How Different Are the TR and the Critical Text? See for Yourself in English.

As a person with some mental illness and obsessive tendencies, I REALLY appreciate you demystifying this dichotomy between the TR and CT. This has helped me a ton. I now feel like I can just relax and know that "the Bible is the Bible" it's just really really wonderful to know that the Greek text is pretty much identical for the majority of it. This is such a relief to me, honestly. I've been spending a lot of energy and time trying to figure out this text versus that text, this interlinear vs that one, etc, and I've been second guessing myself and kind of making myself sick. But now I feel so happy and ready to just dive as deep as I can into my ESV/NA28 I just got from Amazon. I do think it's the very best interlinear I could have gotten, but I'm very very very relieved to know that none of the options are really THAT different. This is so awesome. Thanks a TON, Brother!!! I Love you. You are so smart and articulate, and keyed in to what is most interesting and important. You're so awesome. 💪🏻🐨❤️📚✝️ Thank you!

I adore the NASB and NKJV. It is so important to realize an English translation is still a translation. We must rely on the Holy Spirit for discernment and clarification. Thank you so much for your vlog. Blessings to you.💗💗💗

Dr. Ward, for us old timers who love our books, please do try to get this out in print. Thank you and Bless you for your work.

I have bookmarked the site and will turn to it often in my studies. Thank you, thank you for the clarity this brings to the church, Mark.

This has to be the best presentations addressing issues between variants, textual differences between the TR, MT, CT I have heard. This really boost my confidence in reading various translations without having doubts and worries about which underlying text was used. Thank you so much for all your hard work. May God bless you for your work to help address the devisions doubts causes by these arguments.

What a surprising conclusion to come to! As always, enjoy your thoughtful take on the issues, and it’s hard for me to imagine how much work it took to get to the point where you can share such useful info with us. I knew some differences were because of translation choices but had no idea how much of the variation stemmed from this rather than the underlying text. Thanks much

Great stuff as always Mark. I saved the site onto my iPhone home screen only to see the link/icon already existed in my Bible Study area…. Time to get into it! Thanks!

Thanks so much for all of the hard work you have put into this brother

Thank you, Mark for comparing the TR & Critical Text. You did a great job of explaining nuances between them. Keep up the good work.

Glad this is coming to Logos! I have an external link mapped to toolbar button now but it will be so useful to have it native.

Thank you, Mark! This is site is truly helpful and look forward to digging deeper into it in the future. Your third point echoes my recent feelings after reading Dave Brunn's book "One Bible, Many Versions" where he addresses how the common literal translations are not all that literal (compared to something like YLT) and the difficulties of Biblical translation in general. I finished the book feeling that my own struggles between TR/CT, and our vast selection of excellent versions, was extremely petty compared to those that none or even just one translation in their own language. As Dr Wallace says, it truly is an embarrassment of riches.

Thank you for advertising this remarkable Bible study tool. And thank you for your closing comments that affirmed Christians using Bibles from both the TR and CT. Since I’ve studied out the translation issue, I’ve wrestled with whether I need to “fully commit” to one camp or the other. I currently serve at a church that uses the NKJV, a TR-based translation. But I happily consult and study from CT-based Bibles as well. Do I need to choose? How long will I limp between two opinions? 😏 But your closing thoughts helped me see the value in holding on to both. For now, I’ll continue to study primarily from a TR Bible. But if the Lord ever opened the door to another ministry that used a CT Bible, I would have little to no trouble adjusting. I like that flexibility a lot.

Thanks for all the work you do bro , it’s very helpful

Thank you so much for your thoughtful and reasonable presentation. I became excited with this entire subject of textual criticism a few short years ago when a parishioner asked me a question that I could not answer at that time. I came to the same conclusion that you did regarding the differences & similarities between the TR and the CT--including leaning toward the CT. I also agree that Christians should not fight over this issue. By the way, my own analysis of Revelation confirms your suspicions that the number of variants between the CT & the TR in that NT book are greater in percentage than for any other NT book. Thanks again for your channel. I'm a subscriber and enjoy it immensely!

Praise God! Thank you for the hard work and love you put into this, brother Mark. I am grateful that this is made free to us. May the Lord continue to bless you and your team.

Great video and great resource, Mark. I have been on this site before, but never realized exactly how I could use it. Thanks for the explanation and I look forward to seeing it on Logos.

Thank you, Mark! This video was very helpful because of your compassionate manner and scholastic insights. I hope the website of the KJV parallel bible continues to grow!

I appreciate your hard work in producing KJVparallelBible. Thank you

I recently started reading GW translation Bible. I have really been enjoying how it flows. I was brought up strict on the KJV only. Your videos are very helpful and are positively provoking my thoughts. Thank you and God bless.

Thanks for making your hard work available to us "lay-people" who love the Word. I do use the various translations in their native "study-bible" formats and I've learned soooo much and now ~ more besides since I came in contact with your word. In following along with some of your examples... I found even more variances again! I was using the "Interlinear Bible" by Cambridge (with the Authorized Version / Revised Version) and the "Logos International Study Bible" with Variorum readings and renderings, etc, by Logos. Also the NET Bible. I am simply amazed at the dedication and hard work that was put into the translating of God's Word into English. Yes - I've learned so much and realize this is certainly an ongoing learning process and am enjoying every step of this journey in knowing God and His Word... Thanks so very much with God's abundant blessing being upon you and yours!