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Originally Posted by Adam
Why does God's word need to be "divided". Never understood the application of that word. What about the wisdom to rightly "unify" God's word? Even that doesn't make sense.
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KJV 2Ti 2:15 Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
NET 2Ti 2:15 Make every effort to present yourself before God as a proven worker who does not need to be ashamed, teaching the message of truth accurately.
The word there in 1Tim means
Accurately is a figure of speech that literally means something like
"cutting a straight road." In regard to the message of truth, it means "correctly handling" or "imparting it without deviation.
Another reason why I don't like the KJV. Thanks for bringing this up