparison of the Textus Receptus Greek text, a literal Greek-to-English translation, and the AV7:
For an example of just how confusing "theologians" and "scholars" arguments are, here are some excerpts: "A decision is difficult here. Though traditionally translated 'faith in Jesus Christ,' an increasing number of scholars are arguing that 'pisti cristou' and similar phrases ... involve a subjective genitive and mean 'Christ's faith' or 'Christ's faithfulness'. ... Some say that the grammar is not decisive, and suggest that the faith/faithfulness of Christ is not a denial of faith ..." One has to wonder what is the benefit and usefulness of such doubtful disputations? Additional explanation will be added here later. |