Hello Hebrew and Greek

Today I downloaded a free program that offers 50 some different translations of the Bible. I down loaded 20 of them onto my computer and a few things struck me. The first is they did not offer the New International Version, that is minor compared to my other qualms. I took my life’s theme verse Colossians 3:23 “Whatever you do, work with all your heart, as working for the Lord not for men.” (NIV) Taking that verse some of the New Modern translations take that verse and change it totally. The biggest difference is with the final word of the verse “men.” Have we become such a touchy, sensitive society that we can’t distinguish that men means all of humanity. Is it such a matter to stumble over that we need to change truth to make it more politically correct? The Bible was inspired by God to human authors who are we to change it. Which is why I titled this “Hello Hebrew and Greek.” I am going to make an effort to study Hebrew and Greek so that I can read the bible in the way that God intended it and not changed by the politically correct “select.” And those of you who know me and have read my past posts I have a hard enough time with the English language to be taking on two more classical languages. If this offends you … tough, talk with God and tell him that you changed his words to fit your worldview.