Response to Stanley Paher

By Larry Ray Hafley Brother Paher refers “to that august magazine Guardian of Truth. ” He charges me with misunderstanding, with “subtle . . . defense of a false concept,” and with straining the Scriptures “to prove (my) point.” He refers to me “and the rest of your ilk.” An “ilk” is what you generally call …

The Received Text, or the “Textus Receptus”

By Luther W. Martin The words used in the title of this article, were first used in reference to the popular Greek Text of the Bible, in Elzevir’s second edition, published in 1633. In the preface to that edition, the Latin words “Textum ergo habes nunc ab omnibus receptum ” were used, meaning “The text presently …