# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S1187
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1983). ‘The Almah Translation in Is. 7:14,”

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INTERSYNODICAL AND DOCTRINAL MATTERS 575

W3ttrather than “from my flesh” or “out of my flesh,” fails to
with the following verse. In many instances, too, the Old
ment section of the Revised Standard Version Jeans too
y on emendations of the Hebrew text suggested by the
nt versions, i.e., the Septuagint, the Targums, the Vulgate,
the Syriac. In the New Testament section of the Revised
dard Version the subjective paraphrase “married only once”
sins in 1 Timothy 3:2, although the 1952 revision adds a foot- -
stating that the Greek has: “the husband of one wife.”
“Romans 9:5 we would unequivocally express our preference
the words now found in the footnote. We realize, of course,
‘t-a question of punctuation is involved in this passage and that
‘gldest manuscripts of the New Testament have no punctuation
arks of any kind.
From these statements it is clear that we by no means regard
Revised Standard Version as perfect. There has never been,
and there will never be, a translation of the Scriptures which will
ineasure up completely to every demand, but we believe that the
fiéw version may be helpful in presenting God’s own message to
our people in a more readable form than the King James Version
offers. We do not believe that its use will undermine the faith of
our members in any doctrine of the Scriptures.

Whether the Revised Standard Version is to be used in our
religious instruction classes and in public worship services must
be left to the good judgment of our pastors, teachers, and congre-
gations, since, unlike other church bodies, our Synod has never
officially adopted any version as its own. It is our conviction,
_however, that the Authorized Version, to which our people have

become accustomed, will:remain the most generally used Scripture
text in our circles for some time to come.

The synodical Literature Board had a special Committee on
Bible Versions which operated with the following principles:

1. We hold to the time-honored position of the Missouri Synod
that we as a Church do not formally endorse a Bible translation
as the official translation of the Church, and therefore feel that it
is not expedient to prepare a new standard Bible translation as
that of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod.

2. However, we do not discourage the publication of indi-
vidual and independent Bible translations.

Wuereas, Much interest and concern in translations of the
Bible has been aroused in our country and within our own Church
in recent years, affording the opportunity for improved study of
the Scriptures and review of their basic doctrines; and

Wuereas, Members of our Church are properly concerned that

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